Over-the-knee boots have long been regarded as something that street walkers are known to strut about in. This tends to be attributed to Julia Roberts and her turn as a hooker-with-a-heart in Pretty Woman. But more recently I have wondered whether I could wear over-the-knee boots and feel comfortable in them. Watching them on the likes of Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada certainly stirred up the question again. But then, I recently saw them on Brooke Hogan and instantly backtracked again. What about you? Would you wear them? Do you wear them? Vote in our poll below.
It is a battle of Orlando Bloom's girlfriends with his former flame, Kate Bosworth, and current love interest, Miranda Kerr, both choosing to wear the same Burberry Prorsum ruched platform pumps (£350 from Net-a-porter). Model Miranda first wore the eggplant-hued heels at the GQ Man of the Year Awards in London last month. She teamed them with a purple Burberry Prorsum cocktail dress. While Kate donned them to the Fashion Group International Night of Stars Awards in New York on Sunday with a feathered dress also by Burberry Prorsum.
But who wore them better? Vote in our reader poll after the jump...
With the trend towards extreme high heels continuing to rise, a disturbing new phenomenon is emerging to help women overcome the pain of skyscraper heels, wait for it... Botox injections in their feet.
Yes, really. According to fresh news reports, surgeons are administering Botox injections in patient's feet to allow them to wear up to 8-inch stilettos.
"I think the fact that women are wearing 5-inch heels, 6-inch, all the way up to 8-inch heels this season is ridiculous," said podiatric surgeon, Dr. Suzanne Levine. "Women will now have more problems with lower back pain, pain up the leg, the knee".
So would you consider Botox injections in your feet? Vote in our reader poll, after the jump...
It may sound like a redundant question, but do you wear heels to the beach? Not surprisingly, the Hollywood glitterati aren't opposed to the notion, take actress and Playboy model, Shauna Sand, for example. Not only did she recently don a pink animal print bikini, wide brimmed hat, and Louis Vuitton bag, for her day at the beach with her three young daughters, but she also did it in a pair of clear Lucite stripper platform heels. Perhaps she was hoping to tan the tops of her feet? Either way, the bloke behind her seems to find it all very amusing.
Do you also wear heels to the beach? Vote in our reader poll below the jump...
Here at Shoewawa, we're forever pointing out shoes that have very obviously been "inspired" by designers like Christian Louboutin or Miu Miu, but which are being sold for a fraction of the price by high street stores. Now we'd like to know just what you think of these designer-inspired numbers. Do you buy them? Would you wear them? Or do you prefer to save up your money and splash out on the real thing?
For myself, I've admitted in the past to owning some cheaper versions of designer shoes. I have a pair of Nine West platforms which are dead ringers for Christian Louboutin's Bruges shoes, for instance, and a couple of pairs from the likes of New Look and Moda in Pelle which, although not directly inspired by a particular designer style, have nevertheless been given red soles - clearly in "tribute" to the great designer. (I should probably add that I haven't bought these shoes because of the red soles, but wouldn't refuse to buy them because of them either).
When you own as many shoes and handbags as I do, it's inevitable that you'll end up with a few matching sets, either by accident or by design. While the impulse to match like with like and wear red shoes with a matching red handbag, for instance, can be a powerful one, any time I end up doing this, I can't help wondering if I'm making a fashion faux pas? It can look a little too "matchy-matchy" and twee for some tastes, although others swear by it as an easy way to smarten up an outfit.
At the same time, there are certain colour combination I won't wear together: gold shoes and a silver handbag, for instance, just wouldn't feel "right" to me, and neither would black and navy blue. What about you, though? Do you like to match your shoes to your handbags, or do you prefer to mix things up a little?
(The bag and shoes in the picture are both from Faith, for the benefit of those who like them.)
Most of us tend to have a favourite colour for clothes (mine being green, green and more green), but for this week's Monday Question, I'm wondering if the same could also be said of shoes? From a cursory glance into my shoe cupboard, I'd have to say that metallics dominate, although not by much - there's a fair smattering of black, but almost every other colour in the rainbow is represented, too. Given a choice of the same shoe in a range of colours, though, I think I'd probably lean towards gold (versatile) or red (dramatic). What about you, though? Do you have a favourite shoe colour, and if so, what is it?
(Oh, and the shoes shown in the picture are ASOS's bow back courts, which are £20 and come in red and black.)
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