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'''Արմադիլլո կոշիկներ ('''{{Lang-en|Armadillo shoe}}''',''' այլընտրանքային '''արմադիլլոյի գարշապար'''), գերժամանակակից պլատֆորմի կոշիկներ են, որոնք ստեղծել է [[Մեծ Բրիտանիա|բրիտանացի]] նորաձևության դիզայներ Ալեքսանդր Մաքքուինը, Պլատո Անտլանտիս ({{Lang-it|Plato ' s Atlantis}}) հավաքածուի համար (Գարուն-Ամառ 2010):  Կա ընդամենը 24 զույգ` 21-ը արտադրվել է նախնական արտադրության ընթացքում [[2009]] թվականին, իսկ երեքը արտադրվել են 2015 թվականին բարեգործական աճուրդի համար։ Կոշիկն այդպես է անվանվել իր անսովոր ուռուցիկ-կոր ձևի պատճառով, որը, ինչպես ասում են, արմադիլլո է հիշեցնում։ Յուրաքանչյուր զույգի բարձրությունը վերևից մինչև հատակը մոտավորապես 30 սմ է, իսկ կրունկները՝ 23 սմ, որի պատճառով  որոշ մոդելներ հրաժարվել են մասնակցել Պլատո Անտլանտիս-ի ցուցադրությանը: Հայտնի է, որ ամերիկացի երգչուհի [[Լեդի Գագա|Լեդի Գագան]] այս կոշիկները կրել է մի քանի հրապարակային ելույթների ժամանակ, ինչպես նաև` «<nowiki/>[[Bad Romance]]<nowiki/>»  երաժշտական տեսահոլովակի նկարահանման ընթացքում (2009 թվականին)։ Քննադատների արձագանքը արմադիլլոյի կրունկներին բազմաթիվ էր՝ ինչպես ցուցադրությունից անմիջապես հետո, այնպես էլ հետագայում։ Դրանք խորհրդանշական են համարվում Պլատո Անտլանտիս-ի ցուցադրության, Ալեքսանդր ՄաքՔուինի ստեղծագործության և ընդհանրապես նորաձևության պատմության համատեքստում: Քննադատները, երբեմն նույն գրախոսության մեջ, նրանց անվանել են և՛ գրոտեսկային, և՛ գեղեցիկ։ Բացասական վերաբերմունքը կենտրոնացած էր կրունկի բարձրության վրա, որը համարվում էր անիրագործելի, նույնիսկ անապահով: Այլ հեղինակներ կոշիկները դիտում էին որպես գեղարվեստական ստեղծագործություն: Արմադիլլո կրունկներով զույգ կոշիկները ցուցադրվել են թանգարանային ցուցահանդեսներում, որոնք առավել աչքի են ընկել [[Ալեքսանդր Մակքուին|Ալեքսանդր ՄաքՔուինի]] «Վայրի գեղեցկություն» հետահայաց ցուցադրությունում, այն առաջին անգամ  ցուցադրվել է [[Մետրոպոլիտեն թանգարան (Նյու Յորք)|Նյու Յորքի Մետրոպոլիտեն արվեստի թանգարանում]] [[2011]] թվականին:

'''Նախապատմություն'''

Բրիտանացի դիզայներ Ալեքսանդր Մաքքուինը նորաձևության ոլորտում հայտնի էր դրամատիկ, թատերական նորաձևությունում  օրիգինալ, երբեմն  նաև հակասական<ref name="BBCSixWays">{{cite news |last=Vaidyanathan |first=Rajini |date=12 February 2010 |title=Six ways Alexander McQueen changed fashion |work=[[BBC Magazine]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8511404.stm |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222201747/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8511404.stm |archive-date=22 February 2010}}</ref>։

Նա մշակել է էքստրեմալ կոշիկներ նախորդ հավաքածուների համար, որոնք ոգեշնչված են ճապոնական [[Գետա (կոշիկ)|գետա]]<nowiki/>յից և վենետիկյան չոպիններից ՝ 2008 թվականի գարուն-ամառ, La Dame Bleue և houndstut պլատֆորմ 2009 թվականի աշուն-ձմեռ հավաքածուի համար, The Horn of Plenty<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chopine |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/mcq/chopine/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=The Museum of Savage Beauty |publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416093043/https://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/mcq/chopine/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mower |first=Sarah |date=9 March 2009 |title=Alexander McQueen Fall 2009 ready-to-wear collection |url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2009-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306151543/https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2009-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen |archive-date=6 March 2021 |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]]}}</ref>։

British designer [[Alexander McQueen]] was known in the fashion industry for dramatic, theatrical [[fashion show]]s featuring imaginative, sometimes controversial designs

He had designed extreme footwear for previous collections, including high [[platform shoe]]s inspired by the Japanese [[Geta (footwear)|geta]] and Venetian [[chopine]] for his Spring/Summer 2008 collection, ''La Dame Bleue'', and [[houndstooth]] platforms for Autumn/Winter 2009, ''The Horn of Plenty''

For his Spring/Summer 2010 collection, ''Plato's Atlantis'', McQueen took inspiration from [[climate change]] and [[Charles Darwin's theory of evolution]], envisioning a world where humans evolved to survive underwater after [[global flood]]ing. The collection was presented on the catwalk at [[Paris Fashion Week]] on 6 October 2009.<ref name=":25" /> The show began with designs that used [[earth tone]]s and digitally printed [[Animal print|animal skin patterns]] to invoke the appearance of land animals, and gradually transitioned into designs featuring abstract prints in aqua and blue, suggesting that the models were adapting to an increasingly submerged planet.<ref name=":23">{{cite web |last=Mower |first=Sarah |date=5 October 2009 |title=Alexander McQueen Spring 2010 ready-to-wear |url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2010-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417055402/https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2010-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen |archive-date=17 April 2021 |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref name=":25">{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Collections: Plato's Atlantis |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/rel/encyclopedia-of-collections-platos-atlantis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509003754/https://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/rel/encyclopedia-of-collections-platos-atlantis/ |archive-date=9 May 2021 |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=The Museum of Savage Beauty |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gleason |first=Katherine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRcSEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA206 |title=Alexander McQueen: Evolution |date=15 October 2012 |publisher=[[Race Point Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-63106-444-9 |location=New York City |pages=206 | archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517201602/https://books.google.com/books?id=vRcSEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA206 |url-status=live }}</ref> The show's final outfit, entitled "Neptune's Daughter", was covered entirely in enormous blue-green [[opalescent]] sequins, representing the model's full transition to an underwater environment.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilcox |first=Claire |title=Alexander McQueen |date=2015 |publisher=[[Abrams Books]] |isbn=978-1-4197-1723-9 |editor-last=Wilcox |editor-first=Claire |location=New York City |pages=91 |chapter=Plato's Atlantis: Anatomy of a Collection |oclc=891618596 |author-link=Claire Wilcox}}</ref> It was worn by Polina Kasina, who had long been McQueen's [[fit model]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fairer |first=Robert |title=Alexander McQueen: Unseen |date=2016 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-0-300-22267-8 |location=New Haven, Connecticut |pages=16 |oclc=946216643 |author-link=Robert Fairer}}</ref> ''Plato's Atlantis'' was McQueen's final fully realised collection; he died by suicide in 2010.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Yotka |first=Steff |date=22 April 2020 |title=10 years ago, Alexander McQueen's Plato's Atlantis show imagined fashion's future |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/alexander-mcqueen-spring-2010-platos-atlantis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424201451/https://www.vogue.com/article/alexander-mcqueen-spring-2010-platos-atlantis |archive-date=24 April 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref name="BBCobit">{{cite news |date=11 February 2010 |title=Obituary: Fashion king Alexander McQueen |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8511160.stm |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902202706/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8511160.stm |archive-date=2 September 2017}}</ref>

==== Design ====
The armadillo shoes are almost {{convert|12|in|cm|0}} from top to floor, with a {{convert|9|in|cm|0|adj=on}} [[spike heel]].<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=26 October 2009 |title=Alexander McQueen alligator shoes spring/summer 2010 |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/the-vogue-blog/articles/091026-alexander-mcqueen-alligator-shoes-spring-summer-2010.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028022428/https://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/the-vogue-blog/articles/091026-alexander-mcqueen-alligator-shoes-spring-summer-2010.aspx |archive-date=28 October 2009 |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=[[British Vogue]] |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> The vertical body of the shoe is shaped in a convex curve, which has been compared to the silhouette of an [[armadillo]], [[lobster]] claw, or animal hoof.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Dana |first=Rebecca |date=4 February 2010 |title=Best shoes ever |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/02/04/best-shoes-ever |access-date=6 May 2022 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053826/https://www.thedailybeast.com/best-shoes-ever |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kF79DAAAQBAJ&dq=armadillo+shoes+unique&pg=PA303 |title=Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin |date=2015 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4767-7674-3 |location=New York City |pages=124, 303 |author-link=Andrew Wilson (author) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053916/https://books.google.com/books?id=kF79DAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA303&dq=armadillo+shoes+unique&hl=en |archive-date=10 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Their shape is generally regarded as unique in high fashion, although museum curator Helen Persson found a precedent in the shape of Persian [[riding boot]]s of the 16th century.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mazurek |first=Brooke |date=4 October 2019 |title=9 brave attempts at design innovation that failed |url=https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/gallery/design-innovation-that-failed-2870050/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131032133/https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/gallery/design-innovation-that-failed-2870050/ |archive-date=31 January 2021 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Robb Report]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref><ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=A claw-like menace and the beauty of a ballerina |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/rel/a-claw-like-menace-and-the-beauty-of-a-ballerina/ |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=The Museum of Savage Beauty |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421035001/https://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/rel/a-claw-like-menace-and-the-beauty-of-a-ballerina/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The shoe hides the entire foot from ankle to toe, creating the illusion that the wearer is walking ''[[en pointe]]'' in the manner of a [[ballerina]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Breslin |first=Yale |date=14 July 2015 |title=Alexander McQueen's fantastical boot |url=https://www.christies.com/features/Alexander-McQueens-Fantastical-Boot-6343-1.aspx |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Christie's]] |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421034953/https://www.christies.com/features/Alexander-McQueens-Fantastical-Boot-6343-1.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":24">{{Cite book |last=Bari |first=Shahidha K. |title=Dressed: A Philosophy of Clothes |date=2020 |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |isbn=978-1-5416-4598-1 |location=New York City |pages=184 |oclc=1108524905 |author-link=Shahidha Bari}}</ref> In actuality the [[ball of the foot]] rests at an angle on a concealed platform, with a small bulge above the toe to facilitate lifting the heavy shoe to walk.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title='Armadillo' spring/summer 2010 (black) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/702246 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423050204/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/702246 |archive-date=23 April 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]}}</ref> In keeping with the animalistic theme of the collection, each pair is uniquely decorated in animal skin such as [[python skin]] or [[shagreen]] (rawhide from the [[cowtail stingray]]), or iridescent [[paillette]]s resembling scales.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title='Armadillo' spring/summer 2010 (turquoise) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828415 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421034958/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/828415 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Armadillo boot |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/mcq/armadillo-boot/ |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=The Museum of Savage Beauty |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |archive-date=24 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124161010/https://www.vam.ac.uk/museumofsavagebeauty/mcq/armadillo-boot/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===== History =====

====== Development and runway show ======
[[File:Sketch for the armadillo boot.jpg|thumb|alt=refer to caption|Sketch showing the interior construction of the armadillo boot, [[Alexander McQueen]], 2009]]

McQueen sketched the initial idea for the shoes in early 2009, taking inspiration from the work of British [[pop art]]ist [[Allen Jones (artist)|Allen Jones]] and Australian fashion designer [[Leigh Bowery]].<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last=Bolton |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhzvO8YVsaQC&dq=%22savage+beauty%22+%22armadillo%22&pg=PT234 |title=Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty |date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-300-16978-2 |location=New York City |pages=226 |author-link=Andrew Bolton (curator) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428005023/https://books.google.ca/books?id=XhzvO8YVsaQC&pg=PT234&dq=%22savage+beauty%22+%22armadillo%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuteWcurX3AhUnJzQIHR_wC4UQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22savage%20beauty%22%20%22armadillo%22&f=false |archive-date=28 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> He commissioned shoe designer Georgina Goodman to realise the concept.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Rickey |first=Melanie |date=29 May 2015 |title=The 10 best shoes |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/29/the-10-best-shoes |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=24 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424192449/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/29/the-10-best-shoes |url-status=live }}</ref> Each pair was hand-carved from wood in Italy.<ref name=":2" /> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' reported that the complex manufacturing process "spanned five days and involved 30 people, using material from three suppliers and passing through three factories".<ref name=":1" /> The inner lining and outer shell were shaped separately and fitted together; each section required two zippers for access.<ref name=":2" /> For the original collection, 21 pairs were made, 20 of which were worn during the ''Plato's Atlantis'' October 2009 fashion show.<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":0" />

Designed as [[showpiece]]s, the shoes were never commercially produced, although many were sold to private buyers following the show.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The Alexander McQueen Archive in London retains ownership of at least five pairs, including the pair covered with iridescent scales worn in the final outfit of the show.{{Sfn|Bolton|2011|pp=185–186, 189, 194, 213, 232, 234–235}} The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (The Met) in [[New York City]] owns two pairs, one made from turquoise shagreen and another in black leather with metal accents.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" />

The unusual shape made walking in the shoes notoriously difficult. The show's producer, Sam Gainsbury, tested them the night before the show and found walking impossible. When he complained of this to McQueen and suggested the models were at risk of falling, the designer responded, "If they fall, they fall."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartner-Morley |first=Jess |date=10 February 2015 |title=Alexander McQueen: Into the Light |url=http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/feb/10/alexander-mcqueen-into-the-light |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921190157/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2015/feb/10/alexander-mcqueen-into-the-light |archive-date=21 September 2022 |access-date=23 September 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In the end, models [[Abbey Lee Kershaw]], [[Natasha Poly]] and [[Sasha Pivovarova]] all declined to walk in ''Plato's Atlantis'' because of their concerns that the heels were too high to be safe.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Dugan |first=Emily |date=27 December 2009 |title=Models revolt over heel hell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/models-revolt-over-heel-hell-1851094.html |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=23 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423050529/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/models-revolt-over-heel-hell-1851094.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2018 documentary ''[[McQueen (2018 film)|McQueen]]'' model [[Magdalena Frąckowiak]] said that she found walking in them "really frightening".<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=23 July 2018 |title=Walking in an Alexander McQueen show was terrifying and almost impossible |url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/8xbxd4/alexander-mcqueen-documentary-armadillo-shoes |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Garage Magazine]] |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053902/https://garage.vice.com/en_us/embed/article/pky4pn/embed |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite these concerns, no models fell at the show, which was regarded as "miraculous" by the fashion press.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":15" /> Shortly after the ''Plato's Atlantis'' show, staffers from [[British Vogue|British ''Vogue'']] tested the shoes and found them difficult to walk in.<ref name=":13" /> Months after the show McQueen confirmed in an interview with trade journal ''[[Women's Wear Daily]]'' that he had never tested the armadillos personally.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Katya |date=8 February 2010 |title=Alexander McQueen's runway shoes |url=https://wwd.com/accessories-news/footwear/alexander-mcqueens-runway-shows-2443814/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506132153/https://wwd.com/accessories-news/footwear/alexander-mcqueens-runway-shows-2443814/ |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Women's Wear Daily]] |publisher=[[Fairchild Fashion Media]]}}</ref> He made it clear that he was far less concerned with practicality than with visual effect, saying elsewhere, "The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today."<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />

====== Celebrity wear ======
[[File:Lady Gaga Paparazzi.jpg|thumb|left|alt=refer to caption|Lady Gaga on [[The Monster Ball Tour]] in 2010]]

Celebrities have worn armadillo heels for [[red carpet]] appearances and photoshoots. The first of these was in November 2009, when British socialite [[Daphne Guinness]] wore a pair in nude-coloured leather and reported that they were "surprisingly comfortable".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Lauren |date=13 November 2009 |title=Armadillo outing |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/daphne-guinness-is-the-first-to-wear-alexander-mcqueens-shoes-in-public |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505051943/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/daphne-guinness-is-the-first-to-wear-alexander-mcqueens-shoes-in-public |archive-date=5 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=British Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref> Guinness also wore a pair of snakeskin armadillo boots in a shoot for ''[[Vogue Italia]]'' in February 2010.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Persson |first=Helen |title=Alexander McQueen |date=2015 |publisher=Abrams Books |isbn=978-1-4197-1723-9 |editor-last=Wilcox |editor-first=Claire |location=New York City |pages=114–115 |chapter=Artistry: Walking Out |oclc=891618596}}</ref> American singer [[Kelis]] wore another nude leather pair on the red carpet in January 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lester |first=Tracey Lomrantz |date=29 January 2010 |title=WTF alert: Kelis really, really wants a part in the Avatar sequel |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/wtf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928065629/https://www.glamour.com/story/wtf |archive-date=28 September 2020 |access-date=23 May 2010 |website=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref> American actress [[Demi Moore]] wore a tan pair on the April 2010 cover of ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Critchell |first=Samantha |date=7 September 2011 |title=Bazaar editor-in-chief picks mag's 'Greatest Hits' |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/bazaar-editor-in-chief-picks-mags-greatest-hits/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=[[The Seattle Times]] |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232539/https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/bazaar-editor-in-chief-picks-mags-greatest-hits/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Joyann |date=9 December 2010 |title=Harper's Bazaar nabs TIME's Top 10 Covers of the Year |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a4893/harpers-bazaar-named-top-10-cover-of-the-year-120910/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=[[Harper's Bazaar]] |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829230935/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a4893/harpers-bazaar-named-top-10-cover-of-the-year-120910/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

American singer [[Lady Gaga]], who became a friend of McQueen's shortly before his suicide, premiered her 2009 single "[[Bad Romance]]" at the ''Plato's Atlantis'' show. For the single's [[music video]], released November 2009, Gaga wore the opalescent "Neptune's Daughter" outfit that closed the ''Plato's Atlantis'' show, including the matching armadillo shoes.<ref name=":20">{{Cite book |last1=Gray |first1=Sally |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpN8AgAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA47 |title=Lady Gaga and Popular Music: Performing Gender, Fashion, and Culture |last2=Rutnam |first2=Anisha |date=3 January 2014 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-07987-2 |editor-last1=Iddon |editor-first1=Martin |series=Routledge Studies in Popular Music |location=New York City |pages=47 |chapter=Her Own Real Thing: Lady Gaga and the Haus of Fashion |editor-last2=Marshall |editor-first2=Melanie L. | archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421034956/https://books.google.ca/books?id=LpN8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF4_WlnqT3AhWfLDQIHVLlBiw4ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22armadillo%22%20mcqueen&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stępień |first=Justyna |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpEFEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lady+gaga%22+'bad+romance%22+armadillo&pg=PA79 |title=Staging Fashion: The Fashion Show and Its Spaces |date=10 December 2020 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-350-10184-5 |editor-last=Ferrero-Regis |editor-first=Tiziana |location=London |pages=78 |chapter='Savage Beauties': Alexander McQueen's Performance of Posthuman Bodies |editor-last2=Lindquist |editor-first2=Marissa |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427132951/https://books.google.com/books?id=CpEFEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA79&dq=%22lady+gaga%22+%27bad+romance%22+armadillo&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Gaga wore a pair of armadillo heels in python skin when she arrived at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]] in September 2010; she described this look in 2018 as the top outfit of her career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harwood |first=Erika |date=27 September 2018 |title=Lady Gaga combines old Hollywood with avant-garde for the London premiere of ''A Star Is Born'' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/09/lady-gaga-london-premiere-a-star-is-born |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502213153/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/09/lady-gaga-london-premiere-a-star-is-born |archive-date=2 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bueno |first=Antoinette |date=13 September 2018 |title=Lady Gaga reveals what she thinks is her 'No. 1 Look' ever – and it's very iconic |url=https://www.etonline.com/lady-gaga-reveals-what-she-thinks-is-her-no-1-look-ever-and-its-very-iconic-109590 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424201449/https://www.etonline.com/lady-gaga-reveals-what-she-thinks-is-her-no-1-look-ever-and-its-very-iconic-109590 |archive-date=24 April 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |publisher=[[CBS Media Ventures]]}}</ref> Later that month, she wore the same pair with a dress made of hair for a performance at [[Oak Room (Plaza Hotel)|The Oak Room]] at New York's [[Plaza Hotel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's scary hairy outfit: love or hate? |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion-news/lady-gaga-s-scary-hairy-dress-love-or-hate-162084 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204212237/https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion-news/lady-gaga-s-scary-hairy-dress-love-or-hate-162084 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Marie Claire]] |publisher=[[Future plc]]}}</ref>

Three brand-new pairs were created in 2015 by [[Alexander McQueen (brand)|McQueen's label]] in partnership with [[Christie's]] auction house, which sold them to raise money for the [[UNICEF]] [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|2015 Nepal earthquake]] relief fund.<ref name=":0" /> Initially expected to sell for {{US$|10–15|link=yes}},000 all together, they eventually sold for a combined total of $295,000. All three pairs were sold to American actor [[Taylor Kinney]], who gifted them to Lady Gaga, then his fiancée.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 2015 |title=Lady Gaga buys McQueen armadillo boots at charity auction |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a35067/lady-gaga-buys-mcqueen-armadillo-boots-at-charity-auction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506225102/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a35067/lady-gaga-buys-mcqueen-armadillo-boots-at-charity-auction/ |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Harper's Bazaar]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]]}}</ref> In 2016 Gaga was the guest editor for the Spring preview issue of ''[[V (American magazine)|V]]''{{nbs}}magazine, which featured a photoshoot of herself and Guinness wearing armadillo heels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kosin |first=Julie |date=6 January 2016 |title=Lady Gaga and fiancée Taylor Kinney pose naked for 'V' magazine |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a13545/lady-gaga-v-magazine-guest-editor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602030623/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a13545/lady-gaga-v-magazine-guest-editor/ |archive-date=2 June 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=Harper's Bazaar |publisher=Hearst Communications}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marku |first=Greg |date=28 March 2021 |title=Best Lady Gaga and V moments to date |url=https://vmagazine.com/article/best-lady-gaga-and-v-moments-to-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324053445/https://vmagazine.com/article/best-lady-gaga-and-v-moments-to-date/ |archive-date=24 March 2022 |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=[[V (American magazine)|V]] |publisher=[[Visionaire]]}}</ref>

In 2019 [[Kerry Taylor (businesswoman)#Career|Kerry Taylor Auctions]] reported selling a pair of armadillo heels in turquoise shagreen for {{GBP|60,000|link=yes}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2019 |title=Lot 261 – A fine and rare pair of Alexander McQueen 'Armadillo' boots |url=https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/lot/261-a-fine-and-rare-pair-of-alexander-mcqueen/?lot=1255&sd=1 |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=[[Kerry Taylor (businesswoman)|Kerry Taylor Auctions]] |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826081958/https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/lot/261-a-fine-and-rare-pair-of-alexander-mcqueen/?lot=1255&sd=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Reception and cultural legacy ==
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Critical reaction to the armadillo shoes was immediate and polarised. Many reviewers described them as both grotesque and beautiful in the same breath.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Darcella |first=Aria |date=29 August 2018 |title=Fashion flashback: when Alexander McQueen met the internet |url=https://fashionista.com/2018/08/alexander-mcqueen-spring-2010-platos-atlantis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053833/https://fashionista.com/2018/08/alexander-mcqueen-spring-2010-platos-atlantis |archive-date=10 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Fashionista (website)|Fashionista]] |publisher=Breaking Media}}</ref> They were particularly noted for their complete visual departure from the natural structure of the human foot.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Birringer |first=Johannes |author-link=Johannes Birringer |date=2016 |title=Performance In the Cabinet of Curiosities: Or, The Boy Who Lived in the Tree |journal=PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art |volume=38 |issue=3 |page=20 |doi=10.1162/PAJJ_a_00331 |issn=1520-281X |jstor=26386804 |s2cid=57559845|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Three shoe designs by Alexander McQueen |url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/three-shoe-designs-by-alexander-mcqueen |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924014324/https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/three-shoe-designs-by-alexander-mcqueen |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Quick |first=Harriet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TD5GDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PT459 |title=Vogue: The Shoe |date=22 February 2018 |publisher=[[Conran Octopus]] |isbn=978-1-84091-779-6 |series=Portfolio series |location=London | archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053832/https://books.google.ca/books?id=TD5GDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT459&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUyr30naT3AhVvHzQIHQtZDyUQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=%22armadillo%22%20mcqueen&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Critics often described the models as looking alien, monstrous, or inhuman while wearing them.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Fortini |first=Amanda |date=13 December 2009 |title=Stiletto claws |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E6DC1E39F930A25751C1A96F9C8B63 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053835/https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9B07E6DC1E39F930A25751C1A96F9C8B63.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":16" /> They are often described as an iconic element of the ''Plato's Atlantis'' collection and of McQueen's body of work in general.<ref name=":18" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Knox |first=Kristin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKFpDgAAQBAJ&dq=armadillo+mcqueen+iconic&pg=PA18 |title=Alexander McQueen: Genius of a Generation |date=7 May 2010 |publisher=[[A & C Black]] |isbn=978-1-4081-3223-4 |location=London |pages=18 | archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501083929/https://books.google.ca/books?id=HKFpDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=armadillo+mcqueen+iconic&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7_L-C8733AhXALTQIHfxJAPoQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=armadillo%20mcqueen%20iconic&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abad |first=Mario |date=27 December 2019 |title=The decade in fashion: 16 runway shows that defined the 2010s |url=https://www.papermag.com/most-memorable-fashion-shows-2010s-2641975788.html?rebelltitem=23#rebelltitem23?rebelltitem=23 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427132952/https://www.papermag.com/most-memorable-fashion-shows-2010s-2641975788.html?rebelltitem=23#rebelltitem23?rebelltitem=23 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, British ''Vogue'' called them one of the 20 all-time most iconic shoes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Ella |date=13 July 2012 |title=Most iconic shoes |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/top-20-most-iconic-shoes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505051939/https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/top-20-most-iconic-shoes |archive-date=5 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=British Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref>

Although there was some criticism of their appearance, much of the negative reaction centered on the perceived impracticality of walking in the armadillo heels.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":16">{{Cite news |last=Menkes |first=Suzy |date=7 October 2009 |title=Techno revolution |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/fashion/08iht-rqueen.html |access-date=9 May 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427132951/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/fashion/08iht-rqueen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Some critics labelled the impractical design a [[Feminism|feminist]] issue, pointing out that female models were being expected to walk in extreme heels designed by a man.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Thurman |first=Judith |date=9 May 2011 |title=Dressed to thrill |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/16/dressed-to-thrill |url-status=live |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |publisher=Condé Nast |issn=0028-792X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618160416/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/16/dressed-to-thrill |archive-date=18 June 2021 |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref> [[Costume design]] professor Deborah Bell wrote that they transformed the model into a "hunted victim."<ref name=":21" />

Critics viewing them in retrospect have described their effect on high fashion footwear as groundbreaking.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":21">{{Cite book |last=Bell |first=Deborah |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvm2BQAAQBAJ&dq=%22savage+beauty%22+%22armadillo%22&pg=PA6 |title=Masquerade: Essays on Tradition and Innovation Worldwide |date=17 December 2014 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-0-7864-7646-6 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |pages=6 |chapter=Introduction |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428005023/https://books.google.ca/books?id=qvm2BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=%22savage+beauty%22+%22armadillo%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuteWcurX3AhUnJzQIHR_wC4UQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=%22savage%20beauty%22%20%22armadillo%22&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2010, [[Fashion journalism|fashion journalists]] were crediting the armadillo heels as one source of a trend towards extreme high heels both on the runway and in everyday fashion.<ref name=":15" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilkinson |first=Isabel |date=18 October 2010 |title=Alexander McQueen armadillos, Lady Gaga shoes, and the highest heels |work=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/10/18/alexander-mcqueen-armadillos-lady-gaga-shoes-and-the-highest-heels |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053836/https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexander-mcqueen-armadillos-lady-gaga-shoes-and-the-highest-heels |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Aria Darcella argued in ''[[Fashionista (website)|Fashionista]]'' that "never in fashion has a shoe eclipsed the rest of a collection".<ref name=":9" /> Later that year, in an article that celebrated deliberately unappealing fashion, ''[[The Paris Review]]'' called them "aggressively ugly" while noting that they had "forever change[d] footwear."<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Kelleher |first=Katy |date=30 October 2018 |title=Ugliness Is underrated: ugly fashion |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/10/30/ugliness-is-underrated-ugly-fashion/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=[[The Paris Review]] |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227175214/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/10/30/ugliness-is-underrated-ugly-fashion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for the American edition of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' in 2020, Steff Yotka described them as "the progenitor of our obsession with really quite bizarre footwear".<ref name=":5" />

Since their debut, the armadillo shoes have been featured in four museum exhibitions. Several pairs from the Alexander McQueen Archive were featured at ''[[Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty]]'', a retrospective exhibition of McQueen's work, which appeared at The Met in 2011 and the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] (V&A) of London in 2015.<ref name=":2" />{{Sfn|Bolton|2011|pp=185–186, 189, 194, 213, 232, 234–235}} The shoes also appeared in the 2015 V&A exhibition ''Shoes: Pleasure and Pain.''<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Kathryn |date=5 June 2015 |title=The pleasure and pain of shoes: something afoot at the V&A |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/05/strange-shoes-victoria-and-albert-museum-exhibition-pleasure-and-pain |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424201449/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/05/strange-shoes-victoria-and-albert-museum-exhibition-pleasure-and-pain |archive-date=24 April 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> In 2017, Kelis lent her pair to the [[Museum of Modern Art]] for a fashion exhibition entitled ''Items: Is Fashion Modern?''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yotka |first=Steff |date=2 October 2017 |title=What to expect From MoMA's first fashion exhibition in 70 years |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/moma-items-is-fashion-modern |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523061902/https://www.vogue.com/article/moma-items-is-fashion-modern |archive-date=23 May 2022 |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Antonelli |first1=Paola |title=Items: Is Fashion Modern? |last2=Millar Fisher |first2=Michelle |date=2017 |publisher=[[The Museum of Modern Art]] |isbn=978-1-63345-036-3 |location=New York City |pages=283 |oclc=973794681 |author-link=Paola Antonelli}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=BU2KljzFh2w|user=kelis|title=Lending my Armadillo Alexander McQueen shoes/works of art to the @themuseumofmodernart for an upcoming exhibit.|date=2 June 2017|author=[[Kelis]]}}</ref> At least three pairs of armadillo heels appeared in the 2022 exhibition ''Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse'', shown at the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] and the [[National Gallery of Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Elle |date=11 July 2022 |title=Mind, Mythos, Muse |url=https://inlovemag.com/mind-mythos-muse/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=InLove |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928042245/https://inlovemag.com/mind-mythos-muse/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Academic explorations ===
[[File:EnPointeFoot.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|alt=refer to caption|A [[Glossary of ballet#Relevé|relevé]] or rise ''en pointe'' in a [[pointe shoe]]]]

Some writers have explored the artistic and cultural implications of the armadillo heels. Their existence as impractical but visually striking footwear has been used to support the argument that fashion is an art form in its own right.<ref name=":1" /> Writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2009, Amanda Fortini connected their immense height to the so-called [[hemline theory]], which posits that fashion designs tend to reflect the state of the economy. She suggested that the extreme heels on the armadillo boots reflected an attempt to "lift our collective spirits" given the impact of the [[Great Recession|Great Recession of 2008]].<ref name=":15" /> Fashion historians Beth Dincuff Charleston and Francesca Granata have each argued, in 2010 and 2017 respectively, that the shoes function closer to medical or corrective devices than footwear.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=Granata |first=Francesca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiSPDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA151 |title=Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body |date=23 February 2017 |publisher=[[I. B. Tauris]] |isbn=978-1-78673-029-9 |location=London |pages=151 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053840/https://books.google.ca/books?id=IiSPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUyr30naT3AhVvHzQIHQtZDyUQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=%22armadillo%22%20mcqueen&f=false |archive-date=10 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Mass media]] theorist [[Paul Hegarty (musician)|Paul Hegarty]] discussed Lady Gaga's use of the armadillo heels in her "Bad Romance" video as a combination of [[dominance and submission]]: their height restricts Gaga's movement, indicating submissiveness, but her ability to walk in them indicates a [[Subversion|subversive]] kind of dominance. In this way, the video "looks at complicity with controls as a way of surmounting them".<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hegarty |first1=Paul |title=Lady Gaga and Popular Music: Performing Gender, Fashion, and Culture |date=3 January 2014 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-07987-2 |editor-last1=Iddon |editor-first1=Martin |series=Routledge Studies in Popular Music |location=New York City |pages=87, 92 |chapter=Lady Gaga and the Drop: Eroticism High and Low |author-link=Paul Hegarty (musician) |editor-last2=Marshall |editor-first2=Melanie L. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpN8AgAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA47 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421034956/https://books.google.ca/books?id=LpN8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF4_WlnqT3AhWfLDQIHVLlBiw4ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=%22armadillo%22%20mcqueen&f=false |archive-date=21 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 Isabelle Szmigin and Maria Piacentini discussed them as an example of how high fashion concepts{{snd}}in this case, extremely high heels{{snd}}are absorbed into [[popular culture]] and then spread to individuals, affecting their desires and [[Consumer behaviour|behaviour as consumers]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Szmigin |first1=Isabelle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jDcBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA313 |title=Consumer Behaviour |last2=Piacentini |first2=Maria |date=6 November 2014 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-964644-9 |pages=313–314 |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609195145/https://books.google.com/books?id=6jDcBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22armadillo%22+mcqueen&pg=PA313 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Shahidha Bari]], professor of fashion cultures, described them in 2020 as a parody of a ballerina's [[pointe shoe]]s: "gorgeous and cruel, but it also makes explicit the mercilessness of the pointe shoe".<ref name=":24" /> Philosopher Gwenda-Lin Grewal called them an example of [[Surrealism|surrealist]] high comedy in fashion, comparing them to the absurdist [[shoe hat]] created by Italian designer [[Elsa Schiaparelli]] in 1937.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grewal |first=Gwenda-lin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNRuEAAAQBAJ&dq=armadillo+%22leigh+bowery%22&pg=PT263 |title=Fashion {{!}} Sense: On Philosophy and Fashion |date=19 May 2022 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-350-20148-4 |location=London |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114234616/https://books.google.com/books?id=tNRuEAAAQBAJ&dq=armadillo+%22leigh+bowery%22&pg=PT263 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elsa Schiaparelli: Hat, winter 1937–38 |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83437 |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826081957/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83437 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Performance scholar Franziska Bork Petersen picked up the thread of Charleston and Granata's arguments in her book ''Body Utopianism'' (2022), analysing the armadillo shoes as analogous to [[Prosthesis|prosthetics]] in their altering of the human form.<ref name=":26">{{Cite book |last=Petersen |first=Franziska Bork |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dnB5EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22plato%27s+atlantis%22+runway&pg=PA253 |title=Body Utopianism: Prosthetic Being Between Enhancement and Estrangement |date=5 July 2022 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |isbn=978-3-030-97486-2 |series=Palgrave Studies in Utopianism |location=London |pages=253 |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114234614/https://books.google.com/books?id=dnB5EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22plato%27s+atlantis%22+runway&pg=PA253 |url-status=live }}</ref> Petersen noted that while watching the runway show, the distinctive gait of the models wearing the armadillo heels became a visual norm, and that the more typical gait of models wearing other shoes "stand out in their otherness".<ref name=":26" /> She argues that their ability to wear the difficult shoes proficiently makes them "technicians" on the runway, and that it is the movement of the models which completes the visual impact of the shoe.{{Sfn|Petersen|2022|p=254}} She situates the unusual shape of the shoe as typical of fashion rather than an outlier, arguing that throughout the [[history of fashion design]], clothing and footwear have significantly altered the natural shape of the human body.{{Sfn|Petersen|2022|p=254}} Although she critiques the armadillo shoes for existing as commercial rather than strictly artistic objects, Petersen concludes that the radical alteration the shoes make to the appearance of the body can "open up the possibility to encounter the familiar human body as strange", allowing for unconventional ideas of beauty to emerge in the viewer.{{Sfn|Petersen|2022|p=|pp=260–263}}<!--Quote on p 260, but remainder of sentence supported by entire page range.-->
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