Okay, so I’ll admit it; when it comes to shoes, I have a problem.

I can’t stop buying them.

I love all kinds of shoes, from flip flops to stilettos to my trusty Chuck Taylors. I love my tried and true (black pumps, ballet flats, etc.) and I love finding fun and funky shoes to add a lil’ oomph to an outfit. I have shoes ranging from Payless and Target to Steve Madden and even a few beloved pairs of designer shoes (that were all purchased in outlets or amazing clearance sales, I must add).

The best thing about shoes is that trends come in cycles so you can save your favorite pairs and use them for more than one season.

This season there are six major shoe trends emerging, although a couple of them are old trends re-surging, so I’m here to let you know what you’ll be seeing on footsies in the next few months. Read More »

Being a hooker isn’t the safest occupation a girl can find herself in; what with all those dark alleyways, freaky Johns, and giant shoes.

But for whatever reason, someone has taken it upon themselves to make it a littler safer—and a lot more futuristic.

The Wired Blog is reporting about a new invention called Platforms from the Aphrodite project, which are—you guessed it—platform heels with a little added science.

These high-tech pumps have a GPS tracking device and alarm installed inside, and once the alarm is set off, the prostitute’s exact location is transmitted to either the police or sex worker’s rights groups.

Platforms are in development right now, and can be tried out (by hookers? Average people?) at Gallery Aferro in Newark, New Jersey in September. Read More »

I’m a vain person. There’s no denying that. And yes, I have worn things that were slightly uncomfortable in favor of looking good. I’ve ripped off my clothes at the end of the day and fallen onto my bed in free, naked bliss after 12 hours too tightness and stomach squishedness. I’ve done it. I won’t deny.

But I do have a line. A personal line I will not cross when it comes to being uncomfortable. Especially when it comes to shoes.

Shoes can make or break a day, particularly if you’re like me and live in a city where you have to walk EVERYWHERE. I have gone from happy and playful to cruel and homicidal in the course of only a few hours in certain pairs. Read More »