The VH1 Divas concert on Sunday, December 16, 2012 had no shortage of megawatt stars and shoes in tow. Featured here are just a handful of some of the favorites from the star studded jammed night. It was a sight to behold! Lots of cool shoes and styles in the houses! Happy holidays 🙂

Brandi

Kelly Osbourne

Keri Hilson

Elisha Cuthbert

Lala Anthony

Natasha Beddingfield and Iggy Azalea

Nene Leakes

Kelly Rowland and Adam Lambert

Miley Cyrus

Keri Hilson

The New Year is looking very promising already. We have something to look forward to come February 8 – April 13, 2013. It would be a great time to plan a trip to New York City for a shoe culture worthy Museum visit. Claim it as a school trip if you must, this definitely qualifies.

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) presents Shoe Obsession, an exhibition that examines our culture’s ever-growing fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. In fact, designer shoes have overtaken “It” bags as the most coveted fashion accessories. In response, shoe departments in major department stores have undergone significant expansions, and the “great designer shoe wars” have escalated. Over the past decade, heels have reached new heights —as have prices. High-heeled shoes—the fashion shoes of the 21^st century—have become so tall that even a 4-inch heel is considered “low.”

Roger Vivier’s Eyelash Heel pump from fall ’12

Shoe Obsession will feature approximately 150 examples of contemporary footwear, highlighting the extreme, lavish, and imaginative styles that have made shoes central to fashion.

The popularity of designer shoes has grown rapidly. Little more than a decade ago, appreciation of Blahnik’s feminine, elegant designs was limited primarily to fashion insiders. Then the style-conscious characters on the popular television series Sex and the City were presented as obsessive about his shoes, and Manolo Blahnik became a household name. Shoe Obsession will include a pair of Blahnik’s rhinestone-buckled, silver D’Orsay shoes—a version of which was used in a 2003 Sex and the City episode titled “A Woman’s Right to Shoes.”

Pierre Hardy fall ’10

Daphne Guinness—one of today’s most influential style icons—will also lend a selection of her heels, including extreme examples by Alexander McQueen and Nina Ricci.

Some notable iconic shoes will be on view February 8 – April 13, 2013, at The Museum at FIT in New York City. Admission is free and open to the public.

Be sure to save the date to check out some of the best shoes ever made. We definitely can not wait to see them all!

The New Year will bring more spiked shoes, a trend many thought would die with 2012. So, should we be excited or fan our faces while yawning?

2012 is almost over, the year that saw a tremendous increase in all things spiked. As the New Year of 2013 draws near, we can’t help but wonder if we have seen the last of spiked shoes and accessories.

Some designers beg to differ (won’t bother naming names, you already know them). Many have chosen to embrace the ongoing trend with yet more spiked shoes and accessories in their upcoming Spring-Summer 2013 collection. Thought you had seen the last of spiked shoes and accsossories? Think again. Don’t put your punk jackets away so soon. You get to rock them all over again with some of these past, present and future spiked shoes featured below.

At the New York premiere of “Les Miserables” on Monday, Anne Hathaway hit the red carpet dressed head to toe in black by Tom Ford — which included a thigh-high slit and a dramatic cape and a pair of custom gladiator style thigh high boots. The bondage style boots, which were created with vegan leather, featured open toes and then straps and buckles that ran up and down her leg.

In “Les Miserables,” Hathaway plays Fantine, a dying prostitute, which is a part she shed 25 pounds to play. Opens in theaters on Christmas day worldwide.

So, today is the 12th day of the 12th month in the year of our lord 12th year of the millennium. How do you intend to celebrate such a symbolic day? Break out a bottle of Dom Perignon, uncover the Beluga Caviar and admire your collection! Not everyone gets to see the symbolic rhyme of 12. The next one won’t be until December. 12, 2112 to get the next rhyme of 12. If you’re reading this today, there is a super high chance you won’t be alive to see that day in 2112. That would make you super old and unable to walk let alone wear high heels!

This is how it’s done dear members, live it up! Life is too short! Hear! Hear! Happy holidays! 🙂

Image as seen in the international best selling hardcover book, “The Shoeholic” and featured shoe on the cover.

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Lady Gaga in what may be the highest platform shoes ever made. But of course, it’s Gaga, she wouldn’t be seen in anything less.

These iconic shoes sparked many water down versions found in the market for common folks like us who can strut around in stratospheric shoes (sans the limos and handlers).

Designers like Giuseppe Zanotti made lower versions for the general market. Think you can handle the height like Gaga?

Giuseppe Zanotti’s version for the common folks

Love pink? Singer Nicki Minaj launches Pink Friday fragrance in matching colors from head to toe! Giuseppe Zanotti did the honors in the exaggerated soft pink peep toe platform shoes.

You don’t like the pink? Don’t fret. It also comes in a sparkly silver version 🙂

Anne Hathaway dazzled in Givenchy Haute Couture at the world premiere of the epic movie, Les Miserables in London.
Anne Hathaway is always something of a red carpet pro, and the glowing star didn’t disappoint this time around in a body-skimming, floor-length Givenchy gown covered in tiny pearls. The actress paired the show-stopping dress with her signature played-up lips and her new pixie ‘do. The dress was pulled from the Givenchy Haute Couture (designed by Ricardo Tisci) Spring/Summer 2012 collection which we were present at the fashion show something in January, earlier this year. We witnessed some jaw dropping gowns at the show, some of which had matching shoes! If only we could see the shoes Anne Hathaway wore with this dress. Hopefully it’s one of those featured in the video footage below from the fashion show.