An Annjet Koster’s design, as seen at the Virtual Shoe Museum

As you well know, there’s a lot of less-than-intriguing fashion websites out there (hopefully GlamChic isn’t one of them). But sometimes, when trolling around online, you’ve got to give off-kilter sites a chance. Take the Virtual Shoe Museum, a site I stumbled upon this weekend. Sure, it’s a little hard to decipher the curatorial direction behind the “museum” and the categories of avant-garde creations form a confusingly broad spectrum, from “Instep Focus” to “Paper Styles.”

Still, there’s some good fashion to be found, the kind of stuff those good ole glossy magazines won’t be showing you anytime soon. Or will they?

Marloes TenBhomer’s architectural heel                   Marni’s spring platform

When looking at the site’s indie designer showcase, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between their shoes and some of those seen in the recent runway shows. If nothing else, the e-comparison makes big-name designers’ styles seem a little less wacky and a lot more wearable. So merci Virtual Shoe Museum, merci.

Annejet Koster boot                  Marc Jacobs’ sheer spring shoe-boot

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*Images: Virtual Shoe Museum ; spring shoes, Style.com