Designer Shoes

Archive for December, 2009

We have more seasonal shoes today at the Designer Shoe blog – this time for the guys! Consider these cool Christmas offerings from Adidas, for example; Christmas themed Stan Smith 2 or Superstar 2 shoes, in red and green! Although clearly Christmassy, there’s no doubt these shoes will look the part all year round and, because they’re Adidas, they’ll still be wearable when summertime bring games in the park!

If Adidas isn’t really your style, perhaps consider these tartan-style Converse All-Stars instead. A classic shoe with a seasonal spin, these manage to be festive, but without any striking Christmas clichés – a cool and understand style.

Of course, it’s not just the adults that can join in the Christmas fun; if the little man in your life wants a piece of the spirit, there are a range of seasonal children’s shoes for them as well! These adorable blue trainers, for example, will keep his feet nice and warm while advertising his love for Christmas and, more importantly at that age, Santa!

Christmas is nearly here and at the Designer Shoe Blog, this can only mean one thing; Christmas Shoe Time! This is essentially an excuse for the team to whizz around the internet, finding seasonal footwear that we’re sure somebody in your family would love to receive. Even if you’re not thinking of buying designer shoes for Christmas, there are normally some cool shoes to see anyway! Let’s get started with some shoes with the ladies:

For the girlfriend, wife, mum, sisters and grannys in your life, consider these stylish, comfortable and super-seasonal Christmas slippers! I know slippers for Christmas seems unoriginal but, let’s be honest, when else do people buy slippers? By the time last year’s Christmas slippers have be worn to tatters, it’s normally summertime and there’s little need for slippers. Then, before you know it it’s nearly Christmas again so nobody buys new ones for themselves, just in case somebody buys them for them for a present!

If you think slippers aren’t what the classy lady in your life is after this holiday, perhaps consider buying her some stylish seasonal heels for the Christmas Cocktail party. Although I’d advise against bright red heels with a cartoon Santa (not cool), some like these might make a suave addition to any Christmas outfit…

Today we bring you a few of our favourites from our collection of strange designer shoes; the ones that made us go “Oooo…oh right”, “Is that…?” and sometimes “They can’t be real!”. It may sound like a terrible speed date, but we assure you these are real reactions to these strange shoes.

Firstly, these bizarre red numbers, apparently designed for the 0.02% of the population that could possibly ever stand up in these, let alone walk around. Aesthetics aside, I think the fundamental laws of physics, combined with simple facts about human anatomy, make these shoes somewhat redundant for anything other than brief posing sessions. It’s just a shame there aren’t many photo-shoots with “Idiocy” as their theme, otherwise these would be hot-sellers! Anyway, let’s move on; behold, our second offering:

What do you mean “that’s not a shoe”? How dare you! Can’t you see it’s…um… No, the Shoe Blog is stumped. As a piece of art, this offering really challenges the very notion of ’shoe’, forcing us to question exactly what it is to be a shoe and, hence, what it is to be a human. As a shoe, however, it sucks.

Finally these – Boxing Shoes! The latest in foot protection for those of our practising street capoeira…or the oddest shoes many of us have ever laid eyes on.

No doubt we’ll be back with more in the near future, so check back soon!

Last time we bought you news that a recent survey of 1000 women found that many more of them could remember their first pair of designer shoes than could remember the name of the person they first kissed. Today we bring you some more facts and figures about women and shoes from the same survey – enjoy!

Of the 1000 women questioned, although 1 in 6 had more than 30 pairs of shoes, the average woman owned a mere 19 pairs. Of these 19 pairs of shoes, only 4 are worn regularly and about the same number have only been worn once. 4 pairs of shoes is also the average number of pairs of shoes that these women purchase every year; a new pair every 3 months or 12 weeks.

Shoe Collection from shoelala.ca

1 in 3 of the 1000 women admitted to having trouble finding enough room to store all their shoes, though 1 in 7 have found room to hide a new pair of shoes from their partner. Sixty percent of the women questioned said they regretted purchasing at least one pair of shoes.

…none admitted that buying shoes had ever caused money problems…

When 1000 women were questioned about their feelings towards their footwear, it transpired that over 92% of them could remember the first pair of shoes they ever bought with their own money. As incredible as this fact is on its own, it’s even more shocking when compared to the fact that only 60% of them could remember the name of the first person they ever kissed!

Would it be insane to draw the conclusion that, for these 1000 women, designer shoes (or maybe fashion) is actually more important than love life? Of course it would be. However, equally interesting as this memory test is the fact that, while only 15% of these women admitted to feeling sorry at dumping a boyfriend, a massive 96% of them said they regretting having to throw away a pair of shoes! So, while it may be hard to draw conclusions from such a bizarre array of evidence, there can now be little doubt as to the importance of shoes to many women. It’s not just something they do to frustrate men; they really do love shoes – perhaps more than they love other people.