Women's Footwear

Shopping for womens footwear online: key trends this season

Zanotti, Rossi and Vivier. Every girl grows up with the idea of one day wearing their first Cinderella heels. And some of us have been known to own more than a 100 pairs of shoes: Celine Dion travels with luggage full of shoes. Whether embossed with studs, heritage style brogues, jazz shoes or cuissardes (thigh-high boots), each season the fashion world comes up with new trends and new words. When it comes to women’s footwear, arm yourself with this season’s glossary:

Brogues, derbies or jazz shoes: They all belong to the flats’ family and they have been seen on all celebrities’ feet from Agyness Deyn to Sienna Miller. The difference between brogues and jazz shoes are the perforations along the stitching of the shoes. How to emphasize them? A good dose of uncomplicated style.

Loafers, Moccasins: They also belong to the family of flat shoes and have the reputation of casual footwear in Italy. Loafers have been fully integrated into the women’s footwear cupboard. Alexa Chung adopts them and wears them with shorts and skirts. Not to mention Carla Bruni and Katie Holmes.

Thigh-high boots, thigh-length boots, thigh-boots or cuissardes: Thigh-high boots are also named over the knee boots and can be cuffed in a pirate style. Isabel Marant made a pair of suede thigh-high boots which we all dream of wearing over all our slim jeans. Jessica Alba has been spotted with this fashion armour at the New York fashion week.

Studs: In between a drawing pin and a nail, studs are literally covering ankle boots, flats or boots. Also belonging to the rock glam style of the season are biker boots and boots with multiple straps.

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