Rakish Heels - Fall 2008 Collection

Shuzsociety visits with Lona of Rakish Heels (pronounced: ray-kish) about what makes these fall 2008 shoes special.

Dior! ! Dior! Dior! WOW

October 3rd, 2008

Suede shoe bootie and pumps with square toes, open toes and funky platforms are what Dior is all about for Fall. These shoes are the combination of modernism with that touch of Retro. Who Is following who? Are the Automobile industries GTO remakes that we are seeing everyone driving watching the footwear business . In the Fashion footwear industry the look is happening. Remember those muscle cars and those wooden Made in Brazil platforms of the 70’s. No matter how hard we try to reinvent the wheel it is still circular. The other odd thing is gas shortages and a possible recession. Interest rate hikes are just around the corner. If I were you I would buy as many pairs as possible before the prices go up.

Mark Schwartz has an eye for sole.

July 24th, 2008

mark schwartz is getting around. well his signature high heeled art is anyway! today’s newswiretoday profiles his work. “Not since the 1950s has an artist used the shoe as their signature muse.” “As much as women adore dressing their feet, my one-of-a-kind paintings now allow them to dress their walls,” says Schwartz, who began his career in the world of shoes by happenstance. check out mark schwartz’ designer page in our shopping guide.

Dv by Dolce Vita “Jade” mary jane pump

October 14th, 2008

Pebbled leather Mary Jane with contrasting band on curved 3 3/4″ wooden heel. Brown Goat. $94.95 at Endless.com.

Miss Meghan shows you how to walk in heels…

July 16th, 2008

The evening gown competition during this week’s Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam proved a slippery slope for beauty queen Miss USA Crystle Stewart, as it did for last years Miss USA Rachel Smith. We’re thinking it’s their shoes. On today’s The Early Show fellow shoe expert Miss Meghan notes heel heights have exponentially increased over the last few years, and tells us how to navigate in them.
Nina footwear provided the footwear for the swimsuit competition during the Miss USA pageant held in Las Vegas earlier this year, and shuzsociety was close enough to see Miss Crystle glide in them in style. Nina footwear also provided the golden T-strap “Gaticus” for every contestant in this year’s swimsuit competition. Miss Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008.

Mark Schwartz has an eye for sole.

July 24th, 2008

mark schwartz is getting around. well his signature high heeled art is anyway! today’s newswiretoday profiles his work. “Not since the 1950s has an artist used the shoe as their signature muse.” “As much as women adore dressing their feet, my one-of-a-kind paintings now allow them to dress their walls,” says Schwartz, who began his career in the world of shoes by happenstance. check out mark schwartz’ designer page in our shopping guide.

5-inches is the new black - heels rise to new heights

September 15th, 2008

5-Inches Is. The. New. Black.

It was just a year ago that shoe designer Christian Louboutin and filmmaker slash photographer David Lynch paired for a captivating collaboration celebrating our footwear “Fetish”, with a handful of one-of-a-kind extreme, arguably erotic shoes. Then we saw the towering “IT” shoe, the Yves Saint Laurent Tribute sandal with its sculpted and tapered platform sole flaunting an attitude as bad as the heel was high. Innovative shoe designers from Nicholas Kirkwood to Gil Carvalho went vertically voluminous on us.

We knew it wouldn’t be long before our (other!) favorite shoe designers would rise to the occasion to give us more of what we want. One doesn’t even have to worry, “do these make me look like a stripper?” That’s kind of the point. And it’s totally hip. From 4” heels to 5″ plus (plus!) shoe designers are letting us be naughty little good girls. And they’re tempting us with decadent leathers in polished patents and metal hues, and carving the heels up in mouth-watering shapes. Here come our favorite fifteen…

See the rest of our sky-high shoes in the “5″ is the New Black” trend gallery!

Yves Saint Laurent black patent mid-calf boots narrowly make the 5” cut, but their strong toe-box and stiletto heel affords one a wicked, sultry attitude. Concealed platform under a 4 ½” heel with blue sole. Black. $915
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Victoria Beckham NOT IN DSquared2 spiked heels…

October 6th, 2008

Our resident shuzmuse sent us this from DailyMail.co. Mrs. Beckham, shopping with her blonde brood at Westside Pavillion Mall in LA, sported a pair of metallic DSquared2 platform pumps with spiked heel.

When we called our contact at DSquared2 to get the name of the questionable platform pump, they said while it looked like theirs, it wasn’t. Hmmm. While we keep looking for the pump-in-question, stop by Zappos to check their collection of DSQUARED2.

Shoe-per Woman. Hear. You. Roar.

October 10th, 2008

Activate. Sexy. Shoes.

Yes, strap them on. Your utilitarian-turned-über-useful elastic-strappy fall shoes and winged-inspired pumps on heels will help you leap tall buildings and fight the bad-guys while looking good to boot! Designers MARY-KYRI, Gigi Favela, Claudio Merazzi, Hollywould, Gil Carvalho, and others answered the call with some kick-@$$ shoe styles! We’ve also just posted our latest “shoe-per heroine” video to our YouTube/shuzsociety page!

We know you’re going to want to step into something sexy before you save the world, so check out our “Shoe-per Woman” trend gallery…

High Heels on Today MSNBC… too high? No one seems to care!

October 15th, 2008

“Women have long had a love affair with high heels. Heels are sexy statements of stature and fashion,” says MSNBC’s correspondent Amy Robach, in her ode to gravity-defying heels. Renowned Podiatric Surgeon Suzanne Levine also pipes in on the outrageous “5, 6 — all the way up to 8 inches” we ladies are donning this season.

Now that you have seen some doozies, you decide you need a pair? Check out our 5″ is The. New. Black. picks in our Trend Gallery.