This Week in Shoes
Shoewawa has your<a href="http://www.shoewawa.com/2009/10/weird_shoe_of_t.html" target="_blank"> weird shoe of the week here.</a> The <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/mojito-shoe-by-julian-hakes/" target="_blank">'Mojito' shoe</a> was designed by architect <a href="http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-the-mojito-shoe-takes-minimalist-footwear-to-new-extremes/" target="_blank">Julian Hakes</a>. It takes it's architectural, minimalist styling seriously:
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Shoewawa also has a quick 411 (c/o <em>Vogue UK) </em>on the new <em><a href="http://www.shoewawa.com/" target="_blank">Choo 24/7</a> </em>line for <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/090930-jimmy-choo-24-7-collection.aspx" target="_blank">Jimmy Choo - set for release Spring 2010</a>.
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<a href="http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/09/29/michael-jackson-auction-janet-kanye-west/" target="_blank">Janet Jackson chairs </a>an <a href="http://www.amfar.org/" target="_blank">amFar (AIDS)</a> charity auction during Milan fashion week.
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Among other items auctioned at the event were a pair of rainbow-studded Guiseppi Zanotti boots commissioned for Michael Jackson's London O2 tour.* The boots fetched 10,000 euros at auction.
Video coverage of the auction including a peek of the coveted boots:
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And finally c/o <a href="http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2009/10/01/video-tim-gunn-on-michelle-obamas-crocs-she-was-doing-a-footwear-experiment/" target="_blank">People online & the Bonnie Hunt Show, Tim Gunn is not of fan of Michelle Obama's Crocs:</a>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bonniehunt.com/videos/player/rightrail/index.html?mediaKey=bb888aaf-afab-4610-9928-51d3335e1d1e&isShareURL=true"><img class="size-full wp-image-9731 aligncenter" title="tim-gunn-bonnie-hunt" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tim-gunn-bonnie-hunt.jpg" alt="Tim Gunn is not loving the 1st Lady's Crocs." width="298" height="173" /></a></p>
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