Emerging talents in shoe design were recently showcased at the leading international footwear fair MICAM, which is held in Italy’s fashion capital Milan. For the 86th edition of the event, artist Johannes Stoetter created an illusion that made us double take as painted bodies posed artfully as shoes!

The shoe fair appeared to showcase wonderful high heels in rich reds and on trend animal prints which instantly caught the eye of shoe lovers and shopaholics at the event. However, it was all an illusion…

In fact, the shoes were a piece art created for the occasion as models twisted their bodies into stiletto shaped masterpieces. Weird or wonderful –we can’t decide! The realism of the shoes are insane, although it does look little painful! This is definitely where art meets shoes…