I love shoes, I do, but all too often I have complaints about the ones I buy. The heel may be perfect, but I don't like the colour of the lining, or the colour is great, if only it were a slightly different style. With the Nike iD studio this is no longer an issue as you can design a trainer of your choice to your exact specifications. There are 54 different styles, including 5 premium editions which are only available in the Nike iD lounge, where only 4 people can design at any one time, so you each get a personal consultation with a trained style consultant.
I went down to Niketown to test it out, before it opens on Friday. The first impression I got was that I was stepping into shoe heaven, surrounded by masses and masses of brightly coloured trainers, in all shapes and sizes and with different finishes and embellishments. I couldn't take my eyes off the brightly coloured wall displays, and was so excited I was going to make one of my very own! The challenge would be stopping at only one pair!
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We've just added a swish new way of navigating shoes that we know you're going to love. You may recognise it if you're a big online shopper, as a few of our favourite shops already use the technology behind it. We're one up on them because our search crawls loads of top retailers to bring you loads of choice! If you're looking for a shoe in a particular shape, style or colour, the new Shoewawa visual search will be right up your alley. Click here to get started (or click the button in the left sidebar) and then just pick a shoe from the 'map' that appears when the page loads. This will centre it and bring up loads of similar styles. From here you can narrow down the search as much as you like to find your perfect footwear. Click a shoe to centre it, or roll over to get more information. From there, you can click the larger image or the 'go' button to shop or get more information.
The Shoewawa Visual Search
Readers will know of my long love affair with the glorious shoes that are Steve Madden, and be so excited that they are heading to our shores. Two lovely animal print shoes will be sold in River Island come November, with the classic four inch heel, and cute peep toe to look forward to. The other Steve Madden shoes (of which I've some viewed today) are absolutely stunning and will be sold in the UK, though whether as an independent store or as a concession we don't know yet! A video of their new range will be with you soon, with me modelling some of their to die for three tone crossover satin peep toes-drool!
Related: Steve Madden shoes are coming to the UK - but sales are falling in the US I Dreamin' of the perfect silver high heel ankle strap shoes from Steve by Steve Madden/a> I Play the Shoe Stylist: Steve Madden's purple suede ankle strap heels
Over at Catwalk Queen now filming an impressive number of up to twelve videos a week for you guys, Gemma has kindly picked the cream of the crop for you so head over to Catwalk Queen and take a look!
Isabelle visits Covent Garden boutique 'Shop at Maison Berteaux' to speak to the owner about what she has to offer to savvy London shoppers.
Gemma finds a pair of Miu Miu style shoes for pennies as part of the £25 High Street Challenge.
Zara and Gemma spend a whole afternoon smelling like celebs as they try out the latest perfumes from Gwen Stefani, Posh & Becks, SJP and co. In fact, there are so many we had to do two vids.
Kelly Shaw, runner-up at Graduate Fashion Week talks to Kim about having her clothing stocked in Selfridges only months after graduating.
Need your daily Shoewawa fix, but planning to go on holiday, or to be otherwise absent from the Internet for some reason or other? Worry not - now those of you who have Internet enabled cellphones can have shoes wherever you go, courtesy of Mippin.
To try it out, open your phone's browser and type in www.mippin.com/shoewawa. You'll see our last ten posts, all perfectly formatted for your handset. Best of all, it doesn't cost anything - you just pay your network's usual data charges, with no extra charge to access to Mippin service. This works on any site which has RSS Feeds, so don't forget to check out the other Shiny Fashion Sites too! For more information, visit Mippin.com .
Over at Catwalk Queen there's a rundown of the top ten trends to try for the new season. In the world of footwear, the look that you can now get for less is the double strap Mary Jane, which originally caught our eye as part of the Spring / Summer Miu Miu advertising campaign. Now the high street has caught on and black patent offerings are everywhere, which is why the look made the list.
Visit Catwalk Queen for the entire top ten, and have your say on which ones you'll be giving a go!
I don't pretend to know much about football boots...but I do know these babies are a far cry from the ugly black studded numbers my brother used to wear when we were kids. Puma's v-Konstrukt II women's boot is pretty much the Manolo of the football / soccer world, created to protect the player from 'inner and outer forces' while still allowing them to, you know, kick a ball. It's got pride of place on Shoewawa today in honour of Kickster, a new blog from Shiny Media all about women's football. If you know more about footie than moi (or if you want to learn) it's the place to be. And I promise they'll never use phrases like 'the Manolo of the football world' when they talk about kit...
www.kickster.tv
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