What's that old axiom? Ah, yes, the cuter the shoe, the harder it is to walk in. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Rihanna feel your pain—literally. Click through, ahead, to see your favorite stars wearing some of the world's most fashionable, but also most uncomfortable-looking shoes to exist.
Sarah Jessica Parker
The Sex and the City star wore a pair of Louis Vuitton lion heels to the film presentation of I Don't Know How She Does It at the Ritz Carlton hotel—and really, we don't know how she does it wearing those pumps. Wondering what's it's like to walk around like a lioness? Uncomfortable.
Britney Spears
At the fourth-annual Hollywood Beauty Awards in L.A., the singer wore a dress that gave us major "Toxic" music video vibes. Unfortunately, it seems some of her toes didn't quite get the memo when it came to putting on the shoes (check out that poor pinkie toe!), but we've all been there at some point.
Rihanna
RiRi posted a picture on Instagram wearing a pair of rhinestoned slouchy boots straight from the YSL 2017 runway. Each boot was reportedly crafted with 3,000 stones, and altogether the pair of not-very-comfy-looking shoes cost a whopping $10,000. So, I guess, beauty is pain and money.
Nicki Minaj
In 2012, seasoned heel-walker Nicki Minaj wore a head-to-toe pink ensemble, complete with pale pink Giuseppe Zanotti peep-toe pumps to promote her new fragrance. The peep-toe style looks to be squeezing her toes together, and the platform is nearly five inches!
Angelina Jolie
Shoe designer Christian Louboutin created a pair of heels that were inspired by Angelina Jolie's role in the Disney movie Maleficent, and she wore them to a London photo call for the movie. The heel is sculpted to look like one of of Maleficent's horns.
Bella Hadid
Just a few hours after she rocked a dominatrix-y, latex gown and 10-pound veil at the Met Gala, Bella Hadid showed up at the after party in a pair of open-toed mules that appear incredibly hard to walk in. It looks like Hadid is scrunching her toes in an effort to keep them from sliding off.
Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton has also experienced some heel difficulties. Though her shoes don't look that uncomfortable to wear, the position her foot got caught in does. If anything, Kate is the queen of heel-wearing—she can even throw a pair on hours after giving birth.
Kim Kardashian
While she was in the final trimester with her and Kanye West's first daughter, North, Kim Kardashian wore a pair of very high heels with with criss-crossing straps to promote the Kardashian Kollection at Sears. Later, when she took the shoes off, she revealed just how badly the straps were cutting off her circulation.
Lady Gaga
Yes, here's Lady Gaga again because the Alexander McQueen Armadillo shoes she wore to the 2010 VMAs look extremely painful to put on, let alone walk in. You know when ballerinas wear pointe shoes and dance on their toes? That's what we imagine wearing these heels would be like. Also, let it be noted that these heels are almost one-foot tall.
Aubrey Plaza
When Aubrey Plaza looked back at the camera, it became very noticeable that her heels didn't fit. But apparently a lot of celebrities choose to wear shoes that are just a little too big to help prevent blisters and to stop their feet from swelling. Walking around in shoes that might fall off sounds pretty uncomfortable, but swollen feet and blisters do too.
Lady Gaga
You had to have known Lady Gaga was going to be in here not once, not twice, but three times (at least). Who could forget when the singer attended the 2010 VMAs wrapped completely in raw meat? It doesn't seem like the most breathable material, so surely her meat-and-butcher's twine platforms weren't comfortable.
Holly Madison
The New York Times-bestselling author and former Playmate wore a pair of pumps to a dog show in 2013, just a few months after giving birth. If you look closely, her very high Charlotte Olympia “Cherie” heels are sculpted to looks like pink poodles, which is cute, but they don't look too fun to walk around in.
Kim Kardashian
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star debuted a pair of thigh-high, clear, plastic boots in 2016. The see-through boots were from Kanye West's Yeezy Season 4 collection. While she might be supporting (or promoting) her husband's brand, she's not making us think these shoes are easy to walk in.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is in here a lot, too, because she's always rocking heels—no matter how badly they may hurt her feet. While she was pregnant with baby Saint, she was spotted in a pair of Yeezy Season 2 clear pumps that looked like the heel was about to snap.
Marion Cotillard
The French actress wore a pair of Dior pumps during the Bike In Style Challenge winner announcement and awards ceremony. Surely, she wouldn't bike in these shoes with heels sculpted to look like goddesses?
Pamela Anderson
While walking around Central Park with her son, Pamela Anderson reportedly stopped to play soccer with him, which she couldn't do while wearing these heels.
Julia Roberts
Most high-heel wearers know that at some point in the evening, the shoes have to come off—but Julia Roberts didn't even make it down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival before giving up. Honestly, good for you, Julia.
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