There were many looks to like and not like at the 2010 Academy Awards held last Sunday (March 7) at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, but only a few really stood out from the sea of ruffles, chiffon, and crystals.
In this two-part list are 10 of the most standout dresses – 5 in a positive way in this first part and 5 that are, well, not as successful in the second part.
As much as we want to identify each pair of shoes these ladies wore on the red carpet, unfortunately, …

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were seen last February 22 sashaying down the red carpet of the Elle Style Awards 2010. As they were there to receive their Style Icon award, both twins were out in full couture force, wearing who’s who of fashion from head to toe:

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen pose with their Style Icon Award at the Elle Style Awards 2010
Mary Kate wore a Lanvin dress while Ashley was in customized Christian Lacroix. Both accessorized their long see-through gowns with Bulgari jewels.
Both girls look very deserving of …

Kesha is everywhere these days. She attended two events while she was in London for the past week, namely the Shockwaves NME Awards and the 2010 Brit Awards.
I’m not really a huge fan of the clothes she wears on the red carpet, but I do like her shoe choices. I liked the T-strap platform gladiator sandals she wore in the Grammys, and I am quite fascinated with the woven platforms she wore in the two London-based awards (as seen on the pictures below).

Kesha at the 2010 Brit Awards

Kesha at the …

The platform shoe never really went out of style since the height of its popularity in the 70s (Get it? “Height” of popularity? Of platform shoes? Okay, nevermind). It was on the feet of many people well into the 80s and even into the early 90s – including mine.
So when platform shoes started coming out this year in fresh, new shapes, I was more than pleased with the new arrival picks. Just by chopping off a bit of the platform and placing them slightly misaligned with the rest of the …

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 …