Are you ready to go shopping? Looking forward to a retail experience that lasts well into the night? Designer discounts?
Vogue's Fashion Night Out is the place to be, and if you're anywhere near London this evening, we strongly suggest you bring your strongest tote bags down to the West End for an evening of fashion madness. Shops and brands taking part include Dune, Georgina Goodman, Browns, Bally, Manolo Blahnik and Marc by Marc Jacobs.
Ms Shoewawa and the Aigua Media team will be out to check out the swag from 7pm this evening, and we absolutely can't wait. But one word of warning: stay off the bubbly. It'll be flowing in abundance, and we all know what happens when you're drunk in charge of a credit card!
There's an event taking place in London right now that no shoe lover can afford to miss; particularly when there's a chance to win a year's supply of shoes on offer!
The Shoe Galleries is a unique installation featuring specially-designed shoes from some of the hottest footwear brands around. It's a celebration of shoes, with over 4,000 of them on display, and we can guarantee that will leave you dizzy! A true democracy of shoes, you'll find Havaianas in total harmony alongside Dior, as you browse to your heart's content with a glass of champagne in hand.
"Imagine you are in a gallery", says Selfridges' Director of Accessories Sebastian Manes. "From the entrance you see a succession of doorways, and at the end a huge window flooding the space with daylight. Your journey begins at the front, with shoes from the best of the high street. Slowly you begin to travel through different galleries until you reach the end - the couture designer gallery, flanked by Chanel and Louboutin, and a vision of Eden - the new suspended garden at Selfridges. Shoe heaven!"
Sounds good? Be sure to drop in before 16th September!
The multi-million dollar shoe empire that is Jimmy Choo may be about to change hands, in a potential £500m sale. Tamara Mellon, who has a 17-18 per cent stake in the company, is said to be reaching the final stages of negotiations, and set to pocket an estimated £100m.
The Jimmy Choo story has become the ultimate daydream of many of those just starting out in the industry: the talented small-scale producer being 'discovered' and becoming a household name almost overnight. Now it seems that Mellon will be reaping the rewards of her discovery of Choo, who himself left the company in 2001.
Mellon has so far declined to comment on the rumours, and the possible buyer remains a mystery for now.
For those who can't afford the dizzy heights of Dior or Aruna Seth, most bridal shoes you'll see on offer are pretty uninspiring: usually strappy, flimsy, covered in cheap crystals, and generally naff. If you don't intend to let anyone see under your dress then I guess that's okay: the only job the shoes need to do is lift you far enough off the ground to get safely down the aisle in one piece! But for those of us who'd like to express our love for shoes as much as for our new husband, exciting wedding footwear is a must.
Irregular Choice is one brand that proves you don't have to spend a lot of money to do this. Some of their styles are so fabulously OTT that they're ideal wedding wear for the adventurous bride, and that's what newlywed Sophie-Jayne Dalton Tebby decided to go for on her own big day. The dusky pink brocade shoes are embellished with feathers and an oversized corsage, and will be available in Schuh from next month.
Related: Irregular Choice: Another year older, another year cuter | Irregular Choice 'Courtesan' snake courts
In what looks sure to be a dynamite partnership, Nicholas Kirkwood (top left) is to team up with designer Peter Pilotto, who wowed audiences at London Fashion Week in February, with a series of bold, graphic pieces like the ensemble pictured above right.
Kirkwood has quickly become one of the hottest names in footwear, having been given the seal of approval by Louboutin-loving SJP and voted hottest designer by Shoewawa readers in 2009. His recent collection for Liberty shows that his iconic designs lend themselves well to collaboration, and we can only wait with excitement to see what he'll create with influence from Peter Pilotto. The latter's exuberance combined with Kirkwood's talent for structure and form should really be something special, and we can expect it to make its debut at LFW in September.
[Via My Fashion Life]
If you're partial to picking up a pencil from time to time, the chances are you'll have already noted how enjoyable it is to draw shoes. Their lovely shapes and textures seem to lend themselves well to sketching, and it's fun to add your own details and embellishments.
History has also proven that nudes are quite a pleasant form to sketch as well...so it makes sense that one enterprising artist has combined both nudes AND shoes in one life drawing class, held at the fabulous Laura J London boutique in Islington. It's all in the best possible taste, and proves to be a lot of fun for shoe fanatics with a creative side to indulge.
If you'd like to know more you can join Nudes in Shoes' facebook page for regular updates, inspiration and details on upcoming events.
We like it when one of our favourite brands does well, and Laura J London has been one of Ms Shoewawa's best kept secrets for years. The label, whose spiritual home is an Islington boutique, well known for its in-store events and fabulous vintage goodies, has now branched out to other stores, and is now available at Poste Mistress in Covent Garden, where some of the styles shown above are now on sale.
At present, the Blue 'Mortise' zipper ankle boot pictured top-middle is proving very popular in both boutiques, and a brand new range of styles for autumn and winter will be available in September. Prices start at £189.
Related: New styles for Spring/Summer 2010 at Laura J
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