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December 13, 2011

Start Spring on the Right Foot with Comfortable, Stylish Footwear

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[Franco Sarto “Reba,” $109; Franco Sarto “Jaunt,” $79, both February availability]

Let’s all start spring on the right foot with these great footwear options. With no shortage of style or comfort, your feet are bound to feel renewed with the season.

Franco Sarto

Franco Sarto loves women and we love him in return. For Spring 2012, the wedge is the focus in all of its sexy comfort. Cute glitter espadrilles are sure to ground any outfit, while patent, braid detail, and bow details ensure you’re “on trend but not trendy.” Priced from $69-$120, it’s clear Sarto understands both our passion for shoes and our budget.

[Carlos Santana “Mixer,” $99, March availability]

Carlos by Carlos Santana

If you’re looking for a statement shoe, Carlos by Carlos Santana is your guy. Each design is meant so as to craft your outfit around your shoes. Think Miami Swim Week: bright, Latin-inspired hues!  Hip and hot, these shoes give you the impulse to immediately tango, salsa, and cha cha cha. You’ve been forewarned…

[Dr. Scholl’s “Initial,” $40, March availability]

Dr. Scholl’s Shoes

Dr. Scholl’s Shoes has always been a lifestyle brand, but a recent brand revitalization endorses its modernity. Today’s designs represent a youthful spirit while the flexible, lightweight “free step” technology encourages natural motion, and super cushioned “memory fit” insoles reduce shock impact. The original exercise sandal icon, Dr. Scholl’s Shoes now offers an entire line of take-you-anywhere classic styles.

[Naturalizer “Fira,” $69, April availability]

Naturalizer

Naturalizer has one goal: to design shoes that look as good as they feel.  Naturalizer continues its focus on breathability, flexibility, lightness, softness, and balance for spring,  maintained via styles that will transition you from the office to soccer games to neighborhood soirees. We love cushioning that fits any lifestyle and think you will too!

[Naya “Zoe,” $89, March availability]

Naya

We can always admire a brand that gives back to the earth. This time around at Naya Shoes, the “Zoe” stole the show, being the brand’s first shoe retailing under $100. At $89, this sandal leaves a softer footprint on the earth and your wallet. It’s bold, bright, functional and affordable with soft leather, a whimsical floral footbed design, and natural cork.

-Alana Quagliariello

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July 9, 2009

God’s Gift to Ailing Feet: The Fold-Up Ballet Flat

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Via our friends at CollegeCandy.com:

It’s Friday night and you’re heading out on the town with your friends. You’ve got on your cutest outfit and a killer pair of heels – you’re all set for a night of serious bar hopping.

Unfortunately, when you’re getting ready to leave the second bar you realize that you no longer have the ability to walk. Your balance is already a little thrown off by the amount of heavy drinking you’ve been doing, and now you have to walk in 6-inch stilettos? No thanks. That stool you’re perched on will be just fine for the rest of the night, thankyouverymuch.

You continue ordering drinks until the wee hours when you’re friends are finally ready to head home. You carefully step onto the sidewalk and within 5 minutes decide there is NO way you are walking home in those shoes. Fueled by all the alcohol you have consumed, you decide that you’re going to take off your shoes and walk home barefoot through the city. Classy.

Does this sound like a typical night to you? Are you sick of waking up in the morning with black feet/someone else’s chewed up gum between your toes? (True story…) Perhaps you should invest in a pair of Fit In Clouds fold-up flats.

The “Clouds” are portable flats that fold up and fit inside your purse. Since they are only slightly larger than an iPhone, these ballet flats will even fit in a clutch. Unlike flip flops, these shoes are actually cute. Seriously, they look like real flats. And the best part is, they only cost $18.95! So bring them out next time you plan on wearing those sky high heels, and the next morning you’ll wake up blister-free (or, you know, you won’t have to walk-of-shame it home in a pair of super obvious heels).

Fit In Clouds flats come in black, gold, and metallic pink. You can buy them online at fitinclouds.com.
To the women who created these: we salute you! There’s got to be a Nobel Prize for this, right?