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Be kind to your stilletos with “Smart Heels”

By Elaine LaPersonerie on November 15th, 2007

Running around day and night will destroy your favorite shoes! I empathize…we want to protect our pricey collection of stilletos. Well, now you can with Smart Heels; a clever way of maintaining the heels of your Jimmy Choos or Manolo Blahniks without endless trips to the shoemaker. Smart Heels slip onto the heel of your shoe, protecting them against nicks, tears and sidewalk cracks. Slip on the plastic cover while traveling to your destination and slip off when you arrive. It’s really so easy! They are $9.95 a pair and available in either black or clear at Smart Heels. I think it’s time we all get “smarter” about our shoes. Afterall, you know what they say: “You can tell a lot about someone by looking at their shoes!”

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Barney’s Babble reveals secrets about the man behind the Manolos

By Andrea Thatcher on November 7th, 2007

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Simon Doonan’s Barney’s Babble is getting better and better. And he knows how to grab readers with a headline: “Manolo Blahnik: Shocking Secrets Revealed.” Well, the secrets may not be totally shocking, but they’re definitely entertaining. Among them is a story of how Manolo got his name from a canary with a deformed beak, a legend that Manolo takes every shoe he designs to the family priest for blessing – and that when he skipped this ritual all the heels fell off the unblessed shoe, and a beauty secret involving figs. We might have to take some of Simon’s chatter with a grain of salt, but you’ll definitely feel like you know Manolo better after reading the column.

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Our top 10 picks from the resort collections to wear right here at home

By Andrea Thatcher on November 1st, 2007

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We’ve languished over the fact that we rarely have anywhere resorty to go that would require any sort of resort wardrobe, but now we’re getting over it and making the best. We’ve chosen the top 10 resort pieces to wear right where you live – to work, to parties, out on the town. We’ve even found some pieces that will help you keep cozy in colder climes. I’m sure somewhere a doyenne on the upper east side is rolling her eyes that we would concieve wearing resort fashions anywhere other than Biarritz, but so be it.

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We love this Prada bag for anywhere any time of year. The leather tote, available at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores, could double as a carry on if you like to look chic in-flight or on the road, and has just enough structure to pull off at the office. We adore the green, but if we were going to spend $1,495, we’d want it in black.

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Red Manolo Blahnik stitched pumps

By Andrea Thatcher on September 18th, 2007

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There’s something very cartoon-like about these shiny red Manolo Blahnik stitched pumps. The open-toed three-and-a-half-inch heels have black contrast stitching that runs all the way around the heel and meets with two button embellishments at the toe. I want to rock these $645 power heels with a pair of dark denim skinny jeans and a flowy black top for some cocktails after work.