A Shoe In

Do you shoes make the outfit?  Stylist have always said that your shoes are the foundation for any ensemble.  I tend to agree with this theory.  I mean if you have on great clothes designer or not and your shoes are not complimenting the outfit then no one will remember it. Shoes tend to last a lot longer than clothes.  Clothes tend to fade, shrink or even tear but shoes can live on and on.  

My love affair with shoes started with a honey colored Dolce and Gabbana dress shoe.  I saw them in the store and I fell madly in love with them.  The best part of course was that they were on sale 50% off.  You can't beat that with a stick.  Those were the first but certainly not that last pair of shoes I have purchased throughout the years.  My closet is filled literally with every great designer shoe you can think of.  The pair that mean the most to me are my black with a beige strip in the back with a blunt toe by Alexander McQueen.  I purchased them right before his passing. 

In this writers opinion the shoe for fall/winter 2010 are the Louis Vuitton Equinox Buckle Strap in Leather dress shoe.  These shoes are elegant stylish and you can dress with up with a nice dark pin stripped suit or I would dress them down in a dark fitted denim jeans with a nice button down dress shirt for a night on the town with friends.

Shoes are an investment.  They shouldn't be a chore to put on or wear.  And men I can't stress this enough you can own more than one pair of shoes and sneakers don't count.  Have some fun and splurge!  Whether you're single or married buy those shoes you've been eyeing in the window or those ones you saw on line.  Don't worry about the price the compliments you get from them and the outfits you can put together are priceless.  Trust me I know what I speak of.

To quote Carrie Bradshaw:  "The fact is, sometimes it's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes. That's why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun".

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