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Warning : The following article features NAKED WOMEN and some great kick-ass shoes.

Somewhere in the foothills of northern Italy is a coven of Valentinas, where the only entry requirement is to abandon all clothing.  The naturists there are worshipping at the altar of the designer’s Garavani Tan-Go pump. These latest must-haves are the creation of designer  Pierpaolo Piccioli’s .

“Our recommendation is to wear them with your birthday suit,” says photographer Alessandro Merlo. “They are the ultimate symbol of desirability”. With their hulking platforms, nimble straps, and glossy patinas, the Tan-Gos have become a fast-favourite of the Instagram set, but in his first-ever collaboration with Valentino, Merlo has repositioned the shoe as a symbol of pre-internet bohemia.