Hello, stop the presses: Shoe-n-Tell has been nominated in the first ever Fabbies awards! The awards are designed to recognize outstanding fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogs and were created through a high-power fashion collaboration of Manolo (Manolo’s Shoe Blog), Tina Craig (Bag Snob) and Lesley Scott (Fashiontribes). There are …
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This post comes, appropriately, right on the heels of Valentine’s Day and my last post about the Italian-made Miss Sixty peep toe pumps.
I was minding my business, walking through JFK Airport recently when this advertisement caught my eye! The two red heels come together to form a heart…awww. Who …
Continue reading "Italian Footwear Manufacturers’ Association"Uh, yes. First of all this is definitely NSFW (Not safe for work) and contains loads of profanity. You’ve been warned.
Liam Sullivan’s viral “Shoes” YouTube video ended up winning a People’s Choice award in the “favorite user-generated” category. We might add that the humorous hit with over 11 million views …
Continue reading "“Shoes” the Video Wins People’s Choice"A shoe film directed by and starring Yvonne. Camera work by Laura.
Continue reading "Selecting Pennies for Franco Sarto “Borghese” Loafers"Interested in stepping into your favorite celebrity’s shoes? The Spirit of Women organization and Carlos by Carlos Santana footwear are giving you just that chance with their Celebrity Red Shoe Auction which kicked off the second round of bidding yesterday. The Red Shoe Initiative, which was started on September …
Continue reading "Red Shoe Initiative"Some interesting shoe related paper arts from Carlos N. Molina, a self-taught paper sculptor and graphic designer. Originally from Puerto Rico and now in New York, Molina makes miniscule paper shoe sculptures out of origami paper - keep in mind that most of these measure only 1.5 x 1.5 x …
Continue reading "Miniature Paper High Heels"Do you know which musical act was the first ever to get a non-athletic entity sneaker endorsement from adidas? If you guessed Run-DMC, the pioneers that fused rap with rock to remake that hit Aerosmith song “Walk This Way,” you are correct. In 1986, adidas gave Run-DMC a $1 …
Continue reading "Just for Kicks (documentary) DVD"My friend Heather told me about this very big-hearted company called TOMS “Shoes for Tomorrow.” TOMS is a shoe company that exists to give back. Buy a pair of shoes and TOMS gives one pair to a child in need. Visit the website here for more information. TOMS upcoming Block …
Continue reading "TOMS SHOES"Anika Non-i Rose might have played third fiddle in Dreamgirls, but she’s getting a chance to be the top dog in shoes at the Oscars. She’ll be wearing infamous Stuart Weitzman’s Diamond Dream Shoes on the red carpet - the rock encrusted silver stilletos are worth a cool half …
Continue reading "Stuart Weitzman Diamond Dream Shoes"Geez, I know hardly anything about the Onitsuka Tiger Injector DX shoe - it’s a street shoe that’s been modeled after the classic “direct injection” football (that’s soccer to us Americanites) shoe they pioneered in 1972. Looks sort of like a spaceman shoe to me. Onitsuka Tiger is …
Continue reading "Onitsuka Tiger Injector DX"I’d been meaning to post about Mark Schwartz’s shoe art for a couple months now but just didn’t get around to it. A former shoe NY shoe designer turned shoe artist, Mark creates whimsical paintings and portraits of mostly high heels. His paintings are often characterized by muted watercolor-like …
Continue reading "Mark Schwartz - Shoes as Idea"You don’t mess with Sara Lee. If you’re a shoe polish counterfeiter, that is. The Pell Incorporated company has agreed to pay $500,000 in damages to the Sara Lee company, which manufacturers the popular Kiwi brand shoe polish. The Pell company said they had been unknowingly selling the …
Continue reading "Fake Polish Purveyors Nabbed"I thought this was a sort of fun news item. That semi-loveable grouch Andy Rooney from 60 Minutes serves up some of his own opinions and pet peeves on shoes. Apparently, one of the shoe injustices that grinds his gears the most is something that plagues many people: …
Continue reading "Andy Rooney on Shoes"A friend told me about this film called The Shoe Fairy, available from YesAsia.com on DVD.
Directed by Robin Lee and narrated by Andy Lau, The Shoe Fairy won the prize for Best Art Direction at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards last year and is making the rounds at Korea’s Pusan …
Continue reading "The Shoe Fairy (DVD)"Propelling myself further into geekdom come, I would now like to talk about a movie near and dear to my heart: Tron. Oh, it is not enough to have a sleeping bag festooned with Star Wars characters (yes, guilty). No, you need to have some Tron Shoes man.
Made …
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