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Elephant Poop Heels: Haute or Hurl?

by Yuka Yoneda, 03/20/10

Elephant Dung Heels by Chris Ofili, elephant dung, elephant dung shoes, bizarre shoes, bizarre fashion, eco-friendly shoes, eco-fashion, sustainable fashion, green fashion, sustainable style, INSA, Chris Ofili, Tate Britain

Sky-high stilettos made from elephant poop – no, we aren’t sh*tting you! We’ve seen footwear made from all kinds of eco-friendly materials, but these babies made by a London artist “INSA,” make them all look pretty ho hum in comparison. The fecal heels were commissioned by the Tate as part of a series of design “responses” to a recent exhibit by Chris Ofili – a painter who smeared elephant manure on his controversial 1996 piece, The Holy Virgin Mary. So would you rock these shoes or just flush them down the toilet?

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One Response to “Elephant Poop Heels: Haute or Hurl?”

  1. FigandSage FigandSage says:

    Poop anything = HURL. So gross….!

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