Manolo’s New Brights

The weather has been unseasonably warm in New York the past week, and nothing makes me feel like spring like beautiful bright shoes. Can’t you just see yourself in your classic Burberry trench, wearing these bright blue Manolo Blahnik ‘BB’ babies and dancing through sprinkles of rain like Singin the Rain, beautiful as Catherine Deneuve in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg?  They are also available in pink (via Nordstrom),  purple (via Saks), yellow, and green (via Saks).

In the background,  the Sex and the City wedding shoe, the Hangisi, has also been updated in  bright new shades.   It can be difficult to find the new shades online. I was able to locate a green one at Barneys, a hot pink version at Shop Savannahs, the pale pink (via Neimans) , and Saks carries the blue satin version.

It may be 4.25-inch heel, but that Hangisi is so stunning, so timeless and so trendy in its new colors, I know it will be flying off the shelves … or sofa chair, as this display would have it.

The Paul Smith Mancini Flowered Loafer

You can’t find this loafer online very easily, especially on sale.

But you can find it on sale for $223 at the Paul Smith Sale Shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

It pays to read your ShoeBlog. Call them ahead to see if they have your size.

This loafer really caught my eye while I was out shopping with friends. It’s feminine, comfortable, and just a little showy with the gold panels.

Made with white and pink nubuck, contrast vintage gold panels, and beige leather soles, this is a 100% leather shoe.

Kalso Earth’s Shannon Boots Are My New Gorgeous Comfort Faves

So. I’ve made no bones about the fact that I love Kalso Earth Shoes. But now I’ve got another reason to love them.

Recently I was looking for the perfect winter boot — one to last me all winter. My new Kalso Earth Shannon Boots are so beautiful and comfortable, with a high-quality leather upper, a negative heel insole and excellent arch support. Excerpts from a very interesting interview about Kalso’s yoga instructor creator and how she came up with the negative heel, after the jump.

Kalso Earth Shannon Boots, $190 from (my fave store!) The Tannery, Zappos and 1PlanetShoes

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Win SIX Pairs of Christian Louboutins on OpenSky.com

Need I explain this to you?

OpenSky is a selective shopping site that allows you to follow your favorite tastemakers — a brilliant idea that is winning the site heaps of plaudits. I recently attended one of their events in Brooklyn and signed up for the club.

Now you get an additional entry in the Louboutin giveaway for each friend of yours you invite who joins.

So check it out. I’m enjoying shopping on the site, which has lots to offer, from simple pretty fashion to laptop lap desks in fashionable colors.

Fur, Fur, Everywhere!

It’s everywhere right now.

FUR.

Faux or real, colored or au naturel, the stuff is flying everywhere, just like it did last fall. Annual redux much, fashion?

But that doesn’t mean you should wear it everywhere. Some of it is downright out of control. But Gucci, while overly flamboyant in some of its Fall 2011 saturated, jewel-tone fur colors, also produced this bella elegante shoe for this fall. Can you go wrong in a simple, soft grey? Seldom.

How have you been wearing faux or real fur for the past year? Will you wear it again this fall?

Gucci Grey Fur Boot, $1195, Saks Fifth Avenue.