-The low down on Suri Cruise’s custom-made Roger Vivier buckle. What a lucky girl. [Shoewawa]
-Confess your love affair of the sole on Marshall’s shoe contest. You could win a $1,000 shoe shopping spree or better yet help Anna win the shoe shopping spree. [Shoe Smitten]
-It’s that time of the year again. The annual FFANY Shoes on Sale® to raise funds for breast cancer research is happening on Wednesday, October 15 from 7– 10 p.m. ET. Here’s a wonderful chance to shop designer shoes (there will be a 100,000 pairs of designer shoes at half the suggested retail price) for great savings or a noble cause. [FFANY Shoes on Sale]
-Awwwh, sometimes dream do come true. From Nurturing Narcissism blog,“The Manolo’s are my size! …For a moment, the heavens parted! A pillar of light shone down around us; me and my Manolo’s. I heard the beautiful sound of angels singing!” [Nurturing Narcissism]
I just finished writing an entire post about fashion designers, Victoria Beckham and their evident love for shoes with ridiculous heels, oddly placed heels, or no heels at all. And then I flipped through the Aminaka Wilmont Spring 2009 collection, shown recently in London. I had never heard of this particular line before, so I did a little research. It is named after the designers: Marcus Wilmont and Maki Aminaka. They are a London based duo and their range is very classy and yet super edgy at the same time. You can even buy their stuff on Net-a-Porter.
All this seems fairly straight-forward. The Spring collection had a much more futuristic feel to it than their past stuff. Here are a few photos of their recent line:
Ok, so you decided to wrap your models’ feet in ribbons. Who needs shoes anyway, right?
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present Heels without Shoes! I am baffled. Completely and totally. This looks cool on the runway and I am all about wearable art. I totally get the concept that some stuff that designers put up there is not really intended to be worn (Gasp! Perish the thought). But can you imagine the ramifications of a normal(?) person owning these? Imagine: you are at a fancy cocktail party and suddenly you step down on an hors d’oeuvre gone rogue. Trauma ensues. You have to remove bits o’shrimp from the ball of your foot.
With all this taken into consideration, it’s clearly only a matter of time until Posh gets herself a pair.
-Our presidential candidates know footwear choices can affect image. [MyDesert.com]
-Here’s a first look at Gola sneakers by Christian Lacroix. The sneakers have Nylon Mag all haute and bothered. [Nylon Mag]
-Manolo Blahnik receives the Walk of Style Award. For those females who might feel that spending $700 to $1000 for a pair of fabulous Manolo Blahnik shoes is beyond their financial means, the designer has a simple suggestion. Don’t try to be Carrie Bradshaw, with hundreds of pairs and no money in the bank.
This is my philosophy. It’s like funny, it’s stupid, but maybe it makes sense. I think women should buy one pair, just one pair, and that will last a long time. Invest in that one pair. This is the one thing people can do. [Fashion Wire Daily]
Would Borat be welcome at a fashion show? What about Ali G? Or even Sacha Baron Cohen without the costumes and with charming girlfriend Isla Fisher in tow? None of these characters were present at the Agatha Ruiz de la Prada show in Milan, but Sacha certainly made an appearance. Bruno, Cohen’s fashion-crazed, alter, alter, alter ego literally stormed the runway. He not only managed to get backstage, but onto the runway where he stomped down with the best of them before security got involved. (Given the nature of the show in question, I suspect it took viewers a few seconds to realize that Baron Cohen was not actually part of the show.
Eventually the lights in the tent were turned off and as media and onlookers called “Luce! Luce!” security grabbed Bruno and hustled him out.
But this is shoeblog, so what does this have to do with shoes? Look closely at Bruno’s self-made runway get-up. In addition to a cape and practically every piece of clothing in his closet, Bruno has tied what looks like a Mukluk to his left leg. Apparently, even he cannot escape the lure of the furry bootie.
To check out the looks of Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada for the Spring 2009 show, go here. De la Prada’s candy-colored surreal confections are worth looking at for the sheer weirdness of them. Envision a brighter, crazier Betsey Johnson. (Difficult, isn’t it?) I’m betting that the outlandish nature of this designer’s aesthetic may have figured in Baron Cohen’s choice of ambushee.
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