Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine’s Day, deputy shoe fairies!  I love Valentine’s Day.  I know, people hate it.  Mostly I just love all holidays (it’s Groundhog Day? let’s throw a party!), but there’s a nice sentiment behind Valentine’s Day.  Love people.  Appreciate them.   Tell them how much they mean to you.  Everyone can get behind that, can’t they?

I heart you, deputy shoe fairies!

I…I love these.  The Gigi by Alice + Olivia is a beautiful d’Orsay covered in red hearts.  Look at all the tiny red hearts!  I’m having a moment.  The heel is four inches tall, and there’s a padded insole for extra comfort.  Yours for $295 from Saks.

Prefer one big heart to many tiny hearts?  Got ya covered!  The Shoe of Hearts by Mel Shoes is a sleek black pump made of jelly material, with a bright red heart on its round toe.  It has a 4.5-inch heel, but the reviews rave about the comfort so don’t let the height put you off!  Find them at ModCloth for $75.

Ooh, cozy!  This pair of slippers has a big 3D heart at the toe, and a heart print on the inside sole.  Also available with a purple or light blue heart, and for $6 at Light in the Box, why not order a pair of each?  You could give them away as Valentine’s presents!

The Gatsby by Bass is a cool little smoking slipper made of black mesh, trimmed in black and embroidered with cheery black hearts.  It’s also available in a black and gold combo, with gold hearts, trim, and on the three-quarter-inch heel.  Hard to choose!  Your choice for $81 from 6pm.

Aah!  It’s like Valentine’s Day in a shoe!  The Love Me by Charlotte Olympia is made of intricately-pieced suede—hearts and hearts in reds and pinks.  It also has a six inch heel and 1.5-inch island platform, and leather on the sole and lining.  Find them at Avenue K for $1715.

So happy Valentine’s Day to you all. J

Sales this weekend:
Aerosoles: Take an extra 20% off boots
Bakers: 20% off all dress shoes
Bus Stop Boutique: Last chance today! 15% off when you shop with your sweetheart and post a pic to Instagram with hashtag #busstopboutique
Lord & Taylor: 20% off regular and sale and 25% off clearance with code PRES
Macy's: Extra 15% off with code PRES

Fall Trend: Smoking Slippers

Before now, I would have associated smoking slippers with a man in a velvet robe sitting in front of a fireplace, smoking a pipe and reading the newspaper.  When they first started appearing in stores, I wasn't sold.  But it wasn't long before I was!  I am now a full convert to the smoking slipper fad.  And with shoes like these, how can you not be?

WANT!  WANT!  The Crest Embellished Embroidered Smoking Slipper by Miu Miu is sort of what you think of when someone says smoking slipper: velvet, an embroidered crest... but oh, the heel.  The half-inch heel is gold lacquer, embedded with big rhinestones.  I can barely stand the awesomeness.  If you love it too, it can be yours for $650 at Saks.

Speaking of rhinestones:

I love the bright blue of the Jewel Detail Smoking Slippers by Gianni Bini Hugh—and it's positively covered in rhinestones!  From heel to toe it's a veritable sea of blue sparkles.  It also comes in black or a lovely golden if you're not sold on the blue; your choice for $80 from Dillards.

It's a smoking slipper.  It's snakeskin.  It's got dangling black enamel spiky tassel-things.  The Nell flat by Circus by Sam Edelman has it all.  I particularly like the black trip around the foot opening-- I think it sets everything else off so nicely!  Find them at Nordstrom for $80.

And here is even more smoking slipper awesomeness.  The Geneva by Bass is a simple smoking slipper, but the material is anything but simple: it's silver and black lace!  (Or gold and black lace, or a weird black sequin thing.)  There's a plush leather footbed, too, so this is comfy AND fabulous!  Yours for $69 on Zappos.

And if you really can't give up your heels:

The Jada by Tahari has the same signature smoking slipper silhouette (this time in black suede), but on a three-inch heel.  (The shape is really reminding me of the cat shoe by Kobi Levi, to the point of distraction.  Anyone else?)  Yours for $70 from DSW.

So give smoking slippers a try this fall!  (But, er, maybe not the smoking, okay?)