Thursday, February 19…The thigh-high strap-wrap boots Nicholas Kirkwood designed for Rodarte are the clear footwear stars of New York Fashion Week, but – as fabulous as they are – not even the Mulleavy sisters would wear them every day (To see the boots in action, check out today’s Daily Shoe Video)…Shoe line LD Tuttle gets in on the unisex trend, debuts three boy/girl designs for fall ’09…The Cut offers more shoe porn from Fashion Week…In a couple dispatches from Recessionville, New York Times writer documents the downturn at Fashion Week, while Stuart Weitzman won’t be designing any jewel-encrusted shoes for one lucky actress to wear to the Oscars this year…To escape the economic doom-and-gloom for a minute, have another look at those Marie-Antoinette-inspired Christian Louboutins – they hit his boutiques on February 24…In her newest video, Britney Spears dons the fantastic red pumps adorned with rouched petals and a wedge toe Christian Louboutin created for Philip Lim’s spring 2009 runway…Models learn how to walk in high heels in the Modelinia webisodes High Heel Boot Camp…Fantastic Toe blogger JayPEll likens her MBTs to a Volkswagen Beetle…Fantastic Toe blogger Debutante searches out shoes with beautiful soles.

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