Philadelphia Collection

If it’s September, it’s time to get your style on: the Philadelphia Collection is back!  Now through Wednesday, all kinds of fashion events are going on in different locations across the city.  And you can’t forget the shoes, of course!  Here are some shoe brands being featured this week (and the local stores where you can find them!).

The Tobacco Suede Knee Boot Noon-Bi by Fiorentini is a beautiful combination of brown suede and a rich brown leather on the foot, up the side, and around the top of the shaft.  A nice stacked heel keeps you grounded.  Find them at Head Start Shoes for $565.

This boot is HOT.  The Alize is a patent leather boot bedecked all over with silver studs.  And all the laces up the front… and the four-inch heel…you run the risk of driving every man in your life mad for you.  Be warned.  Find them at Dr. Martens for $168 (knocked down from $305!).

The Galaxy Replica Sneaker by Martin Margiela is sort of like every awesome thing ever from science class.  The snakeskin upper (a sneaker! of snake-embossed leather!) is printed all over with images of the Milky Way.  The shoe itself is a replica of a 1970s army training shoe, so there’s a little history thrown in too!  Yours for $592 from Joan Shepp.

The Maeve by Dolce Vita would look so perfect under jeans for fall, yes?  The nude suede, the delicate punch detailing, and my favorite, which is a little hard to see here: when you open up the zipper in the back, the two halves are connected with seafoamy leather!  LOVE.  Get them from Third Street Habit for $84.

So put on your fashionable best and enjoy the Philadelphia Collection while it lasts!

Sales this weekend:

Bakers: $10 off $75, $35 off $150, and $70 off $250 (only through tonight!)

Bloomingdales: $25 off $100-$249; $50 off $250-$499; $100 off $500-$999; $250 off $1000 or more

Lord & Taylor: 20% off regular, sale, and clearance with code SALE

Macy's: 25% off two or more pairs

Payless: Buy one, get one half off

Titanic at the Franklin

Boy, it’s been cold around here lately!  You know where else it was really cold?  In the north Atlantic, just shy of 101 years ago, when the luxury ship RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.  (Actually, that sounds way colder.)  Some of the objects that went down with the ship have surfaced at the Franklin Institute in their new special exhibit, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. 

While I don’t think any shoes survived to make it on display, I give you some modern interpretations of women’s shoes found in this 1913 ad—likely styles wealthy women wore on the Titanic!  (Why wealthy women?  Those $10 shoes in the ad equal a $232 pair of shoes today.  I tried to keep the prices of these pairs similar, ‘cuz I am a NERD.)

Inspired by the purple and gold brocade slipper, the Goodie by Badgley Mischka is a purple satin peep-toe with a 4.25-inch heel, three-quarter-inch platform, and oval rhinestone feature reminiscent of the slipper’s rhinestone buckle.  Also available in navy and crimson; your choice for $245 from Shoes.com. 

Inspired by the two-tone walking boot, the Amelia by Miz Mooz is a tall black boot (with a 15.25-inch shaft) buttoned up the side Victorian-style with eleven buttons.  (There’s a zipper up the other side, of course, so you don’t have to deal with all the buttons.  The ladies in the ad didn’t want to deal with “the inconvenience of side buttons” then; you don’t have to deal with them now either.)  It has a 2.75-inch stacked Louis heel and is also available in burgundy, dark brown, olive, and camel.  Your choice for $170 at Infinity Shoes.

Inspired by the satin dancing slipper, I give you the E30130 by Giuseppe Zanotti.  The upper is purple suede delicately arranged in half-moons, held together by purple lacing.  There’s a zipper up the back to let you in, and a four-inch heel and half-inch platform complete the look.  Find them at Zappos Couture for $1,150.

Inspired by the Russia riding boot, the Calabria by Mercanti Fiorentini has a beautiful chocolate leather upper with perforated detailing around the toe and ankle, a 15-inch shaft (with a 13.5-inch circumference) lined in leather, and a one-inch block heel.  Yours for $300 from DSW.

Hey, if you’re going to go down, go down in style, right?  J

Check out the exhibit at the Franklin between now and April 7.  Daytime tickets are $29 for adults, but if you go Thursday through Saturday after 5:00 PM they’re only $19.50.  Sweet!