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"Even hardcore DIY-ers like me are intimidated by the prospect of venturing into footwear--just walking in high heels is enough of a challenge, thankyouverymuch! But with the introduction of a brilliant new style from Brazilian brand Melissa, I just may conquer my fear of do-it-yourself shoes... Check out this shoe designed by Gaetano Pesce, an Italian architect and insanely innovative thinker, for the uber-comfy PVC footwear brand Melissa. &amp;quot;&amp;amp;#8216;This is the future of mass production,&amp;amp;#8217;&amp;amp;#8217; Pesce tells the New York Times&amp;#x27;s T Magazine. &amp;amp;#8216;&amp;amp;#8216;With the technology we have today, we can give people something that is half done and ask them to finish it.&amp;quot; What, exactly, does he mean? Well dolls, the boots were designed for you to take a scissor to &amp;#x27;em and create the exact pair of your dreams. A series of interlocking circles (made from recycled plastic) can be easily snipped with household scissors to become an ankle boot, a ballet flat, a peep-toe, a flip flop, or anything in between that you can conceive. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! &amp;quot;To visualize this concept think of the shoe as an origami, it can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs,&amp;quot; a company statement says. They claim there are seven different designs to experiment with, but we think the only limitations are your imagination. Check out the pair of oxford-esque shoes one blogger created (FYI, the blog is not in English!). Pretty darn cool, huh? Get more info at melissashoes.com, then tell us...what would you turn your pair into? Have any of you gone DIY with your shoes yet? What did you make? Share! Want more DIY projects? See how I distressed my own denim and made my own statement necklace for just $12! Photo: courtesy of Melissa Shoes Want more fashion news, right as it&amp;#x27;s happening? Follow us on Twitter: Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3});"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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