Linea Paolo Shoes

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:45:03 +0000

Linea Paolo is one of Nordstrom’s in-house brands that offers chic styles at affordable prices, especially when on sale. As much as I like this brand, their Fall-Winter 2008/2009 collection left me indifferent. I hardly found a couple of interesting pieces that I would wish to add them to my wadrobe.

One of the peices that cought my attention (primarily because of the perforated Oxford shoe style trim and the use of different colors of patent leather) was a pair of Linea Paolo “Farris” Mary Jane Pump. It’s hard not to notice, even if you don’t follow fashion trends closely, that Mary Jane style has been remaining quite popular for the last several seasons, but that fact did not convince me to start liking this style, even after it was adversitzed with different types of fashion hosiery, which I am a big fan of.

The Linea Paolo “Farris” Shoes feature a two-tone patent leather detailed with a perforated Oxford style trim for extra sophistication. The shoe is fashioned into a stylish 3″ heel and square-toe pump. Wide mary jane strap is accented with an oversized button and features inset elastic for easy slip-on style. This style of Linea Paolo shoes is available in two color combinations: Dark Grey/ Black Patent and Dark Red/ Wine Patent, my favorite.

Linea Paolo “Farris” Mary Jane Shoes (above)

Cutout Botties – Shoes Trend – Stock up for Spring 2009

admin — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:13:24 +0000

I was wearing a pair of gorgeous Linea Paolo cut out botties at the lingerie trade show.

Linea Paolo “Brennan” Oxford Pump (left)

One woman asked me if these were Balenciagas, and when I told her they were not, she said that mine were the knock-offs of Balanciaga style. Not offended a bit, I only began to wonder, if Balenciaga was first to introduce the cutout booties style, and if so in what season, beecause as far as I know, this trend really started catching in the Spring / Summer of 2008, but is continuing to gain popularity, and many Spring 2009 lines are introducing styles with these features.

The cutout booties provide the high-cut coverage of a bootie, combined with the airiness of a sandal. They can be have cut away sides, open toes, cut out heels, or any combination of those features, cutout booties are for all seasons from early Fall to early Summer. Cut out booties usually have high heel which adds some sex apeal to mult-seasonal dressy look. They can compliment almost any simple of dressier outfit from jeans to dresses.

I looked through the internet for those Balenciaga boots or shoes that looked so similar to my Linea Paolo “knock offs” but could not find any, but this pair that looks somewhat similar.

If this is what she meant, than I choose my Linea Paolo boots, or oxford pumps. While searching for Balenciaga cutout booties, I came accross other styles that look more similar to my Linea Paolo booties. One is leather oxford pump by Philosophy di Alberta Feretti.

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Linea Paolo Shoes

Cutout Botties – Shoes Trend – Stock up for Spring 2009