Posts with tag patent leather

We love Marc Jacobs (isn't it obvious?), and we love colorful flats, so we're sure you're shocked that we're highlighting this pair of mary janes - but can you blame us? The contrasting elastic strap is such a modern and comfortable take on the classic style and the candy apple red patent leather looks good enough to eat.

Mmmm...candy apples....

$200 at saksfifthavenue.com

There's something so deliciously naughty about peep toe heels - add patent leather (in red!) and the sexiness quotient of these shoes just goes through the roof! That is why we'd probably never wear these Stuart Weitzman heels with a miniskirt or even tight jeans - it's just too obvious. But adding these to a more demure outfit? Now you're talking!

Reminder! Today is the last day to get your comments in for this week's giveaway. The prize kit includes M by Staples (the new luxury office supply line at Staples) hot pink patent leather notebook plus "The One Minute Organizer Plain and Simple" by noted organization expert Donna Smallin.

You could be the lucky winner who gets a jump start on organizing your life, but you have to leave a comment by 5 pm Eastern time today to be in the running!

As we mentioned in an earlier post, this weekend we had a blister emergency. After a false start, Band Aids saved the day, but we still wandered into Banana Republic, like a zombie, to see if they had inexpensive backless sandals we could buy and wear out of the store.

We're shaking our heads at ourselves, even writing that.

Oh, please, admit you've done the same thing, possibly more than once. It's slightly less reprehensible when you buy the $4 red checkered material flip flops at Walgreens, but it's the same behavior. Blowing cash on an impulse buy is practically a national pass-time.

At last a Coach bag without that extra ten pounds of crazy brass hardware weighing it down. We've loved the style of Coach for years, but our little shoulders, or our habit of carrying everything in the world in our bag, kept us from ever getting one.

The company finally figured out that they're missing a target market, Bag Crazy Bag Ladies, and came out with a new line called "Ergo" which is short for ergonomic. Lightweight, soft, with clean lines, we're very tempted by these bags. They're still crazy expensive, but the Coach story has always been "you'll have it forever" so maybe that works for you. Prices and some pretty colors in the gallery.

When you check out the site, make sure to click on the awesome "Try this bag on" feature on the site. It shows you the scale of the bag on an average woman, both holding it in your hand and on your shoulder.

Like we said, just about the only time we'll ever wear shoes without sky-high heels is...never. We pretty much won't leave the house in anything but skyscraper heels, or at the very least, a towering platform.

However, there are some certain occasions, like when we're running out to the grocery store for a hormonally driven midnight snack when you're sure that no one else will catch us because it's Saturday night, that we might throw on a pair of patent sneakers by Tory Burch.

The Channing Patent Sneaker comes in either orange or yellow, features the Tory Burch cutout logo over the rubber toe, and like any pair of sneaks, has a flot, rubber sole. Of course, the love that the top is shiny patent leather -- perfect for running down aisle 8 for that bag of Kettle Chips.

Available from ShopBop for $145.

If this pair of shoes weren't made for all the holidays and events in February, I don't what is. Party into the night for Mardi Gras? Romantic dinner out on Valentine's Day? Okay, so maybe the red and bright fuschia color combination isn't right for the Super Bowl (both the Giants and Patriots are shades of blue and red).

Giuseppe Zanotti's Rose Bud Satin Mules have a fuschia satin upper and a matching color patent leather heel that stands at 4". Of course, the best part of the shoe is the enormous red satin rose. These are a great pair of sandals to "wow!" with a simple back dress, or add to an already colorful dress.

Available from Intermix for $595.

Ladies, I think I have fallen in love (again).

Yes, it's with a shoe (again), but I swear, this time it 's different. I'm more grown up now. I've explored my feelings. I've thought about the big issues, like our upbringings, how "we are with each other," and of course, the future.

I am quite certain that Patent Leather Open-toed Wedge by Jean-Michel Cazabat is The One. I can totally picture myself in a darling black lace babydoll dress, sheer and subtly shiny black tights, and these shoes; not to mention they'd look positively smashing with Diane von Furstenberg's tuxedo-styled Maylea dress.

And to think they're on sale at Barney's Co-op from $295 to $195.

It was meant to be.