Shoes

It’s one of many ‘numbers’ you never want to share with the world. Age. Lovers. Shoes. It’s considered socially unacceptable to discuss many such numbers, and the latter in is included amongst them as a girl can never have enough shoes in her closet by to publicise a number is to appear gauche. Each season, we see styles change, heels evolve and the colour palette…

An Art Deco inspired dress may have a vintage feel to it, but it’s not difficult to modernise the look away from the ’40s. At Gucci’s Milan fashion week show, Anna Dello Russo paired one of the house’s Deco-esque dresses with these: gold and python stilettos, the modern woman’s accessory for a decadent flapper look.

If you remove the oriental inspirations and focus your attention on the pairs that curve a lick of red leather onto a black body, Jason Wu’s fall 2012 shoe collection might look a little like it’s playing in the same space as Prada’s hot rod heel. But that little hint of flame-like red is where the similarities end. Instead the exotic influences dominate with plush…

With the attention to detail – nay, attention to luxury – that Tom Ford puts into every outfit, every lipstick, every fragrance, you know he’s not going to get to a woman’s feet and be neglectful. Hence, spring 2012 brings these Cinderella-worthy heels (some even with clear perspex wedged heels) that wrap the feet in unrepentant luxuriousness and secure them there with a velvet bow.…

A men's shoe can be a statement piece too - but that doesn't mean it has to be over the top. A textured finish like a leather weave adds volumes to your outfit for the spring / summer season. After the break, different styles that are on trend in 2012, how to wear them, and where to nab yourself a winning pair.

Under the catchy name of United Nude we can discover an inventive footwear brand with architectural inclinations. The label is renowned for innovative ideas and appealing designs implemented on shoes with the twist of practicality as well. With the increasing number of United Nude enthusiasts, the brand experiments on the different currents of inspirations. For their spring / summer 2012 collection the label presents imaginative…

Delicately engraved and diamante studded in the 50s, filled with fish and bravado in the 70s, championed by strippers in the 90s – the lucite heel has a past more colourful than many of its incarnations, but the new breed will inject a bit of fun into your footwork. From crystal clear slippers for the modern Cinderella at 3.1 Phillip Lim to Stella McCartney’s raspberry…

Lensed just after the Prada showing at Milan Fashion Week a guest makes a speedy exit with the aid of her supercharged heels from the spring/summer 2012 collection.

The distinctive paint job of a flashy hot rod isn’t just there to turn heads; it’s an advertisement for what’s going on beneath the bonnet. Much like Miuccia Prada’s hot rod heels for spring 2012 are an advertisement that their wearer is both wickedly rebellious and bang on trend. Some pairs are as simple as a classic pump with a hot rod taillight rocketing out…

Ana Locking’s collections always have a philosophical foundation. Spring 2012 takes the title Under Beauty, an exploration of “the shadows that live under beauty [that] enable the light to shine more brightly.” The footwear component of Locking’s collection contrasts leather against traditional espadrille jute, with blocks of spring 2012 colours chosen to compliment the collection’s clothing – and the rest of your spring wardrobe. The…