Perhaps I’m jumping the gun a little bit, but I sincerely hope that Fall 2011 shapes up to be the season of the patterned shoe. Erdem already showed a collection full of subtle and simple printed pumps, and now Valentino Fall 2011 has shown us similar footwear, but in a sandal shape alongside perfectly tailored lace t-strap pumps.

Bottega tends not to reach too far toward the edge with its footwear, and Tomas Maier played it relatively safe again with straightforward, wearable heels for which most women could find some sort of purpose. Read More…

There are a lot of things I respect about Miuccia Prada, but first and foremost, I respect that she refuses to pander to people. When you’re at the creative helm of one of the most powerful luxury brands in the world, putting out a weird, wonderful footwear collection like Prada Fall Shoes 2011 carries with it a certain amount of risk. Read More…

For some reason, I can’t shake the thought of Harry Potter when I look at the shoes from Fendi Fall 2011. The thick-heeled, wingtipped mary janes have a very stylized boarding school look to them, and I want every single pair. Every. Single. Pair. Look at those heels, ladies! You can wear these shoes during daylight hours! To work! Maybe even to school, if you’re still there! Read More…

Gucci is more widely coveted for its bags than its shoes, but that doesn’t mean that the brand lacks the ability to turn out some seriously covetable footwear. Quite the contrary, in fact; Gucci Fall 2011 shoes might be the perfect footwear wardrobe for a hippie with a trust fund. With that as much vibrant python and lizard as we saw, prices are sure to be even steeper than usual. Read More…

Like Christian Louboutin, Nicholas Kirkwood makes shoes for a lot of smaller lines who don’t have the capacity to manufacture and design shoes for themselves. Footwear, after all, requires particular design knowledge and manufacturing equipment beyond that of a normal ready-to-wear line, and independent designers often don’t have the resources to make it happen or the customer base to justify the expense. Read More…

In keeping with the unpredictability of his ready-to-wear collections, I had little idea of what to expect from Marc Jacobs Fall 2011 Footwear, only that whatever he chose to do would make me do a double-take. And I was right, for reasons both positive and negative. Let’s start with the latter and move toward the former.

For better or for worse, the most striking shoes on Jacobs’ runway were the wedge rain boots, for lack of a better term. Read More…

If there’s one thing for which you can always count on Diane von Furstenberg, it’s color and lots of it. In that regard, Diane von Furstenberg Footwear 2011 didn’t disappoint in the least; if you’re jonesing for a pair of cerulean knee-high suede boots for winter, you know just where to get them.

DVF’s fall line took a decidedly Western turn from the hats all the way down to the shoes, so if fringe is conspicuously missing from your shoe wardrobe, it needn’t be any longer. Read More…

As far as footwear collections go, 3.1 Phillip Lim Fall 2011 is perhaps the very definition of “a mixed bag.” Within this single line, there are shoes I’d love to own, shoes I’d love to try on and shoes that I’d love to shoot into the sun, never to harass mankind again. But as long as there are enough of the former kinds, the latter really doesn’t matter. Read More…