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May 22, 2008
RECESSORY THURSDAY
Here at Miss Meghan, instead of offering you free gas with a car purchase, we are helping with recessionary times by introducing a new concept: Reccessorizing. that’s right. you might not be able to swing a full new ensemble, or even a summer vacation, but you can spice things up by buying a well-priced accessory. thus, the Recessory. This Thursday’s Recessories:
How cute is this 100% patent leather t-strap? And it’s a peep! From tight short jean capri’s to a flowy skirt and at $31.50 it is a steal.
I am a little bit in love with Clarks right now — super spot-on trendy styles, tons of comfort and gorgeous leathers. Pop it up a notch.
Get your citron on. “Nuff said.
Mar 12, 2008
Did you say FREE SHOES FOR A YEAR?
That’s right, you’ve got four more days to get your entry in here to win. Payless is giving away free shoes for a year to a lucky winner. I love that. I don’t where I would fit them all in apartment, but I am sure I would find space. On my dog’s bed . . . or on top of the TV . . . or hanging from the kitchen shelves. who am I kidding, that’s already what it looks like in my apartment!PS. Am digging the alice + olivia collection 
for Payless. Love the bright lime wedges. Meow.
Jan 11, 2008
NEW YEARS SHOE MUSINGS
Noorindah captured the mood at my New Year’s soiree quite perfectly!
Dec 19, 2007
COMFORT VS STYLE: THE ETERNAL SHOE CONFLICT
From Marketing Daily’s Sarah Mahoney:
ADD NEW BALANCE TO THE list of shoe marketers looking to branch out beyond performance shoes: The Boston-based company will launch NB Inside, a women’s line of fashion sneakers next fall.
New Balance says its new line is key to its plans to reach $3 billion in sales by 2012. Executives say that over time they hope the new collection, with shoes priced around $125, will account for 25% of company sales.
The new strategy makes plenty of sense. New Balance, which also owns PF Flyers and Dunhams, is a brand best-known for its performance shoes, especially running, walking, and cross-training–all fairly stagnant categories of late. But the fashion category, or women’s low-performance category, is tearing it up: NPD Group says that in the 12-month period ending in October, sales of women’s low-performance athletic footwear increased 31.4% over the same 12-month period the prior year.
“This is the hottest segment in athletic footwear,” says Matt Powell, senior research analyst for The SportsOneSource Group. “Right now, it’s the second-largest selling category, behind running shoes.” Skechers, with about 30% market share, continues to be the leader, he says, with Puma and Nike also top sellers.
Sales in the category are so strong, in fact, “that we’ve really broken the paradigm in athletic shoe marketing,” he says. “For the last 30 years, it’s always been about a sports-specific shoe. Maybe one year it was running shoes, and another year it was basketball. But this year, for the first time, it’s not about a specific category.”
As a result, Powell adds, shoe marketers are scrambling to find the best ways to sell shoes, now that high-priced athletic endorsers make less sense. Some companies certainly use celebrities, he says, “but for most, it’s been much more about being in the right kind of retail outlet, as opposed to athletic specialty stores.”
Consumer experts say the shift represents a sea change in the way women shop for shoes. “Women have this constant internal conflict about comfort versus style,” says Meghan Cleary, a New York-based shoe expert and host of HSN’s “Shoe Therapy.” “And it’s a very funny time in shoes. Even as heels go higher and higher, women are demanding more comfort from their shoes.” Another example, she says, has been the popularity of wedge and platform styles recently, “which add height with more comfort.”
For years, she points out, regular shoe manufacturers–Naturalizer and Aerosole, for instance–have been injecting sneaker-like comfort into regular shoes. (And then there’s Crocs, she says, a comfort phenomenon all on its own.) “So it makes sense that sneaker companies like New Balance, which have already invested millions into comfort technology, would try it too.”
New Balance says NB Inside will sport “environmentally preferred materials” inside, “using the natural cushioning, breathable and lightweight properties of cork to provide maximum support.” And the shoes will use NB’s Abzorb and Abzorb SBS, two of its shock-absorbing technologies, for the “stability, comfort and feel of an athletic shoe.”
To the bunion-ridden fashion crowd, it’s about time. Adds Cleary: “They’re just recognizing that women want this fusion of comfort and style
Dec 8, 2007
STILETTO EARRINGS?
Leave it up to fashion blogger and UGLY supermodel (didja see her on Nightline this week?), Najwa Moses to create an earring with Stilettos attached to it.
Working the trend of shoes in miniature as accessory accents (have you seen the Stiletto clasp on the Louboutin alpaca clutch for Spring?) Najwa’s Stiletto earrings (aka the BFF earring) are part of her new earring collection you can check out on Styleaholics. They capture her signature outrageousness and her clever wordsmithing, with names like BFF, The Blogger, The Celebrity, The Publicist and The Agent. Work it Naj!
Dec 5, 2007
EILEEN SHIELDS SAMPLE SALE: TONITE!
You know we love the Eileen Shields quinteseential “Juliette” t-strap ballerina flat (pictured here).
Get your hands on some tonight: Grape & Grain,620 East 6th Street, btwn B & C, 5:00pm-7:00pm, MC, VISA, AMEX, CASH. Wine and cheese too. mmmmm.
Dec 1, 2007
SHOE SHOPPING AT GEN ART
You know I love to shop Ashley Dearborn, Ruthie Davis and Madison Harding.
Now can do all under one roof. On sale. With a cocktail to boot. (hee hee)
WHEN: Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
General Admission 6:00pm – 10:00pm
WHERE: Puck Building
293 Lafayette St. (btw. Prince and Houston)
New York, NY 10012
WHO: 50+ womenswear, accessories & menswear sell current season samples and overstock for up to 70% off at an upscale and stylish shopping event. Guests will also be pampered with blow outs and hairstyling by Ecru NY, manicures and brow grooming by Tweezerman, chocolate from Cote d’Or, complimentary cocktails courtesy of Baileys, Johnnie Walker, and custom gift-wrap printing from Epson.
Tickets: Free for Gen Art members, $15 advance purchase
VIP Tickets*: $30 for Gen Art members/$40 general
*Includes 1st picks on designer items, champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and special VIP shopping bag full of fashionable products!
Visit www.genart.org or 212.255.7300
Nov 28, 2007
WINTRY BOOTS: KAMIK
I like saying Kamik because it sounds like another language. Which I think it is. But besides that the Kamik people make some very excellent all-weather wintry boots that are cute for a girl in the city, country or anywhere in between.
They are shiny, come in a variety of fun prints and best of all have a really lovely Polartec lining to keep you toasty warm. The lining is an all-important aspect missing in some other rubber boots and believe me when it is 30 degrees and you are slogging to your next appointment, it makes all the difference.
I think I am going to do a rubber boot roundup soon, but until then, enjoy this little tidbit.
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