Heels without heels

I'm one of those women who are not that very found of high heels. Maybe because of my height 5'8, but mostly because it's uncomfortable. High heels are usually very sleek, narrow and beautiful shoes, but they are not made for my feet. My feet are wide and after playing football for more than 10 years my ankles will always be easily sprained (Mum was right when she said football would not turn me into a lady.) So I just have to live with that fact that shoes as Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik are not for me.

But when reading about shoes like this I'm OK with not being a high heel girl. And a fashionista I might add.

The 5 1/2in creations by Briton Antonio Berardi can hardly be described as high heels, since they lack the most important part - a heel.

For the bargain price of £1,800, the wearer will get to totter around with all her weight balanced on a thickened platform sole.

Unsurprisingly, fashionistas are jostling to buy a pair.

Stars including Gwyneth Paltrow and Uma Thurman invested in a black patent version costing more than £1,100, shortly after they were unveiled in Berardi's spring/summer collection in Paris.

And Victoria Beckham apparently has a snakeskin pair.

They are going on sale in Browns stores in London, where they have to be ordered up to five weeks in advance.