Tuesday, September 30… Luxury shoe line Omelle debuts its metric heel, inspired by the geometric shapes of Eames chairs…Shoe designer extraordinaire Rupert Sanderson is now blogging for Vogue (UK)…The mile-high club takes on a new meaning at the shows in Milan…Victoria Beckham steps out in heel-less platform boots by Berardi…The Shoe Dish introduces us to up-and-coming designer Kira Plastinina - Is she just another minimally gifted celebrity pretending to be a designer, or is she a real talent?…FabSugar defines brogues.

Apparently, shoes are a safer investment these days than stocks.

-Jimmy Choo chief executive Josh Shulman

Monday, September 29…ShoeBlog.com looks forward to platforms for spring 2009…The LA Times interviews Manolo Blahnik about being inducted into Rodeo Drive’s Walk of Style…Lucy Liu headlines a party in Beverly Hills in his honor…Giuseppe Zanotti thinks shoes designers just need to sloooow down…Are shoes a safer bet than stocks? Jimmy Choo CEO Josh Shulman thinks so…Fashionista traces the evolution of the Balenciaga sandal…and disapproves of the Sergio Rossi-Puma collaboration…PopSugar alerts us to the jazz shoes trend…Footwear News interviews Rafi Balouzian, producer of eco-friendly, made-to-order Cydwoq shoes.

A skyscraper pump gives you a new attitude instantly.

-Christian Louboutin

Friday, September 26…Lots of high heel talk today!…The fall-out from the stumbling, tumbling models in Milan continues: We’ve heard all about the Prada show, now you can see the problem shoes up-close-and-personal…Both Pucci and Dolce&Gabbana also had shoe troubles during their shows…New York’s The Cut pleads with designers to make less scary shoes, for the sake of the models… Manolo Blahnik’s opinion? Just wear flats (Now why didn’t we think of that?)… DazedDigital.com provides an up-close glimpse of the shoes Nicholas Kirkwood designed for Italian fashion house Pollini; See them in action here…TimesOnline (UK) rounds up the Milan fashion shows, turns the spotlight on animal print shoes…The ankle-cuff sandal is one style everyone can agree on…Heels just keep getting higher (It’s “as if they are an addiction”, says Nicholas Kirkwood), topping out at 6.5″ for Louis Vuitton power wedges…Manolo Blahnik was honored on the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style in Beverly Hills Thursday night… FabSugar calls the funky bootie a fall essential…It’s Salvatore Ferragamo… Canadian footwear designer Penny Shuster is on her way to making it anywhere…File this under “No, thanks.”

Manolo speaks through his shoes. For him, the foot, the shoe, implies the whole nature of a person, and expresses a story.

-Anna Piaggi

Entrepreneur and creative manufacturer Pamela Barsky packs a load of wit and wisdom into each of her designs. In business since 1988, she has weathered earthquakes and other personal crises to serve up really adorable stuff to the gift-loving masses, and just browsing her eponymous online store will bring a smile to your face.

All of which brings us to this week’s Favorite Thing: Pamela’s catchy and colorful luggage tags. The packet of six laminated tags will handle all your travel bags, and their cute sayings – set against a vibrant backdrop – will brighten even the most aggravating travel experience. They’ll even make it easy to distinguish your black roller bag from all the other black roller bags on the carousel. The packet costs a measly $12, and is also available in stripe-y and floral backdrops.

You can buy them from her web site, or pick them up in your local gift shop. (I bought my set at Artful Hand Gallery in Boston.)