Dazzling gowns and shoes on the red carpet of the 64th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Not exactly a shoe friendly gazing affair but we couldn’t resist featuring some of the dresses we came across. You might be inspired (for your wedding or “just because” gown purchase) by some of these looks. We hope you like some of the favorites posted here….

Tina Fey

Nancy O'Dell in Mark Zunino

Kelly Osbourne all grown up in Zac Posen

Ariel Winter

Teenager Kiernan Shipka in age appropriate Zac Posen dress

The talented actor Peter Dinklage

Gretchen Mol

Jena Malone

Emilia Clarke

Ginnifer Goodwin in Monique Lhuillier gown

Sarah Hyland

Aaron Paul looked elated with fiancée Lauren Parsekian

Lucy Liu in Versace

Julianne Hough in a Georges Hobieka Couture

Nicole Kidman in Antonio Berardi gown

Hayden Panettiere in a Marchesa gown

Padma Lakshmi struck gold in her mermaid tail Monique Lhuillier gown

January Jones in a black Zac Posen dress

Sofia Vergara rocked a Zuhair Murad dress

Heidi Klum in Alexandre Vauthier

The chilly season has not yet begun but Kim Kardashian is wasting no time in rocking her Givenchy knee length boots. Already won twice, with the first being in a much warmer climate of Hawaii in the middle of August with her boyfriend, Kanya West. It’s safe to say that she can’t do without these boots! She loves it so much she bought the style in 2 different colors!

Now, that’s a hardcore Shoeholic! We approve! 🙂

We spotted a lady wearing the exact same style during Fashion’s Night Out in New York City. The trend is already going viral.

Another version is also available in red.

Tennis champion and Olympian Serena Williams stopped the traffic in her body hugging dress and staggering high heels for a taping session on the David Letterman show. She never disappoints.

Singer Ciara also made waves court side at the Lakers game in California in thigh high leather boots not too long ago.

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The legendary late Grammy Award winning artist Whitney’s houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina shined at the singer’s last movie premiere of Sparkle in Jimmy Choos. Bobby is definitely coming into her own as a young lady on the scene. Keep the heels coming!

American Idol alumni, Jordin Sparks was also on hand to help promote the movie during the press junket at another event dazzling in Alice and Olivia ensemble. The movie debuts today in theaters. Be sure to check it out!

One of the greatest girl band of all time and big British export, the Spice Girls, lent a hand in closing the Olympic games last night in London atop the city’s Black Cabs as their individual stage. Trust the girls not to come up short when it came to the fashion. Their carefully chosen attires were well matched with gorgeous pairs of shoes that did not fail to shine as much as the ladies!

Does anyone “smell” a comeback of these dynamic ladies? Perhaps! Well done mates!

The iconic British brand, Alexander McQueen’s collection dominated the most watched stage today. Some of the designer’s items took part in the closing ceremony of the Olympic games modeled by none other than Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell to name a few. Naomi Campbell strutted down the Union Jack shaped stage wearing gold embroidered and lacy gown paired with the rippled gold wedge, also by Alexander McQueen. Well, as you all know by now, McQueen never disappoints. It’s no surprise the label was one of the very few designers chosen to close the ceremony.

The wedge (featured below) are now on sale. Don’t miss it.

Naomi Campbell Alexander McQueen at the Olympics closing ceremony

Gone are the days of discarding old worn out or boring shoes. Nowadays, they can be brought to life and revamped into a whole new pair, as if brand new, fresh out of the box. Old or boring shoes can be reborn again simply by applying glittery sparkles in their surface. This can be done in many designs and colors.

The industry term to this art is called “Strassing.” You’ve probably seen many high end designs billing $5000 and up for a pair of shoes simply because of the added strassed work. You need not shell out such an amount provided you are willing to send the extensive and tedious time gluing each crystal on the shoe and of course purchasing good quality crystals and not just the dull glass type. Yes, they do vary.

This topic was covered extensively in the July-September 2012 print edition of Shoeholics Magazine. Featured in the article is a before and after picture of the world famous trademark Tribute shoes by Yves Saint Laurent. It was converted from a plain $795 black suede pumps to something entirely different with sparkly genuine Swarovski crystals, a pair worth it’s own appearance on any red carpet with the right dress! This of course adds value of at least $3000 to the pair simply due to the time spent, quality and close knit crystals. It does add up.

Editor Tinu spent more than 68 hours working on the pair just in time for the photoshoot!

Also featured farther below is a sample by Wedding bee. She converted her plain jane Brian Atwood white satin shoes into something of a spectacular when she could not afford the price of $3400 in stores. She saved money by doing it herself. This is “sport” applicable to men and women. We have seen men strassing their sneakers too! Who doesn’t like an upgrade?

So if you have a pair, got the time, got a fat mortgage and car note to pay but want a pair badly, start gluing!

Strassing article in Shoeholics Magazine July-Sept 2012 print issue

Wedding Bee self-strassed Brian Atwood