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.