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"  It used to be that a 4-inch stiletto was considered the sexiest of skyscraping footwear. Fast forward to 2009 and 6-plus-inch heels are de rigueur. Spring collections showed a slew of shoes which can only be described as extreme\u2014from studded and jeweled at Balmain to pierced and biker-tough at Alexander Wang. The latter created a craze with his first-ever footwear collection, using fringe, metallic leather, and hardware to adorn one base style: a towering black heel set atop an even chunkier platform. The result: a toughened up style that&amp;#039;s sultry and strong, rather than dainty and delicate.  SEE MORE EXTREME HIGH HEELS HERE "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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