Flower Show!

Okay, so it doesn’t exactly feel like spring what with the relentless snow and biting cold, but inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, it sure looks like it!  Yes, it’s time for the annual horticultural wonder that is the Philadelphia Flower Show.  This year’s theme is “Celebrate the Movies,” with a focus on Disney and Pixar films in particular.  (And they’re not messing around.  A young man dressed as Prince Charming was handing out carnations to the lady commuters in Market East two weeks ago.  More please. J)  Guests will experience the magic as they walk through floral displays highlighting their favorite movies, from Cars to Frozen and Maleficent to the new live-action film Cinderella.

So, of course, I give you shoes inspired by those movies as well!

Know who else was inspired by Maleficent?  Christian Louboutin!  Called the Malangeli, they have a nude mesh vamp detailed in sinister curves.  While they’re long sold out (there were only 96 pairs to start with!), they were once available in black, white, gold, and red.  Keep an eye out on resale sites—you may find a pair someday.

The Larisa by Kate Spade New York are icy blue shoes worthy of Elsa herself.  This pointed toe pump has a leather lining, sole, and insole, and a 3.5-inch heel to finish it off.  Also available in beige and gold metallics, as well as blue stripes and a black and white grid—your choice for $328 from Zappos Couture.

The glass slipper of Cinderella, of course!  This pair of pumps by Gianvito Rossi has a clear PVC vamp capped at the heel and pointed toe with silver foil-printed suede.  It has the clarity you want in a glass slipper, but also the coverage—no wonky toes showing through here!  Yours for $825 from Lane Crawford.

The Flower Show runs through March 8.  Don’t miss it!

Sales this weekend:
Sorry ladies; I'm away right now.  You'll just have to ferret out the sales on your own!

Firebird Festival

It’s one of my favorite weekends of the year: the Firebird Festival!  The good people of Phoenixville have built their ginormous wooden bird and are prepared to burn it down, after a day’s worth of dance and music performances and storytelling and shopping.  (And a parade!  With drummers and torches and everything.)  If you’ve never gone, you should at least once in your life—it’s pretty awesome to see the bird go up in flames.

And while a little rain may have made the ground soft and I don’t actually recommend wearing these shoes to the festival, they remind me an awful lot of fire so I find them appropriate for today:

Ooh, how devilish, with the black flames licking up the five-inch heels on these red patent leather babies.  And can we talk about the platform for a second?  I sort of love how it splits like that—so graphic.  They also come in black patent leather and gold or pewter leopard-print patent leather, which are cool, but the red is just too good.  Your choice from Costumes 4 Less for $96.

Ooh, I love these.  The Western by Gianvito Rossi is flames in a subtle way: a swirling cut out of red metallic leather lined with a clear PVC window.  They’re actually supposed to be an homage to the classic design of the cowboy boot (which would make these the coolest cowboy boots EVER).  But you have to admit, they still have an air of fire around them!  They’ll cost you a hot $995 at Lyst.

Okay, so the Teeze 27 by Bordello is a little less subtle than the Western, but you know, sometimes obvious has its place too.  Obvious, as in red rhinestone flames up the 1.75-inch platform and at the tip of the 5.75-inch heels.  Yep, obvious!  Also available as red on gold, but I sort of liked the red on black for the nighttime Firebird Festival.  Either way, they’re $116 at Shoebuy (whole sizes only).

Go—I promise you that you won’t regret it!  Festivities begin at 3 PM!

Sales this weekend:

Aerosoles: Extra 20% off already-reduced styles

Bakers: 20% off two pairs; 30% off three or more pairs

Lord & Taylor: 20% off almost everything with savings pass or code READY

Macy's: Take an extra 25% off with code GIFT

Payless: Holiday dress shoes up to half off

Steve Madden: 20% off $75; 25% off $100 with code MERRY