Christian Louboutin’s So Kate 5 inch stiletto heels created quite a stir when they launched in 2013. Back then the designer’s website even asserted that So Kate was “sure to gather a following just as …
Toe cleavage is a very popular fashion look when it comes to high heels. But what does “toe cleavage” actually mean? And does it matter? What’s in a name? The definition of toe cleavage The …
Buyers of both cheap and expensive stilettos are accustomed to seeing the words “vero cuoio” often stamped on the soles of the shoes. But what does vero cuoio (and the vero cuoio logo) actually mean? …
There’s nothing like a celebrity shoe controversy to excite fashionistas. One long-standing celeb footwear controversy that refuses to die is this: who made Kate Moss’s wedding shoes? Was it Manolo Blahnik or Christian Louboutin? It …
Pictured recently on Instagram with her size 9 feet surrounded by footwear, Blake Lively could be mistaken for Cinderella. It’s not that far-fetched: after all, the actress was only 23 when Christian Louboutin named a …
Born in Malaysia in 1957, Jimmy Choo is considered a grand-master of the stiletto heel. Choo made his first pair of shoes at the age of just 12 when working in the family business that …
Manolo Blahnik is the modern legend for today’s stiletto heel, probably the greatest shoemaker of the 20th and 21st centuries. The maestro of mules did not come from fashion royalty: Manolo Blahnik was born in …
French shoe designer Roger Vivier certainly popularised the high heel and may well have actually invented the stiletto. A “stiletto” heel is named after the Italian word meaning small metal dagger, and stilettos became an …
One of my heel-loving friends had a unique approach to commuting in flat shoes. At the end of the working day, she would sling her purse over her shoulder, say goodbye to her colleagues and …
There’s a really simple answer to whether scruffy, dirty, ripped, scuffed or otherwise over-worn shoes are OK for the office. The answer is no! They are never OK. The streets of any major or not-so-major …