Ms Patty Huntington, author of fashion blog Frockwriter, discovered the models’ pact after speaking to Ms Kershaw last week about working conditions and extreme shoes.
She told the newspaper: “They had a mini models’ meeting and decided not to do the show.
“I’ve only heard of isolated cases of girls refusing to wear high shoes; for three big-name models to have taken a stand together like this is unheard of.
“It’s quite interesting because there are a lot of attempts to make models’ unions at the minute. This is a sign that models are finally having serious concerns about health and safety.”
Ms Ellie Levenson, author of The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism, said: “I think their refusal to wear these shoes is quite a feminist move, in that feminism is about having the confidence to say no.
“Designers do influence what women wear and I think it’s irresponsible to encourage women to wear excessive and dangerous clothing.”
Some have dared to wear them, such as singer Lady Gaga.
But British fashion website Grazia Daily noted that “to be fair, posing briefly on the red carpet, and lolling kookily in the Bad Romance video, respectively, are not the same as the gruelling tramping up and down required on McQueen’s never-ending catwalk”.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
