It’s the Oscars again and that means red-carpet-watching season. Boots usually take a back seat to pumps, platforms, and other strappy sandals at this time but because we love boots so much, we adamantly think boots can still be worn even for a glamorosa event like the Oscars.
So I headed on over to the online shoe store where I know I’ll find some of the swankiest boots, booties, and ankle boots around – Heels.com. Just a quick search already yielded some very interesting results, so I kept on truckin’ until …

Nicole Richie has already proven her designing chops with her successful jewelry line so when she announced last year that she was going to come out with a footwear collection for House of Harlow in 2010, not just a few fashion blogs eagerly anticipated to see how Nicole’s next foray into the fashion biz will turn out.
These were the photos of early designs that were leaked late last year:

And these were what were released into stores and online boutiques just very recently:

House of Harlow 1960 Maddie Beaded Suede Moccasin Booties

House …

Fashion websites, style blogs and even celebrity sites were all about the Milan Fashion Week these past few days. While they covered everything from backstage happenings to fashion insider gossip about why celebrities were conspicuously missing from the front row seats, the real news was (surprise!) the fashion shows themselves. Some countries may have taken a jab at fashion, its stereotypes, and its idiosyncracies some time or another, but in a place like Milan where fashion is integrated into culture, the industry is serious business.
So on with the fashion show.
Sportmax, …

Timberland has been selling these ever-popular men’s boots since they began making them in the 1970s – and they have been selling them well:

From construction workers, to concrete layers, to hiphop artists, to movie stars, men turn to Timberland’s Classic 6″ Premium Boot not just for its durability and dependability, but also for its tough and rugged looks.

Kanye West performs in Timberland boots, a Timberland PRO Series ad, and Mark Wahlberg in Timberlands spending QT with his family
When you’ve got a company that’s known for their rough-and-ready premium men’s work …

Hilary Duff may have had a horrible Valentine’s when her dog went missing that day, but we all know that it all had a happy ending. Not only did Hilary Duff find her 2-year-old Bermese Mountain Dog DuBois, but four days later on February 19, she got engaged to her long-time boyfriend Mike Comrie! Congratulations to the Duffster!
Here are pictures from the day Hilary went searching for DuBois:

These were taken when Hilary Duff went out of her house to ask photographers to help her look for DuBois. If this is …

I’ve always had a bone to pick with two separate pieces of clothes that are sewn together. Like, how hard is it to wear a vest after a shirt? Or a shirt over another shirt? And rolling up sleeves never presented any problems for anyone I know, so why do designers feel the need to sew sleeves that are permanently stuck to the elbows?
Okay, so the last isn’t really an example of clothes that are stuck together, but this one sure is – the Annabel sweater bootie from Luichiny:

Luichiny Annabel …

This blog post is inspired by Mr. Newton’s shots of this amazing man in the Nina Ricci gravity-defying heel-less heels, taken at the Rodarte show last February 16 at New York Fashion Week:

The Nina Ricci heel-less heels as worn… by a fearless man
It’s like this man is telling us that it’s okay to be risqué in fashion, no matter what people will be whispering about behind you. After all, where else can we take risks but in fashion where the consequences are not that grave? It may be a billion-dollar industry but …