To put it frankly, Christian Louboutin really doesn't care if you find his shoes uncomfortable. And while the fashion mogul claims he doesn't try to make the shoes painful, he's not particularly interested in modifying the comfort level for anyone. "People say I am the king of painful shoes. I don't want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job to create something comfortable," he explains to Vogue. "I try to make high heels as comfortable as they can be, but my priority is design, beauty and sexiness. I'm not against them, but comfort is not my focus." Fair enough.

Louboutin sees his shoes as fashion iconography — as art. And while this is certainly a beautiful idea in theory, it's not especially practical. If you have the budget to splurge on a pair of high heels, does it make sense to buy a pair that are nearly too uncomfortable to walk in? Wouldn't you want to walk around in and show off your beautiful investment? If that's the case, Louboutin might not be for you. "I don't want people to look at my shoes and say: 'They look really comfortable!” says the designer. "The important thing is that people say: 'Wow, they're beautiful!'" (via Global Times).

We're going to be bold enough to say that Louboutins are simply not worth the money.