Posts with tag wedges

For those of us who have trouble locating our shoes, New York designers Slow and Steady Wins the Race can help. Their canvas ballet flats are clearly labeled, so there's no more confusing your stilettos or wedges with these heel-free wardrobe staples.

You can wear the most gorgeous dress, or put together the most flattering jeans and top, but so many people make a mistake when it comes to the last accessory they put on -- their shoes. You might not realize it, but the wrong shoes can take you from looking long and lean to appearing short and stumpy.

Of course, if you start off with the right pants, that's a great start, as is wearing the right style for your shape. And once you've done that, we've got the right shoes for you! Check out the gallery to see how you can look stylishly slim while still (hopefully) being able to walk.

Sky high wooden platforms, wedges that are more artwork than they are shoes, bold colored purses in the shape of lunchboxes, big bauble necklaces in bright blue and pink -- the Just Cavalli show in Milan Fashion Week truly had some amazing clothes, but the little details stole the limelight.

Nicole Kidman is no stranger to high fashion. The very tall and very thin actress was once the face of Chanel's legendary No. 5 scent and boldly strutted down the red carpet at the Academy Awards in an amazing Balenciaga creation that got her alot of flack from celebrity journalists for its brilliant avant-garde design.

While Nicole may not be wearing either Chanel tweed suits or Balenciaga gladiator wedges in her upcoming film Australia, the proud Aussie will be donning custom Ferragamo shoes in the flick.

On the collaboration with the film's costume designer Catherine Martin, James Ferragamo says: "My grandfather, Salvatore Ferragamo, began his career working in costume design for the American Film Company, a precursor to Twentieth Century Fox, so it is only fitting that we carry on his name and our company's heritage by collaborating once again on a film from Fox."

You can see the beautiful evening sandals, riding boots, and classic wedge styles in all of their glory when the film drops this November.

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We are obsessed with cutout wedges right now. They're hot, they're fun, they're easy to wear. They can add an edge to any outfit, yet they're versatile enough that you could easily wear them to class or a club.

Labor Day is coming up, which means summer is almost over -- bummer! It's the time of year when we need to work to keep the fun alive for as possible, before sinking into yet another long, dark, dreary fall and winter.

That's why I highly recommend these wedges from Angeline Tournier -- complete with the Sunday comics.

Normally I think gimmicky stuff like this is stupid and/or for high school students only, but a) everyone loves wedges, and b) this is so kitschy that it's actually kind of cute. Plus, practically anything that elicits a smile is golden for the next month or so.

Although a word of caution: if you were these after your city has slumped into seasonal depression, everyone will hate you like that chirpy girl in Office Space who keeps asking Peter, Michael and Samir if they have "a case of the Mondays."

I'm not an obsessed shoe junkie most of the time but the new baroque wedges from Miu Miu have been haunting my dreams ever since they started popping up in all the fashion magazines. Something about these shoes with their distressed, raised pattern wood wedges that look like they were pulled straight off a building just does it for me. They look well-nigh impossible to wear and aren't really that flattering to the foot so perhaps it's just the allure of walking on architecture that has me so ensnared. At $645, these wedges with their slim patent straps probably won't be gracing my house anytime soon but a girl can dream.

Every season, though I buy several new pairs of shoes, I always end up wearing one pair most of the time. For summer, it's been a pair of super high platform wedges that are a little dressy with their details, but can go casual. (Sorry, Victoria!)

So far, they've gone out at night with (here it comes, the dreaded word) babydoll dresses because they silvery metallic strappiness and sparkly beads on the cork are dressy enough; and they've gone out under a pair of jeans for lunch and shopping. They just hide under a wide bottom pair of jeans.

The best part of them, though is that because they're so high, I love how tall I feel in them, and since they're platform, I feel tall without having to be too lurched forward on the balls of my feet. ($112 at flipfloptrunkshow)

Sure, there are knock-offs all the time, but I'm not talking about the "Frauda" handbags for $20 you can get in downtown LA. I'm talking about the copy of a design from a higher-end designer to the masses.

In shoes, I have not seen any shoe design more knocked off than the peep-toe wedge "Newton" from KORS by Michael Kors, which I lovelovelove. The KORS shoe is $189, and at first, I thought the Steve Madden knock-off "Cristan" for $90 was a decent copy, especially since they also come in leopard-print. Then along come the mass designers making copies for as low as $30. Wow.

However, I have seen the knock-offs and they are not pretty. Until XOXO and Two Lips get their stuff together, go for the original.