It’s a rainy-drizzly disaster here, which turns my mind to soup, snuggling and socks. Yes. Socks! And oddly enough, I’m not the only one. The very happiest of hoof-wear, Happy Socks has unveiled it’s Holiday 2011 collection with a highly-styled and super fun campaign shot by photographer Terry Richardson – featuring a Richardson-chosen Who’s Who [...]

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Last week we featured Alain Quilici ‘Payson’ Skate Leather Bootie as sported by Beyonce in New York City, but the skate-fest doesn’t stop there! Where Quilici put out one, DSquared2 celebrated this beloved winter activity with an entire collection of skate-inspired footwear, that… while looking a tad precarious to wear… are the most intresting lace-up’s [...]

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From The Row’s $39,000 backpack to Herrod’s $430 Diamond Dust Hair Treatment, it seems the current struggling economy hasn’t put a damper on the luxury market. Here’s another to add to the list of ridiculous and ridiculously expensive luxury items: 24-carat gold shoelaces… for a bank-busting $19,000. (And let’s not forget the silver version for [...]

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The debate rages on as to whether or not the fashion scene’s beloved sky-high footwear is a health hazard – in fact… it’s down right news worthy (at least last week – slow news week?) So here’s the most recent sky-high adventures. UK’s Daily Mail naturally weighed in on news that rabid-sky-high fan Victoria Beckham [...]

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In perusing recent shoe news I had to add bloggers and news sites alike heightened sense of disbelief to what appears to be the world’s most expensive flip-flops. Yep… you too can score a pair of these rubber thongs for a staggering $18,000. WHAT!!!??? Of course they are hand-painted, one-of-a-kind flippies – with six grams [...]

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She of the seemingly endless variety of ankle-breaking footwear did not fail to disappoint at the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) 2011 awards ceremony last night where she received a coveted Fashion Icon award. Sporting a green wig, a heavily trained black gown (which she later tossed to reveal a spiked thong) and [...]

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And in more silly shoe news… (sorry folks, today must be the day.) Animal prints were all the rage last season and still reign pretty high on fashions food chain. So naturally, the King of Footwear and the King of the Forest needed to pair up, right? Christian Louboutin has put his proprietory red sole [...]

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Will the madness never end? I’ve seen pizza cookies, shot glasses and a litter box (I’m not lying). A bevy of nonsensical Royal Wedding products have sprung up celebrating (if that is the correct word) this weekends nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. And now this. Yes, yes… it is a DIY do-over of [...]

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Has Lady Gaga gone country? Ms. Gaga was spotted out in Dallas last week in some very, very, very tall Tony Lama custom cowboy boots that took a very, very, very long time to make. According to Tony Lama, the 14-inch high (YIKES!), hand-cut, hand-tooled and hand-painted boots took a staggering 500 combined hours of [...]

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Kobi Levi is certainly not one to shy away from controversial designs, and it seems now that he’s taken pop culture on as muse. The Israeli designer has created a very distinct homage to the Material Girl herself, Madonna with a pair of heels that emulates the pop icons famed Blond Ambition tours costumes, complete [...]

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