Dream shoes that you want / own

[TheElitist]

all pictures from style.com

 

[shoegal2183]

I read an article from the LA Times...but can't find it online anywhere to post it It is called "Shoe Shocker" and discusses the high cost of designer shoes. So, I'll highlight a few quotes:

"SOme blame Louboutin for spiking prices..Louboutin-who fetches up to $2,700 for a pair of crystal-studded pumps- refuses to take the blame for footwear inflation. "This is not in the hands of the designers," he says from Paris. "It's the retailers. If Neiman's or Barneys decides that people are used to spending $700 on a pair of pumps, why would they lower that price?"

Retailers...mark up shoes up to three times the wholesale price. A pair of shoes that wholesale for $200-$250 retail for $600. BUT, the shoe market could be in for a correction. NPD Group reports that in 2005, footwear sales were up 11%. That figure dipped to 5% in 2006 and wilted to 2.5% last year. Now, with a recession looming, the industry can expect some scuffs. In the meantime, don't fault Lanvin or the retailers for your financial blisters. "This is a free market, says Milton Pedraza, chief executive of the Luxury Institue, a retail research firm in New York. "The consumers are to blame for paying these prices."


I bring this up here in hopes that the shoe market does make a correction and some of our dream shoes could one day be reality shoes!!!

 

[Kaki]

"This is a free market, says Milton Pedraza, chief executive of the Luxury Institue, a retail research firm in New York. "The consumers are to blame for paying these prices."

Exactly! Unfortunately, it drives the prices up for the rest of us, but it IS a free-market, and retailers/designers are perfectly entitled to charge that!

Currently I'm lusting after these:

Chloé - S/S 2008 (IntermixOnline.Com)
But they're nearly $800!

 

[Couturierdiva]

Congrats Alexis! Yay!!!

Those Pradas are amazing CourtierDiva!

When I saw those shoes, I thought, "God made man, and then he made these beautiful Pradas"

 

[Candy_lux]

i'm just absolutely crazy about these Jenni kayne sandals, they're gorgeous...

shopbop.com

 

[ediewarhol]

I would like those on my feet asap. They are delicious!

 

[Dali]

Candy lux: Those are really nice, love the color

 

[Candy_lux]

Candy lux: Those are really nice, love the color

they come in black too, but this color is just amazing... cameron richardson worethem at kids choice awards

getty

 

[fashionispoison]

dream shoe of the moment for me. pic from saks.com

 

[Velony]

Those are my dream shoes at the moment as well. Only I would prefer them in cobalt blue or red.

 

[Candy_lux]

i think i'm dreaming about the whole ysl shoe collection... love them all

 

[Megann]

I would love to have someone make shoes for me! All high and beautiful

 

[Jungla_Juana]

these shoes are SO not my style... but for some incredibly strange reason I am lusting after them so hard!!!!!!! WTF?

marc by marc (of all brands...)

zappos.com

 

[Candy_lux]

^

sorry, but that's horrible...

 

[Velony]

Is Marc running out of ideas? He used to make much nicer shoes in the past imo.

 

[Jungla_Juana]

ugh, I know!! I'm having a very unfashionable day!

 

[JetSetGo!]

Those are my dream shoes at the moment as well. Only I would prefer them in cobalt blue or red.

Me too!!!!

 

[kaguia]

the yellow shoes are...for my grandma

 

[luckyme]

guys, this isnt yay or nay. if you have nothing nice to say, when not asked please keep you negative opinions to yourself. I'm sure your tastes in shoes may not be on the same page as others, I know that mine are all over the gamut B)

 

[Stilettophile]

The sculptural Vivier is TDF! Fantastic.