Congrats to Jamie for winning the WeddingPaperDivas/TinyPrints $100 Gift Certificate. Dispelling notions that early entries can’t win in a random drawing, she was lucky contestent #3.
Jamie, please watch out for our email notification and claim your prize by Tuesday, July 15th. In the event we don’t hear back from you, the lovely prize will be forfeited and awarded to someone else.
-Kanye West and fashion designer Louis Vuitton are collaborating on a men’s shoe line. Via NME. I’m curious, will there be glow in the dark shoes?
-Need a way to update your shoes? How about shoe clips, which are modelled by the lovely Shoe Smitten?
-From the Dear Abby Columns.
DEAR ABBY: I have been wondering about the custom of shoe removal when someone is a guest at the home of the person who practices this custom before entering the house.
When the entryway has several pairs of shoes in plain view, it’s obvious the residents remove their footwear before entering the living space. By the way, I am not referring to entering a Japanese home where it is considered disrespectful to leave one’s shoes on.
How can a guest handle a situation like this in your standard American home? Is it appropriate to ask if they would like you to remove your shoes? This can be of particular concern to a woman in dressy attire wearing heels or other footwear to complete her outfit. If she removes her shoes, it can ruin the image she’s trying to present. Walking barefoot or in stockings could be considering tacky. What is the proper etiquette for these circumstances? — FOOTLOOSE IN FLORIDA
Abby’s response at the Chicago Tribune
-According to the 2008 Luxury Brand Status Index survey, the #1 luxury shoe brand is Christian Louboutin. No surprise there. Can you guess who came in second and third? - Via Footwear News
-Thank goodness for velcro…otherwise it would take hours to get into and out of these very costly, old-school Dolce & Gabanna gladiator sandals. - Via Manolo the ShoeBlogger
-Shoes serve multi-functional roles; At a B96 SummerBash 2008 concert, shoes show teens the consequences of smoking - Via Southtown Star
-Shoes at the 2008 Daytime Emmys - Via SoapNet
-The Early Show provides warnings and tips for wearers of flip flops - Via CBSNews
While many of us are waiting for the new season of Project Runway to commence, Footwear News and Nine West are in the midst of a shoe designer challenge to tie us over. There are seven challengers and the winner earns a spot on the Nine West design team.
I’ve missed most of the online challenges (the finals are this month), but that’s what is so great about the web, you can catch up anytime. For example, in Challenge 4 each of the remaining contestants had to design a red carpet shoe to accessorize a LBD, use Swarovski crystals, AND complement the style of a celebrity of their choosing.
My favorite of the Challenge 4 designs were by Melissa Cordero. She designed this garden themed mary-jane adorned with Swarovski gold branches. It’s certainly unique and organic. Yet, it isn’t exactly what a celeb would wear on the red carpet, right? Well, when you take into account that it was designed to be worn by Bjork (think swan dress), I can totally see why Melissa was chosen to advance onto the next round.
To catch up on this and other fun shoe challenges, go to Footwear News ShoeStar Challenge.
Apparently, when the Los Angeles Times reported that shoe lovers were feeling financial pain in the pump, they weren’t referring to this guy:
I think $20,000 is definitely too much. You can quote me on that. Absolutely way too much. That’s absurd. You’re paying $20,000 for a pair of shoes, that’s insane. You should get your head checked. Anything under is fine,” he said. So $8G is okay? “$12,000, $16,000. Yeah. Anything over twenty, that’s absurd.” Via NYMag
Gulp. I’d like to be adopted by this guy.
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