The Heels Who Caused The Recession?
Some feel the recession had to do with sneaky mortgages. Others believe it was the result of greedy Wall Street. All of these people should just look down at their feet -- shoes caused the meltdown.
Some feel the recession had to do with sneaky mortgages. Others believe it was the result of greedy Wall Street. All of these people should just look down at their feet -- shoes caused the meltdown.
James Jubak | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business
The New Frugality, whether it's a real trend or just a Madison Avenue marketing slogan, is certainly going to leave us short of the kind of stories that my Depression-era parents told me.
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.04.2009 | Impact
Have you ever wanted to walk a mile in Kevin Spacey's shoes? How about Kylie Minogue's or Cindy Crawford's? Now you can, thanks to a charity auction t...
Michelle Madhok | Posted 10.07.2009 | Style
Hot on the heels of the pants vs. not-pants debate, I'm confronted with this vaguely-Hot-Loop-like thing. British architect and designer, Julian Hakes, claims that this is a shoe.
Alfred Gingold | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York
I live in what journalists call Brownstone Brooklyn and I wear Crocs often. I once wore Crocs to a wedding. You got a problem with that?
Holly Robinson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Style
With four kids in college and one in junior high, it's high time for my midlife crisis. Shoes are cheaper than a boob job, a tummy tuck, or a new car.
Kristina O'Neill | Posted 09.14.2009 | Style
Marc Jacobs might not be fashion's most precise designer, but he is its most perceptive, defining the mood of the times, rolling out the plan in New York, and etching it into our desires at Louis Vuitton in Paris three weeks later.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green
Some of the most eye-catching baubles are made of stuff that had a past life--and many of them can be found on Etsy, a global network of artisans selling handmade works.
Hillary Newman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green
I've always been a runner- or at least I was until I 'ran' into knee trouble a few years ago. Now, you could call me an elipicalist. While VH1's I Lo...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.15.2009 | Home
CNN dove into the dangerous world of high heels when they interviewed Nicole Desilvis, a woman whose lifelong love of heels big and small has resulted...
Times Online | Alice Olins | Posted 09.11.2009 | Style
Just as we'd managed to convince ourselves that 7in heels were a practical footwear option, rather than the modern equivalent of Chinese foot-binding,...
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style
Manhattan's modish women started today's workday not behind their desks, but at Kenneth Cole's Rockefeller Center store, waiting to pick up their pair...
Michelle Madhok | Posted 09.05.2009 | Style
If getting on the pre-order list for the $680 shooties doesn't work for you, Zoe, or Zoe's public relations manager, has provided a pair of Steve Madden alternatives.
Michelle Madhok | Posted 08.22.2009 | Style
We first started to notice this last winter - a few brave ladies tucking their jeans into not UGGs, not sleek Tory Burches, but Timberlands. Bona fide steel-toe work boots.
washingtonpost.com | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business
Crocs were born of the economic boom. The colorful foam clogs appeared in 2002, just as the country was recovering from a recession. Brash and bri...
The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York
For the unemployed, putting your best foot forward is sometimes hard to do. But Lisa Hancock-Jasie tells us that her New York cobbler has given her...
Style.com | Maya Singer | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style
Michael Jackson's death sent his fans on a buying spree--record stores have reported running out of Jackson albums, and almost three million downloads...
Zandile Blay | Posted 08.03.2009 | New York
Tom's shoes is opening their first store on the East Coast.
Page Six/NYP | Richard Johnson | Posted 07.31.2009 | Style
During a visit to a hilltop shrine in Kyoto last week, DiCaprio was asked by a couple of fans to pose for a picture -- but he declined, pointing to a ...
Candy Spelling | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green
Come on, Nike. Just do it, and say it, too. Your superstar endorsers are good with green. You should be, too.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 07.16.2009 | Style
Remember Imelda Marcos? The woman who was the epitome of despotic greed, proudly showing off her walk-in wardrobe of 3000 pairs of shoes?
Reuters | Dave Graham | Posted 07.16.2009 | Style
A fox has been unmasked as the mystery thief of more than 100 shoes in the small western German town of Foehren, authorities said Friday....
Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living
As running season quickly approaches, a number of runners may find themselves feeling pain in one of their hips following frequent training or exercise regimens. The pain is often caused by a common injury in runners called iliotibial band syndrome.
Jane Barowitz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Style
"Yer feets too big!" Fats Waller bellows in his 1939 classic, "from your ankles up, I say you sure are sweet, from there down, there's just too much feet." Is this funny? I can't tell; but it has staying power.
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.11.2009 | Style
MSNBC's Chief Washington, D.C. Correspondent Norah O'Donnell is always kept on her toes, whether she's covering Capitol Hill news for the cable networ...
Lloyd Garver | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics