Thomas Burberry is once again teaming up with SoleTrader, following the success of its menswear collaboration. This time they have decided to take their winning formula into women's footwear for next season.
Two exclusive designs have been created for autumn/winter 2008-9, including a brown knee boot (£100) and black quilted ankle boot (£90). Each style features a chunky biker-style heel, round toe, gold hardware and name-plate, to reflect Thomas Burberry's mainline collection.
Keep your eyes peeled, as they will be available from next month.
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Rebecca Adlington, our swimming champion who scored two gold medals at the Olympics, took home another golden pair this week.
As we previously reported, the 19-year-old was promised a pair of Jimmy Choos if she won gold at Beijing. And so after winning both the 400km and 800km and smashing a world record, she finally got her wish. Back in her hometown of Mansfield, she was presented with a pair of sparkly gold Jimmy Choo strappy heels, worth £460, by the town mayor.
It remains to be seen if Steve Madden, who also promised the young athlete a pair of 'Banglez' gladiator sandals, has stayed true to his word. Like a pair yourself? Click here to find out where to purchase them.
You may recall us discussing Christian Louboutin's totally impractical fetish ballet heels, way back in October last year. Well now I have uncovered these unusual shoes, which are apparently all the rage in Japan right now. Note the pointed ballet heels (above, right), which begs the question - has Louboutin been taking style notes from our Japanese friends? Meanwhile, I am totally in awe of these horse shoe lace-up platform boots (above, left), which would be great for tap dancing, but little else I'd imagine. Click here to see more weird and wonderful creations.
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If you are to believe the blog-o-sphere (and why wouldn't you? Humph!) then those ghastly plasticy things, otherwise known as Crocs, could feature in the September issue of French Vogue. According to the buzz, this picture, starring Raquel Zimmerman in a pair of bright orange Crocs *shudder* form part of an editorial shoot for the upcoming issue. And here I thought I'd never the see the day... Crocs in Vogue? What has the world come to?
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Here is a light bulb moment for the books. A mother-of-three has come up with a simple way for you to change your shoe colour without having to buy a new pair of shoes. Bernie Hurst-Crossley of Worthing, West Sussex developed the idea of a zip section, allowing the wearer to add different shades of fabrics. She first came up with the concept on holiday, when she was forced to pay £125 excess baggage charge for having ten pairs of shoes in her luggage. Now Nooshooz has been born, a new range complete with stiletto, flip flops and wedge styles, priced between £80 and £155, they're available from September. For more info, visit: www.nooshooz.co.uk
And now for a bit of shoe business news... Faith has been put up for sale after Barclays, the company's bank, was forced to employ financial specialists to run a fire-sale of the business.
The drastic measure was implemented as Barclays is owed £25m by Faith, and declined Bridgepoint's (Faith's private equity owner) offer of a debt-for-equity swap.
It is believed that the struggling UK footwear chain has been hit badly affected by a poor economic climate. Sadly, as many as 100,000 jobs could be on the line by the end of next year.
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Kate Moss has a pair. Heidi Klum has a pair. And soon Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington will have a pair too, because Steve Madden, who makes these gladiator sandals, promised to send her a pair if she won an Olympic Gold Medal. Rebecca won gold in the 400m freestyle this week, so it looks like the company will have to come good on their promise.
They won't be the only shoes the swimmer gets as a result of her victory. Speaking to The Times this week, Rebecca, a self-confessed shoe-addict, said: "Well, I was promised some Jimmy Choo shoes if I win, so that's one pair ... and my mum's promised to get me another pair of Christian Louboutin shoes."
An athlete who swims for shoes - now there's a motivation I can understand!
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