These shoes were one of Saks' best sellers this week, and its not difficult to see why. We've talked about the appeal of nude shoes before, and how they help lengthen the leg, and when you apply that nude colour to a classic Mary Jane shape, you have a winner. Add a button detail and some white piping, make them available in black too, and you have yourself the kind of classic shoe style that you'll find yourself wearing again and again.
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Hallelujah! Let there be dancing in the streets! For today, we decree to be Thank-God-It's-Miu-Miu Day. Why, you might ask? Because they've finally gone back to what they do best - gorgeous jewelled flats! In anthracite leather, these lovelies are the cat's miaow, with their grosgrain ribbon trim and Swarovski crystal brooch. Better get your skates on, though, because you're going to have to race at least half of the Shoewawa staff if you want to get your mitts on a pair! They're £265 from Net-A-Porter.
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I know Oxford pumps are getting to be old hat now, but as these ones by Dolce Vita are one of the nicer pairs I've seen, I thought it was only right to show them to you. More wearable than many of the huge platform styles we seen last year, these still have a sexily high heel and although the platform is still there, it's a hidden one, giving the shoe a sleeker shape than some of its contemporaries. I also think using "biscuit" rather than white has worked well here, and the shoe has a softer look than the black and white versions which were everywhere in 2007. These are $149.
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It's definitely not a look everyone could pull off - or would even want to - but if you're a fan of thigh-boots, now could be a good time to buy a pair, with quite a few designer offerings around. Of the three pairs pictured, Christian Louboutin's Black suede thigh highs are the most expensive, at £920, while Stella McCartney's Stretch over the knee boots come in at £465 (despite looking like the cheapest of the three, I think), and Delman's lower budget offerings are $332.
We talked last week about how very tall boots can work well with floaty dresses and other, less structured pieces. Would you splash the best part of $1000 on such statement footwear, though?
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When I read the name of these 'Jaws' ballet flats by Christian Louboutin , my first thought was that Louboutin had designed yet another pair of those scary fish shoes we featured a few weeks ago. Worry not, though: these shoes do have teeth (well, sort of) but they're not the kind that can bite you. Instead, Louboutin has relegated the "teeth" to the outer rim of the shoe, where they look just like any other patterning. They're cream and the rest of the shoe is black, making them the perfect compliment to the black and cream Peter Pan dresses which are going to be so popular this winter. In fact, Net-a-Porter's mannequin is wearing one of them in the picture of these shoes! They're £305.
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There are only so many ways that you can work the unadorned brogue style (flats, heeled, shoe-boot, etc), so it was only a matter of time before the trend turned to cut-outs. It started with sandal-styled offerings, then evil '80s dance shoes, and then finished off with an awful go at cut-out booties from Stuart Weitzman. The latest to tangle with the trend is KG by Kurt Geiger, with this low-heeled brogue in a classic two-toned style. With their mix of black and white patent and minimal cut-out detailing on the heel, this is one designer who has got it right! Pair with jazz hands and an all-singing-all-dancing broadway ensemble, and you'll be on your way to stardom! They're £75 at ASOS.
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It's never long after a trend comes along that designers who didn't get there first start chopping the crap out of it. In my experience, this rarely trumps the original and that pretty much sums up my feelings on Stuart Weitzman's Patent Cutout Booties.
He appears to have taken the classic brogue/oxford boot and given it a bit of sass and originality by firstly making it patent and then making odd cutouts. I'm afraid it really falls down in the style stakes for me. Mixing genres like this basically Victorian inspired shoe with modern twists is a tricky business. I think Stuart should go back to the drawing board.
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