The London best: surreal heels

Is it a shoe or is it a sculpture? This season designers are drawing inspiration from the avant-garde. Here are five of our favourite high heels that wouldn’t look out of place on the wall of an art gallery

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Susannah Butter @susannahbutter19 July 2012

1. Lipstick heels

These glam shoes make matching lipstick colour to an outfit a thing of the past. The lipstick heel, Alberto Guardiani, £311, albertoguardiani.com

2. Mint-green queen

Delicate snakeskin straps contrast with fierce crystal and spike-studded heels. Palace 120 Swarovski crystal-embellished snake sandals from Christian Louboutin, £1,475, net-a-porter.com

3. Laced up

Towering sculptural power heels with cool black leather piping. Lace-up leather wedge sandals from Alexander McQueen, £3,495, net-a-porter.com

4. All that glitters

Sparkly party shoes in regal colours. Jazzhands peep shoes from Topshop, £60, topshop.com

5. Dizzying heights

Put a spring in your step with these patent neon beauties, complete with go-faster spikes. Eris, KG by Kurt Geiger, £140, kurtgeiger.com