Runway

This season, Marc Jacobs would like to take you on a pilgrimage deep into his wacky, wonderful world. We haven’t been there for a while – his latest collection heralds the return of the Marc I fell in love with back in the early nineties! Fresh from his run at Perry Ellis and when he [...]

What kind of shoe does a glamorous woman where en route to a rendevous with her lover? A round yet angular suede pump, a revealing peep-toe ankle-strap sandal, or a pony-hair ankle boot…how about any and all of the above?! Being something of an ultimate woman herself, Diane von Furstenberg knows what women want to [...]

Sometimes, it can be so refreshing to see a flat shoe walk down a runway! Especially when it’s in metallic gold so liquid-like or exotic skin so luxe it’s utterly eye-catching. And especially when it’s done by Derek Lam. It was hard for me to take my eyes off the Fall 2012 clothes – white lambskin! lacquere [...]

You already know that Monika Chiang, already of an enviably formidable height herself, is a fan of high-heels. She sees height as something empowering, and the tall heel as a way to help a woman walk in and own a room. It’s no wonder her city-perfect Fall 2012 collection is all about long legs! A [...]

Sometimes the best and boldest way to make a statement is to not to try to make one at all. Such is the pattern that has taken shape with Pre-Fall 2012 footwear. Nude is the new color! When it’s done right, there is absolutely no shoe chicer, no pump more sophisticated, no ballet flat more [...]

When it comes to knock-your-socks-off, head-over-heels, punch-packing shoes, nobody, just nobody beats Alexander McQueen. Season after they season, they never cease to amaze me for their fearless sense of creativity, the way they consistently meld brutal hardware and even more brutal femininity. When I went to re-see the Spring/Summer 2012 collection at the McQueen showroom [...]