Balenciaga Boots at 80% off

Okay, I know it’s springtime and we have record warm days, but this sale on winter (and even spring) merchandise just can’t be beat. Right now Yoox is having their famous sale for savings up to 90% off retail.

Not convinced yet? What about these Missoni boots for $95? I was kicking myself since I wasn’t quick enough to shop the Missoni for Target collaboration online, but happier now knowing that I can get the real Missoni for just a tad bit more. And these Balenciaga boots, which were $590 and just $115 now. I mean, you can’t even get Hunter boots for those prices and these are Missoni and Balenciaga we are talking about.
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Ding Ding Dansko! We Have a Winner

(photo courtesy of Joe)

Enjoying your April springtime so far, Shoeblog readers?

Well, April’s about to get better for the lucky winner of a new pair of Danskos, since last week’s contest has come to a close.

And that winner is (drumroll please…)

Jill Kroese, who said:

I’d like the Thea in natural, size 41. Don’t have anything to go with them yet, but also don’t have a problem shopping for something!

Congratulations, Jill!!  As a Thea wearer myself, I can promise you stylish comfort is coming your way.

Drop me a line (jitterbugbaby at shoeblog dot com) with your contact info and final style choice.

Thanks for entering, everyone, and I must say I’m jealous of a number of your wardrobe items now!

Spring Has Sprung! Time to Win Free Shoes!

Here are the deets:

To enter to win a pair of Danskos, leave a comment here with the style, color, and size you’d like.

To enter to win a pair of Danskos AND a $50 gift certificate to Nordstroms, leave that comment here, and add a pic to our Facebook wall (photo-sharing apps like Instagram are easy or, hell, your digital camera will do just fine) of something in your wardrobe that you’d pair with your new Dansko’s.  The Shoeblog community’s got great personal style!  Share some of it with us! (PS–make sure you link to the FB post in your comment here, so we can correctly count your double entry.)

The contest will run from now until next Monday, April 2 2012 at 11:59PM Zulu/GMT.  Show us the goods, and you might get goods of your very own!

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!  To honor this lucky day, let’s celebrate with the ever so versatile green color.  What I love about green is that it compliments natural earthy hues like brown and blue perfectly but also can give the bland brown, white, or black outfit that pop of color.   And if you are into color blocking with bright colors, try fuschia or yellow for a trendsetting look.

Now, onto the shoes.  First up, for  a spring wedding or for work, these classic peep toe  Miu Miu Snake Pumps ($580 at Net-A-Porter) have me salivating.  Too formal for you? (more…)

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.