The Best Shoes for Short and Mini Skirts

The whole point to wearing a mini skirt is to show off your legs. But the wrong footwear choice can actually call attention to things you'd rather not emphasize. Below are a few of the best choices in shoes to wear with short skirts.

Wedge Sandals: Mini skirts are all about the legs, and there are few things on earth that emphasize one's legs more than a pair of wedge sandals.
Espadrille and woven styles all look great, but remember they should be sandals - as in open-toed. A closed-toe wedge is a little too heavy for a casual short skirt.


Flip-Flops: Flip flops or other flat sandals are a great look, if you are going casual. If the skirt is simple, you can really perk up the look with a sandal that has beading or metallic detailing


Sneakers: They have definitely casual look, but can work well with a short skirt, like a denim mini. Avoid puffy, cross-trainers, and stick with a streamlined classic. Keds would have a cute, somewhat preppy look, while Converse would add an edgy/urban twist.

Flats: Ballet flats and skimmers don't work very well with longer skirts, but they can look great with short skirts. Look for a pretty, simple style (nothing too fussy), and pair it with a casual or semi-casual mini for a look that's all leg, and all feminine


Kitten Heels: They are very delicate style of shoe. Look well with short skirts. Thongs, slides, and strappy sandals with a small, low heel help accentuate the "leggy" look you hope for with a mini skirt.

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MBT Shoes – the smallest gym in the world

The inventor called it “the smallest gym in the world” or “anticellulite buster”, others call it simply “wonder shoe”. It helps people ease their back and joint pain. It's the MBT shoes designed for Masai Barefoot Technology.

This shoe will change the way most of us use our muscles as well as reduce shock forces to the entire skeletal system. MBT is not just a shoe – it is an amazing therapeutic tool for everyone. Wearing MBT is like walking in sand. Unlike more other sport shoes that only support your feet, MBT sole challenges the core strengthening muscles to be more active. This creates good posture and increase shock absorption for all the joints, reducing musculoskeletal compression. With just a few wearing, users begin to feel their core muscles really being worked and at the same time, experience a significant improvement in posture.

Instruction for wearing MBT shoes

There are some rules for wearing MBT shoes:

MBT Technique: The correct application is essential to healthy and successful walking in MBT. Each pair of MBT comes with an instructional CD/Video to teach you the proper movements. Once you’ve mastered the technique, wearing MBT in your everyday life will make you feel and look younger as you walk your way to a strong and healthy physique!

Care Instructions: Please hand-wash your MBT with an antibacterial powder in hot water. You can remove the foot bed in closed-toe models to wash and dry separately. Using a deodorizing spray occasionally can eliminate any unwanted odor.

Correct Size: Choosing a pair of MBT in the proper size is very important. As with any other shoe, you should have a snug and comfortable fit. Make sure your heel sits securely in the heel pocket, and there should be no more than a ½-inch space between your toes and the front of the shoe.

Do not kneel in your MBT shoes!: There is a stiff fiberglass layer in the sole of the MBT that is imperative to proper function of the shoe. Flexing your toes while kneeling will break this layer. There is no guarantee to cover MBT shoes where the upper part of the toe is creased or the fiberglass layer is broken.

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"All About Shoes"

Imelda Marcos or anyone else obsessed with shoes will love this museum, which houses the Bata family's 10,000-item collection. The building, designed by Raymond Moriyama, is spectacular. The main gallery, "All About Shoes", traces the history of footwear. It begins with a plaster cast of some of the earliest known human footprints (discovered in Africa by anthropologist Mary Leakey), which date to 4 million B.C.

You'll come across such specialty shoes as spiked clogs used to crush chestnuts in 17th-century France, Elton John's 12-inch-plus platforms, and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's well-worn sandals. One display focuses on Canadian footwear fashioned by the Inuit, while another highlights 19th-century ladies' footwear. The second-story galleries house changing exhibits.

You can't afford to miss the most impressive museum for shoes-
Bata Shoe Museum, when come to Toronto.

Well-Heeled with Easy Spirits

Remember when Easy Spirit first used the tag line, "Looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker?" A more accurate description, of course, was "Looks like an orthopedic shoe, feels like sneaker."

But Easy Spirit is now eying a higher-end, younger market. By enlisting the design talents of Tara Subkoff, which fashion followers will know from the L.A.-based line Imitation of Christ. Subkoff's designs are smart, modern, feminine and sexy.
My favorite? - The Pallendro
Gone are the days when Easy Spirits were the fashionable domain of little old ladies. With a great designer on board, Easy Spirit shoes at last actually "Look like a pump, but feel like a sneaker." Price: $240

by Anne Metz, Luxist

Cole Haan Series

Cole Haan shoes and accessories celebrate the art of fine craftsmanship through timeless design.

Began in Chicago in 1928, their name comes from Trafton Cole, who created Cole Haan's reputation for quality and incredible craftsmanship, and Eddie Haan, the man who made it all about service and style. Originally Cole Haan was a men's shoe label and it typified the spirit of the '20s, when style was everything and quality was assumed. Shoe was beautifully designed and very well made.Today Cole Haan brings that heritage to all its products, including men's and women's series. Cole Haan is recognized for exciting innovation. A perfect example is new Cole Haan Series performing Shoes with Nike Air Technology-see the picture above.

Most Expensive Women's Shoes

The Women's Shoe has always been an object of fascination, endowed with mythical power. And, as women from former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos (who possessed 1,500 pairs of shoes) to Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw (who one episode realized she'd spent $40,000 on shoes, yet couldn't afford an apartment) have shown, some women are willing to spend fortunes to be properly shod.
American women spent nearly $17 billion on Fashion Footwear between October 2004 and October 2005, according to The NPD Group, a retail and consumer information company based in Port Washington, N.Y. If that sounds like a lot, it should-it's a nearly 10% increase over 2003 spending.
Market analysts are keenly aware of the trend toward Extravagant Shoe-spending. "Footwear has become a fanatical purchase for even those women who never had a Shoe's fetish before," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at The NPD Group. "Apparel is no longer the highest priority in women's wardrobes: handbags and shoe has become the signature items used to project personal taste, wealth and style."
Cohen estimates that Shoes costing $1,000 and up account for less than 1% of total Women's Fashion Shoes sales (fashion footwear is defined as anything other than athletic), but he acknowledges a growing group of women willing to pay more for their shoes now than they ever have been before. "It changed as early as a year-and-a-half ago but picked up steam in the past six months. Women consider footwear their signature item now.” Besides theoretically helping to lure a royal mate, there are real benefits to investing in an expensive shoe. For the most part, if a shoe costs a lot, it's made of better materials and will last longer. In some cases, however, they are not sturdier-simply rarer.
"When we're talking about shoes at $14,000, it's the materials," says Michael Fink, senior fashion director at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. "Leather and the pattern and type of wood they're using, the jewels, are the beads hand done, how rare are the feathers-because a lot of shoes with feathers are using feathers that can't be gathered anymore, from the archives of the couture feather houses." Roger Vivier Shoes have a specific curved heel, and the way it is attached to the foot bed is very mechanical and difficult, so you're paying for engineering, too," Fink says.
Loeffler Randall's most expensive pair of shoes this season, Flat Boots made of embossed anaconda leather, were hand cut scale by scale (embossed anaconda is actually cow hide made to look like anaconda). But even at nearly $800, these boots didn't manage to make our list of the most expensive women's shoes.
So what did? Not surprisingly, there are a lot of exotic leathers-alligator, snake and ostrich, to name a few. The more leather, the higher the price, so there were a lot of boots, too, including the pair of $14,000 Manolo Blahnik alligator boots that topped our list. And from Manolo to Gucci to Ferragamo, the list is a roster of designer names that command premiums.
Fink sees two kinds of real-life buyers. "We see a fashion customer who's in the know, wants a limited-edition shoe, and money is no object to her. She is, hopefully, appreciating the beauty of what she's buying and treating it as an art object." Fink hypothesizes that many shoes purchased at stratospheric prices are bought by collectors. The shoes go directly into a display case and never see a foot. "But for another kind of woman, paying $1,000 for a pair of shoes makes sense if she's paying $7,000 or $8,000 for a Chanel suit," he continues. "In that case, she wants shoes that match in look and quality, and the shoes don't bring up the total expense of the outfit by that much."

from Sophia Banay, Hilary Magazine

Womens Shoes - Rules for buying shoes

Learn how to buy the right shoe and how to wear it.

Most of us have an experience of buying a very cute but ill-fitting pair of shoes, which makes marks on our heels. This is the reason why it's so important to take the time to do a few extra laps around the shoe department and learn how to decline any pair that rubs you the wrong way. Yes, it's not easy to turn your back on a gorgeous pair of shoes, but that regret is gone by the time you leave the store. The actual pain you'll feel while wearing those shoes will get you every time.Here are some rules for buying new pair of shoes :

Learn how to choose the right size.
A size 7 in one shoe may be an 8 in another. Don't be afraid to go up or down a size. If you are lucky enough to find shoes that come in different widths, remember that width contributes to fit. For example, try the 7B versus the 7 l/2A.

Buy the right shoes.
You want a cute shoe, but it doesn’t fit and you start to convince yourself that it will stretch out. In this case you're not doing your feet any favors. If you shop carefully and deliberately, you'll discover great shoes that flatter and fit.

Wait until later in the day or two.
Your feet are more swollen at the end of the day than they are first thing in the morning. You want shoes to fit your feet in their larger state.

Move.
Walk around, wiggle your toes, flex your ankles and sit down and stand up several times. Walk on an uncarpeted surface. The only way to test how shoes will feel after you've been pounding the pavement is to try them out on a hard floor.

Look in a full-length mirror.
It's the only way to see if the proportions of the shoe complement your body. Check out your silhouette from the side and from the front.

Think ahead.
Consider how you'll be wearing the shoes. If you wear an insert, you may need a larger size. The same applies to boots: Will you wear them with thick socks? If so, buy a size to accommodate that thickness; on warmer days, you can wear an insole to make up the difference.

And in the end – pair the shoes with your clothes.
Recall the rules for wearing shoes.