Lo - I'll have a real, deal & steal on the necklace for you tomorrow ... I think I may have found you an EXACT "inspired version" & a way to have the original for an event.

ps- it's Elyn ;-)

lis - If you ditch the front-platform you can go up maybe another inch. I found some super-cute square heeled, toe-covered shoes (& other looks that are hot) in a decent price range, from Naughty-Monkey:

http://www.zappos.com/n/es/d/722668887/page/1.html

specifically:

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/27067122/c/158.html

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/27497801/c/766.html

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/28240551/c/401.html

a smidge higher, but sooo cute: http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/27512877/c/695.html

& a SUPER-CUTE modified low wedge (from their 'not rated' line):

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/26239985/c/3.html

Hope this helps ... or at least gives you some ideas!!!

Oh man Elyn! Thank you - you've now got me hooked a new brand, hahahahaha

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/27497801/c/766.html

Those are quite possibly my new dream shoes :) (After these - http://www.stevemadden.com/item.aspx?id=46252 - which are so amazingly ridiculous I fell in love instantly even though I'll be 6'2" in them... I'm buying them btw.)

Julie Ann - You're soooo right! You also really need to know what your strengths & limitations are in shoes, because the most lux shoe won't look good if you can't even stand straight!

I saw a woman wearing them in SoHo yesterday & she looked horrid because the shoes are really high & she could barely teeter in them. On the other hand, I saw a woman walking down the street in Tribeca (on freaking cobblestones!) who OWNED those shoes & made them look like an extension of her legs!