Actually knitted high heel boot shave been around since at least 2002 where one could spot them in various fashion boutiques in London. Saying that, a designer under Chalayan could have very well spotted the Craft version and reproduced it with a few tweaks - happens all the time in the fashion world...

Or how about the Cornelius video "Tone Twilight Zone" produced in 2001...no breakdancing in this but...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xQI0R_87Afc

The fingers ice skating are cool...