STYLE PREVIEWS: CHANEL CRUISE 08 / DIOR PHONE / DIMEPIECE DESIGNS
Friday, May 23, 2008

The 2009 Resort runway presentation for Chanel took place last week in Miami, and one of the most talked about items coming from the show were these the pistol-heeled shoes a few models had to strut in. Designers have been becoming more innovative with footwear lately and I love it!
Designer Karl Lagerfeld was inspired by an image of a gun he saw somewhere, and gave the image to Chanel’s shoe designer Laurence Decade, who used plexi to make the “Miami Vice” shoe. Ladies would you rock it?

And speaking of outrageous designer items - check this new Diorphone priced at $3,500! French luxury brand Christian Dior partnered with phone design company ModeLabs, to release a line of mobile phones, which include a miniature version (My Dior) that women can clip their purse or wear on a pendant (sOURCE).
There is also said to be a “deluxe model studded with 640 diamonds, which comes with an alligator sheath, runs up to 18,000 euros, or about US$27,000″. Ummm yea, I need a phone to make me travel through time for that much!

Last year, I did a feature on Dimepiece Designs which you can check out here. The ladies of Dimepiece sent me a preview of their Summer 2008 collection, which you can find at their website or Cultist Shop.








116 Comments
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76.
i'm just here for the free food
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
those are the coolest shoes that i’d never wear!!!
i’m such a shoe freak i’d probably keep them in a glass case or something…LOL
77.
mode elite
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
The only thing that looks nice is the heel-and that’s because their different. the rest of the shoe looks damn ugly
78.
TeTe(didnt feel like loggin in)
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
this whole post just screams WTF…shoes are hideous,the phone is effin outrageous,what does it do?clean your house,spit out 100 dollar bills??hell no
79.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
“Imagine those shoes with the gun were a rappers pendant it will be called violent but cool when some white ass designer puts it out there huh?”
THANK YOU!!
Plus,they are cheap looking.
80.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
“#8 doesn’t want to promote guns, but their name is “Pistol Pete” haha that is hilarious to me.”
I could be wrong,but I thought “Pistol Pete” refers to Pete Sampras one of the greatest tennis players ever.
81.
TeTe(didnt feel like loggin in)
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
i agree with you #75
82.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
“I’ll wear them!!!! As a matter of fact I want them. Its called fashion ppl. It’s like art….It doesn’t really have to make any since.”
I see your point,however they are still ugly IMO. Expensive/designer does not mean it looks good on you.
83.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
“I would have said Gwen Stefani, but she’s got her own very fly clothing line. I don’t think of her when I see other designer items anymore…”
That is what I like about Gwen. She actually wears her own stuff.
84.
ThisWasMeThen
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
Man, I would rock those shoes. It’s something different and I’m def. loving those. Fuck that phone though. I’ll take a T-Mobile Sidekick II anyday. 3,000 for a phone that I might drop or lose? Are they serious? I would break or lose that phone and almost fall off the face of the Earth. It’s really not worth it. Loving Dimepiece too.
85.
Original Truth (I don't care if ya get mad)
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
*two thumbs down to the shoes* although I can see them in the upcoming Bond movie then they would be hot….
#27 love the name I just need you to spell opinionated correctly…..
86.
Keisha
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
I love Karl. He’s a genius. BUT…I wouldn’t wear that shoe. Some things are just better off left on the runway.. feel me.
87.
estyle4039
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
I would hate to think that when Karl asked for this shoe to be designed, he had “black” people in mind . . who the heck would wear a heel on their shoe that’s in the form of a gun . . .hmmmmm . . .certainly not “white folk”. . .possibly Black R&B/Rapper chicks? Cause the ordinary black working woman couldn’t afford to spend that type of money of a shoe.
88.
Staci
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
I wouldn’t rock those shoes but they’re a nice collection piece I guess
89.
the misses
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
nice way to promote violence!! through fashion!!
90.
the misses
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
it seriously looks tacky
91.
Diabolical
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
All of it is horrible.
92.
latoya
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
I WANT THOSE SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
93.
kishia
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
this is the real PISTOL GRIP PUMP (on my feet at all times )
94.
TheMrs.
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
Maybe my fashion sense is off, because I don’t like any of this. No thank you, I’ll pass.
But the phone is nice. And for that amount of money, It better do wonders and come with a personal Genie to grant me wishes every single time I use it.
95.
augusta
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
not feeling the shoes. i wonder if there would be an uproar if a black designer had made these shoes. hmm
96.
Mz_K
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
Those Dimepiece Red shoes look cute. I think I might waste my time coping those instead of those ugly Dior shoes. Looks like something you would see at a Marilyn Manson concert lol! No seriously… you see weird ish @ place like those! Also that Dior phone looks like an overpriced Razor… no thanks.
97.
shoppingdiva
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
SHOES - horrible!! Phone - wasteful
98.
fini
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
i LOVE channel but these shoes are Fad fashion statement! i give it one season.. no way i would ever wear these. i can see stripper or ghetto whore wearing these… LOve you Channel!
99.
cchocolategirl22
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
I guess the knock-off pair will have a water gun heel. I think that was the stupidest idea ever.
100.
Natalia
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
WOW, There’s actually a black model on a CHANEL runway ?!?!?!
101.
Ebony
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
LOL. Ridiculous.
102.
TRAILBLAZER
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
I think the shoes would’ve looked better if it was in another style. Either way, the sight of guns freak me out so I don’t want one on my shoe. On the other hand if someone saw u in them they can say “oooh she is killing them with those shoes on” LOL.
103.
Rainbow Brite
Friday, May 23, 2008 /
Dimepiece website isn’t working!
104.
STLCHICK
Saturday, May 24, 2008 /
I love the gun shoes I’m gonna wait until there’s a cheaper version of the shoe out before I buy them lol.
105.
MsLuscious
Saturday, May 24, 2008 /
tacky
http://www.Shop-Luscious.com
106.
lala
Saturday, May 24, 2008 /
uhh..can there be a new post already??
107.
theQUEEN.
Saturday, May 24, 2008 /
if i can walk in ‘em, i’m rockin’ ‘em. lol
108.
yolonda
Saturday, May 24, 2008 /
I could def. see beyonce’ rockin those shoes!
Luv’em
109.
Intensity
Saturday, May 24, 2008 /
#104, a cheaper version of that shoe is definitely not something you’d want. And, to #87, I really doubt he considered us when conceptualizing the shoe. That would be such a literal, tacky, and uninspiring thought…a stereotype?. I’ve read for years now that Chanel is trying to make itself over…younger, edgier… And, I think this idea was just Karl overthinking himself. Remember the brass knuckle heeled boots? Rihanna wore them…they were Dsquared. Well, I think Karl’s mind went there. But seeing them now they do have this very unattractive 70s look to them, no?
110.
Twintron4
Sunday, May 25, 2008 /
I think it’s interesting how people think these shoes are tight and all that but you know good and well if a black designer had come out with the same thing everybody would be up in arms.
111.
Just Jenn
Sunday, May 25, 2008 /
Innovation is great Tianna but glamorising gun violence is not. GUNS KILL point blank. ‘allow this man.
112.
Denise(The First, LOL)
Sunday, May 25, 2008 /
THOSE SHOES ARE GOING TO GET SOMEBODY SHOT, IMAGINE GETTING PULLED OVER BY THE LAPD OR NYPD AND YOU STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND THE THEY JUST SEE THE GUN, THEY WILL THINK THAT YOU ARE PULLING A GUN OUT OF YOUR SHOE. I BET SOME FOOLS WILL BUY THESE SHOES-I ADMIT THESE SHOES ARE REALLY GOOD FOR MUSIC VIDEOS AND PHOTO SHOOTS-BUT THAT IS IT.
3,500 DOLLARS FOR A PHONE, JUST TO TALK, SMH. IF THE MONEY WENT TO CHARITY, I WOULD BUY IT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT HELL NAAA.
113.
s.swoon
Monday, May 26, 2008 /
I want info on the shoes in the Dimepiece spot. Are they the designer’s own?
114.
If Looks Could Kill
Monday, May 26, 2008 /
Those shoes are killer, seriously. lol
http://getwhitit.blogspot...om/2008/05/killin-em.html
115.
gaydar
Thursday, May 29, 2008 /
Even if i was a millionaire i would’nt buy thie $hit. Too high. Not even cute.
116.
Yoopergirl
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 /
I wonder how hard it would be going through the airport with those shoes on.
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