Two-tone and multi-colour

There's no excuse to be boring with your shoes when it comes to colour. At least, not anymore. The Autumn / Winter 2008 runways had barely a plain shoe in sight, with two-toned or multiple color taking over. Different elements of a shoe can be different colours, for example contrasting straps or heels.

Seen on; 3.1 Phillip Lim, Balenciaga, Alessandro Dell'Aqua, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dries Van Noten, Marni, Prada, Valentino.

Don't think that a multi-coloured shoe can only be worn with a plain coloured outfit; use them to add colour and style to pretty much anything. For the colours themselves, they can be anything from bold bright colours through to classic shades of grey and black.

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A Penny for Your Loafers

One of the must-have items of the season is, apparently, the good ol penny loafer. Penny loafers were named as such because they could be decorated with a penny (or often, a dime). I didn’t realize there was actually an urban legend behind this:

In 1934 John R. Bass (a bootmaker in Wilton, Maine) started making loafers and called them Weejuns. These had a strap across the upper part of the vamp that was shaped like a pair of lips. The mouth opening soon was used to hold an ornament (such as a penny), and thus penny loafers became a style. Penny loafers often held a dime instead of a penny. (From Wikipedia).

In the days of yore, the penny loafer was a low-heeled shoe through and through, with a strong masculine vibe. These days the penny loafer, just like the oxford, has gone through a high-fashion transformation.

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Cork High Heeled Sandals

This sexy sling has texture and metallic shine that lights up any dance floor.
Mesh and woven leather upper.
Elastic inset at heel strap.
Cork heel.

Man-made sole.
4 1/4" heel.
8.00 oz.

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Natalie Portman fo Té Casan

Natalie Portman doesn't care for cruelty, that is cruelty to animals. Which is why she got involved with Té Casan & helped design a new line of shoes which promise to be cruelty free. According to Elle she told PETA that "All of my shoes are from Target or Stella McCartney" oh and she's also a vegan.

We aren't fans PETA, mostly because of the crazy stunts they pull, but we can appreciate her intentions. It's just that the shoes aren't that exciting, they aren't bad but really would you be willing to pay a little extra to be boring but ethical?

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SEEING RED

Leave it to the serious art set to acquire De Koonings—the thoroughly modern woman invests in the less abstract (and more wearable) work of Christian Louboutin. This week, the Museum at FIT justifies that costly shoe habit with the opening of Sole Desire: The Shoes of Christian Louboutin, an exhibit celebrating the man who made a stylish new generation ask, “Jimmy Who?”

How did the red sole come to be your trademark?In the early '90s in France, you would see a lot of women in all black, but with a few red elements—the lips, the nails—and for someone who doesn't like to wear color, red is perfect. With the shoes, it gives a lot of definition to the heel, and a certain perspective. It helped me stay closer to my primary designs. It was not done to be a trademark, but once it was there, it just naturally became one.

The most important part for designer is the imaginative part, the expression of a certain sexuality and body language. The construction is important, and you still have to consider it, but really the most important element comes from that Christmas morning excitement you have when you have a sketch and then finally see the first pair of samples.

Now I sort of realize that this is becoming a big company, and that it's successful, and that is great but this is not about a business. It's just about making shoes—when I started, I had a shop, just an empty box, and I was ready to fill it. People have different reasons for getting into the fashion industry, but for me shoes are a composition of my own desires and things that I love.

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High-heeled Mary Janes

Have you noticed that Mary-Jane has had a make over? Once confined to school-girls and church-goers, Mary Jane shoes are now adorning the feet of celebrities, starlets and wild child party animals everywhere.

Some top picks:


Clockwise from left: Barbie Mary-Jane pumps by Theory, Manolo Blahnik Open-Toe Mary Jane Pump, Valentino Peep-Toes, DAVIS by Ruthie Davis Screen Mary Jane Pump, Christian Louboutin Patent Mary-Janes, and Studio Pollini Patent Pumps.

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