I found this video yesterday and it just blows my mind. How have I not heard of this woman before? Guo Pei (watch for her humble appearance at the end of the video) is a Chinese fashion designer best known to the public for the ceremonial dresses she designed for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The ... Read more
One of my dearest pairs of Emporio Armani shoes that I've put out of its box after a months-long pause. This means winter is here. They're the kind of shoes that don't fully exist in any other season, anyway. Old flames versus new stories. Who knows what they'll bring me this December? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyDrKqVrZB0[/youtube] If you ... Read more
I got the idea to put together this list during London Fashion Week. Although I thought a lot of the shoes presented there would look better in fall and winter, I realized the list wasn't going to suffer one bit after seeing the Milan and Paris shows. FYI, this selection of the crème de la ... Read more
I once read that in times of (economic) crisis, trends dictate higher and higher heels deforming women's feet, suggesting an almost post-apocalyptic vision of the world in shreds where women tower over men, children, the old and the disabled by a good 16+ cm (6,3 inches), being above everyone else figuratively and literally (how feminist!), ... Read more
The general consensus of fashionistas mourning the fact that round toes are slowly gravitating towards their demise is that Miuccia was the only one who did pointy right this season. I spotted these now already canonized pumps at Prada's store in Venice last weekend; although they initially seemed restricting and conservative when I saw them ... Read more