Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is Monday!  So begins the year of the dragon:

Philly Shoe Fairy’s first cowboy boot—and it’s rockin’!  The Dragon by Old Gringo has a leopard-print leather upper, studs, 2.75-inch heel, and embroidered orange dragon—and hey, did you know tangerines are often used as decorations on Chinese New Year?  In Chinese, their name sounds similar to the word for luck.  But if the orange isn’t doing it for you, it also comes in a brown-and-bone combo, as well as the classic black.  Find them on Zappos for $550.

If you want to decorate properly for Chinese New Year, you’ll need peonies!

While any kind of flower will do as a symbol of a new beginning, peonies are known as the “queen of flowers.”  Long live the queen in the Iconn-L by Betsey Johnson!  This pink floral print beauty has a 4.5-inch stacked heel, one-inch platform, and zipper up the back.  Plus a bow on the peep toe and folded ruffles up the front!  Beautiful.  They can be yours for $66 from 6pm.  (Also available in a black floral print as well.)

Also good luck?  Songbirds:

A red bird might be luckier, but any songbird will do!  These beauties have a printed satin upper, serious heel and platform, and snake-y yellow rhinestone feature up the front of the foot.  $60 from Light in the Box.

But perhaps the most iconic colors of Chinese New Year are red and gold:

I love this!  The Mahla by Penny Loves Kenny is a red suede pump with a gold cap toe and T-strap—not to mention the grosgrain bow, 4.75-inch heel, and 1.75-inch platform.  Love, love, love.  Also available in black/silver and nude/gold; find them at DSW for $60.

Gung hay fat choy, all!

Sales this weekend:

Aerosoles: 20% off all new arrivals

Bakers: $30 off ankle boots

Bare Feet Shoes: Half off Steve Madden shoes, and up to half off boots

Call it Spring: Free shipping on orders over $40

Joan Shepp: 50-70% off all fall merchandise

Nine West: 25% off select platforms

Payless: BOGO!  Buy one, get one half off

Steve Madden: Spend $100 and get 20% off; spend $125 and get 25% off (Plus free shipping on orders over $75 with code SMFREESHIP)

Lord & Taylor: An extra 50% off already-reduced shoes, 50% off a selection of boots, and an extra 20% off using code FINAL

Bloomingdales: Winter clearance: 30-65% off a selection of styles