Check out the shoe stores in your local area, or browse through online shopping websites like Shopbop.com and you will immediately notice that open-toe booties are the hottest must-buys for the season. At Shopbop.com, they even have a tag line for it called “Open Season”.
Open-toe booties, otherwise also known as clip-toe booties, are hot this spring because of two major reasons:
One is the more obvious; it is hot because the influencers of fashion say so. Just who are these fashion movers? Think high-fashion designers and strong fashion industry figures (i.e Vogue’s Anna …

So, remember the Spring 2010 Dries Van Noten Woven Raffia Bootie I was raving about last month in this blog?

Dries Van Noten Woven Raffia Bootie (Remember this beautiful shoe?)
Well, I guess it isn’t a surprise to see that other brands are also doing the woven trend for shoes this coming season.
Bottega Veneta and Donna Karan are keeping a more country-looking flavor by using the  organic raffia on spring wedges:

Donna Karan Raffia Wedge

Bottega Veneta Paille Raffia Wedge

While Charlie My Love (which by the way offers this really cute pair of Woven Flat …

There’s still over a week left before February ends but like any dutiful fashion trendspotter, it’s good to be ahead of the curve and report things way ahead of time.
As always, YourNextShoes has kept an eye out for new trends in footwear and the emerging “thing” so far for this month of Feb is toecap shoes. Although not as widespread as say, studs, toecaps were still seen on the tips of all sorts of footwear – like pumps, boots, and strappy sandals – and on the feet of all sorts of influential …

February 11, 2010 – British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was discovered dead today after taking his own life.
One of his lines, McQ, was due to be shown at New York Fashion Week this afternoon but the show has now been cancelled.
The industry was left reeling after the 40-year-old’s suicide this morning, which comes just days after the death of his beloved mother, Joyce.
Born in the East End and the son of a taxi driver, McQueen started as an apprentice at in Savile Row at the age of 16, where he …

Indeed, how about it?
You see, Acne is coming out this spring with a really cool collection of shoes inspired from rusty nails. If you’re getting curious, here are pictures of the Acne Gemini Bootie and Acne Asteria Pump:

Acne Gemini

Acne Asteria
Like it? Any person looking at these shoes from the top and front will probably think they’re just a pair of normal looking booties and pumps. But jaws will definitely drop once they see the spike heels. Talk about a subtle way to get everyone talking about you, right?
If you’re wondering …