Ballognese torture!

Pretty sure they are Alexander McQueen. His 2010 collection where this shape started was inspired by moths and the shoes, cocoons. The pinterest gallery is beautiful, for the clothes.

Agreed, jediadept.

Turns out they are by Iris van Herpen.

These are truly ugly (the way you can see the straps inside is the clincher for me aside from the dali met a pair of crocs vibe), but van Herpen has some interesting and sciency ideas about fashion.
“I care about the footprint I leave with my designs, so I do a lot of research in this area. Synthetic biology is maybe the most important field of development for fashion. It can bring health, fashion and sustainability to the next level. A big advantage of biotechnology, for example ‘growing’ fabric, is that the material can become part of our natural ecosystem and therefore be non-harmful. ”
These look about as plastic as can be. More likely to end up in a museum than a whale I suppose.
‘Course it all has a couture price tag. Coming to the mainstream in …