Her loyal subjects, her loyal husband and a slew of loyal fashion heavies (except for Nicholas Kirkwood that is) seem to be in love with the newly titled Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, securing her place near the top of the today’s fashion-icon’s ladder. So the ladylike hemlines, heels and pretty much anything Kate chooses [...]

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Today’s news has all of us here at SoleVine pondering the immortal question, “How far would you go to keep up with the (fashion) Joneses?” Fashions come and fashions go, and while we do try to keep up, we have to wonder: at what expense? Trends have long been fraught with hazards: unfortunate (and permanent) [...]

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A little while back we paid homage to National Cleavage Day by featuring the trendy cleavage-bearing court shoe, but it seems not everyone is game for this over-sharing pairing. Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet has officially put her two cents into the toe cleavage till and she’s not shy about airing her views on [...]

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From McQueen’s famed armadillo shoes to Prada’s hotrod inspired heels — haute couture heavies have long been putting forth their… um… best effort at producing some seriously out-there footwear, with equally out there price tags. And now it seems ready-to-wear manufacturers are following suit. A recent Huffingtonpost article highlighted some spectacularly outrageous footwear and then [...]

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This was just too good not to share! So here’s a little Sunday treat… a video from 1970′s on the dangers of wearing platform shoes. Dangerous? Maybe. Chic enough to span 4+ decades? Yes! Yes! Yes! Sky high is and was the thing to do when it comes to high (no pun intended fashion.) And [...]

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It’s safe to say that in the 90′s we stole our boyfriends flannels. More recently we “borrowed” our boyfriend’s jeans… but really… is this payback? It seems the latest in uni-sex apparel is taking the term metro-sexual to new levels (as if designer Marc Jacobs and his penchant for dresses didn’t already nod in that [...]

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Um… um… As if her dress (we use that word lightly) weren’t scandalous enough, Ashanti gives the world a great big “look at me” in attempting to garner momentum for the release of her latest single “The Woman You Love.” And apparently “The Woman You Love” likes to wear a mostly sheer dress with a [...]

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Hearts are breaking all over the shoe-blogosphere today, as it seems Zappos.com is about to axe it’s ‘free one day shipping.’ As much as we hate to deliver such awful news this early in the new year, it’s true. Mega-shoe site Zappo’s has redacted it’s offer of “standout service” (this means free overnight shipping) and [...]

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Today could be the happiest day of your foot’s life. No really. Renowned street photographer and fashion-forward trend watcher Tommy Ton revealed his 2011 off-runway wrap-up for Style.com and made a major footwear proclamation: apparently the sneaker’s resurgence over the sky-high shoe made the grade! Says Ton: After years of towering around in sky-high heels, [...]

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It seems Tommy Ton isn’t the only one doling out end-of-the-year fashion advice. Project Runway judge and Marie Claire fashion director Nina Garcia had a few footwear do’s & don’t’s for the masses when she sat down for a dish session with the good people at Racked.com. Ms. Garcia mimics fashion maven Rachel Zoe in [...]

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