Stripper Heels Hot or Not?

You would think that a celebrity who rakes in millions a year would steer away from stripper shoes, but nooo. Surprisingly, the celebrity I'm referring to isn’t Lady Gaga, who actually prefers strange heel-less contraptions that only she and trapeze artists can balance in.

During a trip to London, Beyonce was photographed sporting a pair of Lucite fishbowl heels. You know the kind - spiky 8 inch heels and massive Lucite platforms. The kind of shoe that screams "Tip me!" The incredible thing is, unlike Taylor Momsen who once admitted during an interview that she gets her stripper heels from actual stripper stores, Beyonce's plastic-fantastic footwear was made by Fendi.

Helen Mirren has also stated in an interview that she loves platform heels and used to buy hers from stripper shops because, back then, they were the only places she could get them. Taylor Momsen is evidently a sensible stripper shoe shopper (alliteration is always fun) as, instead of shelling out big bucks for designer stripper heels, she's getting them from actual stripper shops like Helen Mirren used to.

Taylor Momsen, pictured, impudently toeing the line between "sexy" and "illegal in most states" in jar tip stripper heels. Her shoes feature a plastic platform emblazoned with the word "Tips" n using glow-in-the-dark paint. There is also a convenient slot for bills and change.


Far be it for me to judge another woman's taste in shoes, I have to say that I'm more or less unaffected by the stripper heel craze, despite the fact that Fendi, DSquared2, and Prada's valiant efforts at making the stripper heel classy and elegant. Prada took the humble stripper shoe and tried to convert it into something a non-exotic dancer would allow herself to be seen in. No towering Lucite platforms for Prada: Lucite straps, embellishments, and slim transparent heels actually make their shoes wearable out of a bedroom or brothel setting.

The trick to wearing stripper heels, it seems, is to avoid wearing them with a flashy, revealing outfit. The heels are sexy and outrageous enough on their own; no need to call in the artillery with low-cut mesh tops and denim hot pants. It might also be wise to avoid going into strip clubs or the X-rated section of your local video rental store wearing stripper heels, unless you want to attract a lot of attention. With towering transparent platforms and 6 to 8 inch heels, attention is something you'll definitely get.