Scary spikes on Louise Goldin’s line for Topshop

Topshop are great at collaborating with new young designers, and their upcoming range of shoes by Louise Goldin (for the boutique collection) is another example. They’re quite similar to the ones she showed on the catwalk for Spring/Summer 2009, but those ones were styled with cute ankle socks. Although we’re sure someone adorable could tone these pointy court shoes down with a hyper-girly outfit, we think on most people they’d look downright scary. The combination of studs and aggressive-looking spikes means we’re not sure we’d be brave enough to wear them.

The toe spikes look like they could do quite a bit of damage if you decided to kick someone with them, too. Not that we would ever encourage violence here at ShinyStyle, but maybe they’d be a useful deterrant against muggers.

The shoes will be available spring 2010.