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World Shoes and Accessories Show February 2010

As I walked through the rows and rows of hundreds upon hundreds of footwear brands that exhibited at the Feb. 2010 WSA show, I noticed something: they’re all doing pretty much the same thing. Nothing too exciting, I’ve seen it all [...]

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Trends for Fall 2010

Apparently, calculating the trends for the next season when people, like retailers, are buying for Fall now is some sort of equation, like the quadratic formula, or pi.

Yes, this is true.  Apparently, there are a bunch of monkies that sit around in a room making calculations about market trends and they use that [...]

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Black Friday Holiday Gift Guide for Stiletto Lovers

First, the stocking stuffer must buy items for the women in your life that love tall shoes is without a doubt Foot Petals.  Foot petals is all about alleviating the love/hate relationship women have with hot shoes.  Put any of these smart buys in your lady’s stocking at she will love it (moreover, it might [...]

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BEAUTIOUS BOOTS!

As the seasons change and I re-organize my closet of shoes and other nonsense I rarely wear- I pull out the boots for fall and winter.  What typically defines a boot is “footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg” but that’s now false (silly Webster) as more recently, boots are made [...]

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Celebrating the Shoe-Shopaholics of the World with a 12 Step Program of Sexy Shoes

Ever gone into a mall to get something completely unrelated to footwear but then walk out with like 3 new pairs of high-heels?

How could this happen!?!?You wonder….

Now if this has happened to you on 3 or more occasions, you may have what is considered a shoe-shopping problem.

Problem you say?!? Nonsense….If you call looking [...]

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Cell-Phone-and-Stiletto-Pairings-the-best-shoes-to-go-with-your-smart-phone

Obviously we try to match purses with shoes and belts with shoes but what about our cell phones? May be a dumb question and I’ll soon find out- but everyone knows that your shoes say a lot about who you are, what you’re up to, and where your going.  I’ve found that those [...]

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