{"id":10189,"date":"2011-06-16T12:25:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/?p=10189"},"modified":"2011-08-27T12:51:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T16:51:25","slug":"shoe-wars-christian-louboutin-super-dombasle-vs-steve-madden-shazzam-vs-bebe-leah-cork-wedge-platform-sandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/shoe-wars-christian-louboutin-super-dombasle-vs-steve-madden-shazzam-vs-bebe-leah-cork-wedge-platform-sandals\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoe Wars: Christian Louboutin &#8216;Super Dombasle&#8217; vs. Steve Madden &#8216;Shazzam&#8217; vs. bebe &#8216;Leah&#8217; cork wedge platform sandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-10190\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/shoe-wars-christian-louboutin-super-dombasle-vs-steve-madden-shazzam-vs-bebe-leah-cork-wedge-platform-sandals\/who-did-it-better-christian-louboutin-super-dombasie-steve-madden-shazam-bebe-leah-cork-wedges\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10190\" title=\"who-did-it-better-Christian-Louboutin-Super-Dombasie-Steve-Madden-Shazam-bebe-Leah-cork-wedges\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/who-did-it-better-Christian-Louboutin-Super-Dombasie-Steve-Madden-Shazam-bebe-Leah-cork-wedges.jpg\" alt=\"who-did-it-better Christian Louboutin Super Dombasle Steve Madden Shazam bebe Leah cork wedge platform sandals\" width=\"590\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe cork platform wedge sandal is the &#8216;It&#8217; shoe for summer, and luckily there&#8217;s an option for every wallet! Of course Christian Louboutin seemed to launch the trend, beautifully, with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=msyo6fnsbTU&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=203719.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=2174&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.&amp;RD_PARM2=saksfifthavenue.com%2Fmain%2FProductDetail.jsp%3F&amp;RD_PARM3=PRODUCT%253C%253Eprd_id%3D845524446388484%2526FOLDER%253C%253Efolder_id%3D282574492709492%2526bmUID%3DiTgMsAc\" target=\"new\">Christian Louboutin Super Dombasie Patent Leather &amp; Cork Platform Sandals<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=msyo6fnsbTU&amp;bids=203719.1&amp;type=10\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> ($595). The shoes features patent leather, a thin ankle strap and a\u00a06 1\/3&#8243; heel, though the platform is about half of the height, so it feels like your average 3&#8243; high shoe.<\/p>\n<p>If $595 is too pricey for you, try the similarly designed\u00a0<a title=\"bebe Leah Cork Wedge Sandal\" href=\"http:\/\/gan.doubleclick.net\/gan_click?lid=41000000026613253&amp;pid=B0048LPCIW&amp;adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bebe.com%2Fdp%2FB0048LPCIW&amp;usg=AFHzDLvTbGm_4soBHk3YkQ7qiKmruEXmsA&amp;pubid=21000000000136671\" target=\"_blank\">bebe Leah Cork Wedge Sandal<\/a>, ($85.99). These cork wedge peep toe heels feature a patent leather upper, also with a skinny ankle strap, accented with a removable gingham-print flower. These shoes are slightly lower, with a 5.5&#8243; heel and 1.5&#8243; platform.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there&#8217;s the\u00a0<a title=\"Steve Madden Shazzam Platform\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shopnastygal.com\/products\/new\/clothing\/shoes\/Shazzam-Platform-%252d-Gold-Glitter.html  \" target=\"_blank\">Steve Madden Shazzam Platform<\/a> ($158). This shoe is more over-the-top than the others, and perfect for a party! It features a\u00a0synthetic sole with a\u00a06.5&#8243; heel and a platform height of 2.75&#8243;. The top features natural-hued leather and a\u00a0gold glitter-covered\u00a0platform.<\/p>\n<p>So who did it better? The <strong>Christian Louboutin &#8216;Super Dombasle&#8217;<\/strong>, the <strong>bebe &#8216;Leah&#8217; cork wedge<\/strong> or the <strong>Steve Madden &#8216;Shazam&#8217;<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a onmouseover=\"window.status='http:\/\/www.stevemadden.com';return true;\" onmouseout=\"window.status=' ';return true;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/96117mu2-u1HKKJIOJOHJINJLJIP\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Madden: Shop Now. www.SteveMadden.com.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/i5116g04tzxILLKJPKPIKJOKMKJQ\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><em>Get more <a title=\"What's Haute Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s Haute<\/a> &#8211; Follow us on <a title=\" What's Haute on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/whatshaute\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and &#8216;Like&#8217; us on <a title=\"What's Haute on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/whatshaute\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cork platform wedge sandal is the &#8216;It&#8217; shoe for summer, and luckily there&#8217;s an option for every wallet! Of course Christian Louboutin seemed to launch the trend, beautifully, with the\u00a0Christian Louboutin Super Dombasie Patent Leather &amp; Cork Platform Sandals ($595). The shoes features patent leather, a thin ankle strap and a\u00a06 1\/3&#8243; heel, though [&hellip;]<a href=\"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/shoe-wars-christian-louboutin-super-dombasle-vs-steve-madden-shazzam-vs-bebe-leah-cork-wedge-platform-sandals\/\" title=\" Read More \u00bb &laquo;Shoe Wars: Christian Louboutin 'Super Dombasle' vs. Steve Madden 'Shazzam' vs. bebe 'Leah' cork wedge platform sandals&raquo;\" class=\"more-link\"> Read More \u00bb <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,8,19,21],"tags":[2461,164,9435,8104,9434,153,8615,388,8102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10189"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11742,"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10189\/revisions\/11742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}