To the uninitiated, these may look a lot like legwarmers, but nope, these are, in fact "Boot Sleeves", and the idea is simple: just slide them on over the top of your shoes, et voila, you have yourself a pair of "boots". Well, no, not really, to be honest: as far as I can tell, they still just look a lot like shoes with leggings over the top of them, but who knows, that may be exactly what you're looking for, and if it is, you'll be pleased to know there's a selection of styles to choose from over at Lebootiique.com.
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Candy Pratts Price, executive fashion director of Style.com and creator of the popular CandyCast, has a new book out entitled "American Fashion Accessories."
The book filters down a century of American accessories to the best and most iconic. And, given the current economic climate, it may make a more practical holiday gift than actual accessories!
Our US fashion blog ShinyStyle has a preview of the book here, check it out!
If I had a daughter that was as cute as a button, like Suri Cruise, I'd dress her up like a doll too. Complete with designer children's shoes, clothes and accessories, like these utterly adorable Gucci monogram baby shoes with their patent leather bow and little ankle strap. Sure, these shoes will set some yummy mummy back $245 but they would be perfect for a little girl who's eaten out of a silver spoon for as long as she could remember. You could always justify it by the fact that you would get a free tote bag with any kids' purchases over $175 at NeimanMarcus.com at the moment.
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Soft grass and grates have to be two of the most annoying things in the world when you're walking around in pretty satin stiletto heels. The heel of the shoe either sinks in or gets dirty or scraped. Well here's a solution to your problem, if you know you're wearing your dainty heels to somewhere with soft grass or walking along a pier the SoleMates High Heeler's might be come in handy. This little bit of plastic fits snug around your heel and the extra base area helps prevent the heel from sinking in grass or falling into grates and cracks in the ground. Find out more about them at SoleMate.com.
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You never know when you might need a tape measure, so it helps to have a cute one in your desk draw for days when you need to measure heel heights, hem lengths or even the width of your handbag. What better pick than this Shoe Tape Measure from the MET Museum, decorated with some colourful shoes on display at the museum's Costume Institute collection of 20th century shoes. This silver plated shoe measure is only little and will cost non Met Museum members $20.
If you're thinking the picture above is just a rather strange looking stiletto, look again: the red rubber uppers are actually galoshes, which you pull on over the top of your shoes to give the soles a little more traction during slippery, wet weather, and to protect the toes from damage. Most of us will already be familiar with the idea of galoshes over flats, of course, but SWIMS, who made these ones, say they're the first ones made especially for high heels.
These come with low fronts to allow you to wear them with shoes which have bows, brooches or other embellishments on the toes, and the sole of each CitySlipper has the map of either New York, Paris or Tokyo on it. Interested? Find out more at the SWIMS website.
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The housemates are on a house decoration spree, well you could probably call it an Ikea phase, and since I have to make a contribution, I went hunting for fashion-y home accents. On my online travels (who pops into stores anymore?) I came across this fabulous set of shoe magnets from the Met Museum online shop. Based on a French silk pump, an American rhinestone slipper and an Italian silk sandal, not only do these adorable magnets make me want to buy them, but also visit the museum's Costume Institute to check out the 5,000 shoes they house. At the affordable price of $19.95, who says you need to pay a thousand dollars for silk or rhinestone heels?
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