I’m honestly just covering this story because it’s easy. This is a story that pretty much writes itself. You have a 19 year-old dim-witted reality “star” who has few life skills and circus boobs. She’s just coming off of a stint on UK’s Celebrity Big Brother and is trying to trade on her small amount of infamy overseas. A UK company, which looks like a budget version of Forever 21 meets Fredericks of Hollywood, gives her the awesome task of designing a pair of shoes. The company did this to trade off the reality personality’s name. Since many media outlets mock the star they know they will get their money’s worth out of the deal. The result is a towering eyesore of a painful-looking shoe, with a mishmash of buttons, hearts, stars, tulle and ribbon. The shoes sell for over $500. But it doesn’t matter, because the stunt is meant to bring interest to the company’s other products, made by people in third world countries who work harder in a week than the reality star will work in her entire lifetime. (Although that may not be true, we still don’t know how this is going to play out. I know that sounds dark but it came to mind!)

Here’s more about this business venture, thanks to The Sun:

Courtney Stodden is known for her towering platform footwear, so who better to design her own pair of shoes?

The Celebrity Big Brother star has teamed up with Primo Fashion to launch her very own pair of sky-high heels.

And guess what colour she went for? Barbie pink, of course!

The blonde bombshell has gone all-out with her design, adorning her shoes with glitzy rhinestones, pearls, jewels, mirrors and cabochons. If you look closely, you’ll spot mini hearts, lips, stars and silver roses.

And as if that wasn’t enough, she’s even added pink mesh and a ginormous bow on the heel!

The made-to-order shoes are the ultimate attention grabber, featuring an eye-popping seven inch heel and a two inch concealed platform. Gulp.

And it’s not just the height making our eyes water – the skyscraper heels retail at a staggering £325. Well, they are handmade!

The ‘Courtney’ launches exclusively at primofashion.co.uk on 21 October, and will be available in sizes 3-8.

[From The Sun via Fishwrapper]

It doesn’t matter than no one will ever buy these. It doesn’t matter that they look like an art project thought up by a first grader with a lack of imagination and a stripper for a mom. It doesn’t matter that they could be recreated for less money with hot glue and a bunch of rainbow nerds. What matters is that a few young women and girls who like cheap revealing clothing will learn about these horrible shoes, visit this company’s website and buy some outfits for the club. They got their money’s worth with Courtney.

After I wrote all that it occurred to me to check this store’s website to see what else they had. They already have a shoe that’s very similar to the ones Courtney allegedly designed. Here’s that other pair of shoes, they’re called the “Barbie shoe.” It looks like Courtney just told them to turn the shoe pink, use pink junk on it, and stick a bow on the back. Voila!

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