Shoes

Prada’s kitschy spring shoes offer to take your feet for a ride

 in General Fashion / Shoes  tagged prada / spring 2012 by

Prada caught the attention of the fashion world last fall when they sent kitschy, 1950’s car inspired shoes down the spring 2012 runway. The shoes were interesting and started many conversations, but no-one could comprehend how many styles of car-like shoes would actually arrive on store shelves during the spring shopping season. Prada has designed not one, not two, but well over twelve styles of kitschy car shoes for the spring 2012 season; and they are priced well over $1000!

As the fall 2012 runways give us a glimpse into the new trends for the upcoming cool weather season, the fashion world is seeing kitschy fashion pop up on the catwalk in the form of both handbags and shoes. Could Prada have started a new trend? It should be interesting to see Prada’s car shoes on the street this spring and summer. What do you think of the collection, will you wear them?
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The platform versus the flat sole: which will take over next year?

 in General Fashion / Shoes / Trends  tagged fall 2012 / high heels / spring 2012 / summer 2012 / winter 2013 by

As designers send their fall collections down the runways for fall 2012, shoe fans everywhere are watching the sole of every pump and bootie that walks the catwalk. The flat sole is appearing to be dominating half of the runways, while the platform dominates the other half. Which one is it?

Platforms crept into style over the past five years, and just when forecasters thoughts the platform had run its’ course back in 2010, the style came back stronger, higher and more popular than before. The flat soled pumps which graced the fall 2009 and spring 2010 runways barely appeared on store shelves and women flocked to the highest platforms they could balance and shuffle down the street in.

The outcome for the fall 2010 runways? The platform dominated; and has been doing so ever since. What is it about the platform that is so alluring? Is it the added height? Perhaps platforms allow for a more artistic shoe? Is there a sense of strength from the added height off the ground? Perhaps. . .

It will be interesting to see what store buyers stock their shelves with this summer when fall 2012 begins to arrive at retailers worldwide. And when the flat soled pump is displayed prominently alongside a bigger than life platform pump, which one will the consumer reach for? Which one will you reach for?

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Spring pumps to fall into

 in General Fashion / Shoes / Shopping  tagged fall 2012 / high heels / spring 2012 / summer 2012 by

Now that Pantone has released the official color report for fall 2012, and the autumn runways are underway, Fashionistas can start making educated buying decisions when it comes to items that can be worn now and into the fall season. One of the biggest spring trends is the solid colored pump. The solid colored pump is an easy way to incorporate fall colors into a spring wardrobe since the solid colored pump trend is continuing into fall 2012.

Since color is an important trend, when shopping for spring pumps it is important to make wise color choices. By purchasing colors for spring which are part of the fall color palette, a savvy-shopper can save money on shoes by not having to purchase new pumps for the fall season! Love it!

We love the fall color palette which contains many shades that can be found on store shelves this season. Our favorite colors to invest in for the spring and fall seasons? We love bright blue, green, rose and Tangerine. The perfect neutral is the pale grey as it plays well with spring’s bright colors, blends easily with pastels and is one of the hottest neutral hues on the fall 2012 runways. Love that!

We found pumps in every one of Pantone’s fall color palette from the current spring collections around the web and assembled them into the Polyvore set below. Hope you love it! Happy shopping and stay fabulous 

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