Gisele Bündchen refuses to walk the runway in heels

Nicolas Ghesquière, Balenciaga's creative director, tells of supermodel Gisele Bündchen putting her foot down.

While the 'mannish' shoe is firmly on-trend for the autumn/winter season, Balenciaga's creative director Nicolas Ghesquière was already one step ahead when he sent chunky flats down the spring/summer 2011 runway. But it has now been revealed that the brothel creepers which featured so prominently in the French fashion house's collection were a happy coincidence rather than fashion-forward statement.

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