Pikachu!


Manolo says, here are three pairs of the shoes designed in 2001 by Helen Red Richards, the designer of custom orthopaedic shoes, for the Nintendo’s 2001 Style Campaign. These shoes, which cost $2,000 the pair, were described by Nintendo as being for the “club kids with attention deficit disorder“.

The Manolo has to say that although these shoes are ridiculous, they are nonetheless amusing and colorful, and not without the childish charm. And, as always, Pikachu is exceptionally kawaii.

From the very amusing Virtual Shoe Museum via the Naomi.

10 Responses to “Pikachu!”

  1. tioedong March 12, 2007 at 12:52 am #

    what, no HelloKitty shoes? LINK

  2. kkendd March 12, 2007 at 6:00 am #

    lovely..

  3. quakerchic March 12, 2007 at 11:30 am #

    thank goodness my 7 year old isn’t in the room. he’d want to buy me the pikachu shoes for my birthday.

  4. Phyllis March 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm #

    So how would you actually play the Gameboy? By crossing one leg to bring it closer to your hands? And what would you do with the other one on the other shoe? Oh now I get it – put your legs up and two people can play! But then you could only watch. Oh well.

  5. gemdiva March 12, 2007 at 4:22 pm #

    Shoes in search of a pre-teen Japanese girl group.

  6. Kate March 12, 2007 at 9:41 pm #

    Okay – I hope my orthopaedist isn’t anything like that one.

  7. Jenzilla March 13, 2007 at 12:28 pm #

    Yay! Just look at these makes me very happy.

    Phyllis, the GameBoy appears to be removable, note the small clip on the left side.

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