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A slightly simpler shoe from M. Louboutin this week…

I love a bit of colour-blocking, and these ‘Bianca’ slingbacks manage to combine black, white, blue and red in a way that’s fun, but not garish. That classic Louboutin slingback shape, meanwhile, keeps the overall look elegant. Want to see some more? Oh, go on then…

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These gold wedges will be too shiny for some tastes, but I’m rather fond of a metallic wedge, particularly in the summer. Not only are wedges some of the most comfortable shoes you’ll ever walk in, the colour of these Marc Jacobs shoes will work with everything (or almost everything), and they’ll go easily from day to night, too. I’m picturing them worn with a print dress, a few gold bangles and a martini, ideally on a yacht in St Tropez or somewhere equally glamorous, but you could just as easily throw them on with a little black dress for an evening out. Double bows win Marc Jacobs double the Shoeper points for these ones, too!

They’re $699 at Zappos.



I wish Yoox.com had provided a photo of these Moschino peep toes from the back: they look like they just might be wonderful, in a rather kitsch, 80s way, but the bow on the heel is the stand-out detail, and you just can’t see it properly because of the angle of the photo. There also looks like there’s an odd little elastic strap at the heel which I can’t quite see the use for, so another photo (or seeing them in real life) would help clear up that little mystery too.

Those points aside, the more I look at these shoes, the more I like them. The shape of the peep toe is particularly nice, and these have something of a fairytale feel to them – or maybe I’ve just been reading too many ‘Alice In Wonderland’ themed press releases lately. Also, look! Stripes on the insole! That does it for me…

If it does it for you, too, these are £195 at Yoox, with a range of sizes still available.



I’ve actually shown you these shoes before, in white, as part of a bridal shoe roundup. I make no apologies for showing you them again, though, because:

a) They’re absolutely stunning

and

b) When I last featured them here, I was bemoaning the fact that they were only available in white, and looked very definitely “bridal”. Now, however, they’re available in this lovely shade of blue, they’re still stunning, and I want them even more than I did a few months ago. At $154, they’re not too expensive, either. Get them at Zappos.



It’s been a while since Moda in Pelle managed to catch my attention with one of their shoes, so I was particularly pleased to stumble across these ‘Darla’ peep toes , which help feed my current obsession with all things navy! I especially like the colour combination of the bow on the navy shoes: the brown version isn’t quite doing it for me, but they’re still very cute, and I suspect that if I came across them on the sale rack, they’d probably be coming home with me!

If you can’t wait for the sale, these are £80 at Moda in Pelle.



These shoes are a great example of how a simple touch can make all the difference. My weakness for metallic peep-toes means I’d probably have liked them even without the leaf detailing on the toe, but with it they’re even prettier, I like the the way the leaf overlaps the vamp of the shoe slightly, creating a nice effect around the toe line. These are also available in orange, but, oddly enough, I don’t like them in that shade at all. Take a look here to see if you do, and don’t forget to tell me what you think of them!



I seem to be writing a lot about Moschino lately. It’s not actually a brand I’d particularly class as a “favourite” of mine, but they have been coming up with some interesting shoes recently, one example of which is shown above. I love the nude peep toe, naturally, but I love that bright pink “curl” on the toe even more. It’s an unexpected touch which adds a touch of colour to the shoe, and gives it a playful kind of look, which is always nice: shoes should be fun, after all, even the ones we buy for work, or for some other less-than-fun purpose.

These are $515, and are available to buy direct from the Moschino website.



OK, I know I said I was coming round to the idea of feathers on footwear, but these shoes are just flat-out bizarre to me. I mean, how would you walk in them without standing on the feathers all the time, and tripping yourself up on them? Wouldn’t they get absolutely filthy from trailing along the floor constantly? Do they remind anyone else of a dead bird lying on someone’s foot? Is it just me?

If it is, these are $300 at Endless, and are sold as wedding shoes, although I guess you could wear them anywhere that seemed to require white, feathery shoes. I’m just not sure where, exactly, that might be…



It’s hard to go wrong with a pair of black Mary Janes, and these ones by Harajuku Lovers are made extra-special with the addition of the cute little fold-over detail at the ankle. The fact that it has a stripe pattern, well, that’s just the icing on the cake: or the stripe on the shoe, as the case may be.

I’m also growing fonder of pointed-toes on platforms, and particularly on Mary Jane styles. It helps stop them looking too chunky, and just gives the shoe a more elegant shape, without looking too pointy, which can sometimes be the fate of shoes without a platform.

These are $89.95, and you can grab a pair at Endless.



“Please don’t let them ACTUALLY light up,” I thought when I read the product name on these shoes. “Please let it just be a NAME, and not an actual description of what they do!” Because, although I know light-up heels are (or were – I don’t really follow these things) popular on children’s shoes, surely that’s where they should stay? Surely on a “grown up” shoe, a light-up heel would just look gimmicky and, dare I say it, tacky: neither of which are words I would usually associate with the Jimmy Choo brand?

People, the heels light up. They’re designed in much the same way as the light-up sneakers mentioned above, so that when your foot hits the ground, the heel will light up. And it’s a yellow heel. With a red sole. And I don’t know… I’ve read a few gushing reviews of these shoes from my fellow bloggers, but I think I’m going to have to be the voice of dissent here and say that this is just way too gimmicky for me to want to spend $2,495 on. I’d make a joke here about them “lighting up your life”, but I’m actually still in shock at having to write the words “Jimmy Choo” and “light-up heels” in the same sentence, so feel free to make up your own jokes there. Oh, and feel free to head over to Saks and buy them, too, if you so desire!

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