intriguing, but never to be worn (by me at least)

Dude, no. These are worse than Becks' little phantom high-heels.

size 10 or 11

Couldn't resist this unique shoe. WOW!!!

love em

I've seen them sold on sites that do not cater to strippers as well. High fashion. Oh yeah! I guess I'm just not fashionable enough for haute coutour (French is not my thing, so please excuse misspelling). For a long time, I red faux pas as "fox paws", until a French speaking friend corrected me through tears of laughter.

ROFLOL....I actually have a pair similar to this on one of my lists, because I think the wood sculpting is so cool. These folks are in the wrong business.

Or they could curl it upward and you could be an elf. I wonder if this puts a little extra spring in your step. ;-)