Speaking of awesome shoes, we don’t have to wait for next season to adorn ourselves with some. There are some fantastic ones available right here, right now like these wooden wedge pumps from Stella McCartney. OK, at $1,145 these do not come cheap […]
Once again, I have to give honorable mention to Alexander McQueen. I’m not sure I would be able to wear these shoes, particularly the black ones which look nothing less than excruciating, but they sure are cool to gaze at!
The most notable accessories from the Paris runways were the shoes. Shoes are the IT item these days for sure. With their vertiginous heights, they were pure flights of fancy. They did look like medieval torture devices, but in a good way! […]
Posh and Becks (aka Victoria and David Beckham) unveiled their twin perfumes over the weekend at Macy’s in Manhattan’s Herald Square. (Another celebrity perfume launch. What a shock!) With all the ruckus caused by hundreds of screaming fans and photographers from around the world, it seems that the attention was focused on […]
English actress Helena bonham Carter was recently spotted in London wearing these funky-looking Mary Janes. It turns out they are made by a New Mexico-based footwear company called Z Coil. Its claim to fame is a heel made out of a 3-inch steel coil designed to act as a shock absorber. The […]
Speaking of high heels, check out these cool crisscross booties from Giuseppe Zanotti. They’re edgy and fab, but should be pretty easy on the feet because the metallic heel is only 3″ (as opposed to the 4″ and 5″ heels we’ll be seeing this fall) and the leather is soft and supple so […]
High heels are back and I’m not talking about chunky platforms. I’m talking about uber-feminine, stiletto-heeled man traps. We’ve witnessed the death of the “it” bag and are now moving on to coveting the “it” shoe which is the universally flattering killer heel. The newly fashionable shoes have the aforementioned high heels, […]
The New York Sun reports today that sales of FitFlops - “the flip flop with the gym built in” - are on the rise, with more than 1 million pairs already sold. These thick-soled sandals promise a workout as you walk, by destabilizing your foot with built-in wobble boards. The resulting movement is […]
The photo above is from the August 2008 issue of W magazine. It features Christy Turlington wearing Prada briefs and a pair of thigh-high lace-up platform boots from Etro. When I saw this photo, I was immediately reminded of a similar pair of boots displayed in a recent exhibit by the Metropolitan […]
I have seen this Birkenstock Gizeh thong EVERYWHERE! It is all over New York. A couple of days ago, I was walking on Third Avenue, in the 70s, and I noticed three teenage girls standing in a group, talking on the sidewalk. The reason I noticed them was because they were ALL […]
Hey everyone, starting today, Saks is having another markdown - up to 70% off. That means that these totally fab Jimmy Choo water snake sandals which were originally $920 are now $552. The details here are awesome. Check out the come hither zipper at the back, the […]
OK, perhaps these outfits from Chanel’s Spring/Summer 08 RTW collection are not the most practical choices for a barbeque, but they sure are fun to look at, not to mention, in the spirit of things. Anyway, check out the handbag-as-anklet. Could this be a sign that the oversize […]
Brian Atwood, one of my favorite shoe designers says: “I love women to be noticed. I love to put them on the pedestal they deserve.” There you go. He and the makers of 16th century Venetian chopines, which has turned out to be a theme of sorts […]
Yves Saint Laurent was ahead of his time when he looked to street fashion for inspiration, but now, fashion houses are going a step further, or should I say lower, apparently taking their cues from um, ladies of the night, at least when it comes to shoes. Heels and […]
It seems like silly looking flowers are in this season and that is certainly the case with these Miu Miu shoes. First of all, how can one get past the flower at the tip of the shoe? Do the petals drag on the ground when you walk? Do they get dirty? […]
OK, I’m done ranting about the Tory Burch Reva flats and now I’m ready to show you some of the cute alternatives I was talking about yesterday. The Marc Jacobs patent ballet flats have the elasticized back, but they look different because most of the heel is unexpectedly left […]
It is time to come clean about something. I will probably be hanged and quartered for saying this, especially in my neighborhood, the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where it seems that at least half of the women living here own at least one pair of Tory Burch Reva ballet flats. I have […]
You don’t need to go to a museum to look at Christian Louboutin’s shoes. You can walk into a store selling his shoes right now to see some pretty cool ones like these slingbacks. The notch cut into the back is totally unexpected. It makes you look […]
If this recent photo of a homeless person Diana Ross in her UGGs is not enough to dissuade everyone and anyone from ever donning UGGs, then I don’t know what will. I hope she’s on her way to the trash bin to throw those right out. I would just like to note that […]
Sometimes I wonder if designers enter contests to see who can design the ugliest shoes possible. If these contests do exist, then surely this Y-3 Phasma 90 stretch wedge must have won top prize somewhere. I say this reluctantly because Y-3 is a collaboration between Yohji […]
