Sparkling Soles

You know I love glitter and sparkles and also shoes. So glitter shoes are a no-brainer! This season, sparkly uppers aren't enough though; embellishment has progressed to the soles.  Yep you heard right, glitter soles is where it's at girls!  I think it's utterly fan-freakin-tastic! I happen to own a pair of glitter soled shoes (my Kandee 'Diamonds') because y'all know I'm soooo ahead of the trends! However these savvy pairs have no glitter on the base, just sparkles where you can see 'em.  I can't see anything against having pretty soles to look at especially when it in no way affects the way you walk in the shoes and in these instances isn't ruined by walking on them.  Here's a selection of what Net-A-Porter currently have to offer

The stones on these Lanvin crystal embellished pink satin courts (£970) are exactly like those in the heel of my Fashionistas Corso Como suede courts.  I have to admit to finding several little cone shaped jewels on my floor after wearing mine, so let's hope these suckers are well stuck in!

Now these are pure decadence!  The rich hue, the jewelled heel, which almost disappears into the sole of the same material, plus you get a little smattering of crystals on the toe too!  It's no wonder the Jimmy Choo 'Tame' cost £1495!

If ever there were a queen or king of glitter shoes, it would be Miu Miu, so of course they would know how to do a glitter sole.  These Miu Miu wine suede peep toes (£450) are rather tame for the brand, until you note the luxurious glitter sole, ahhh lovely.

It would probably be much harder to miss the glitter on these Miu Miu pink suede and purple glitter platforms (£445).  I love the glitter peeking through on the heel, it's utterly fabulous.

By gum they even do boots!  Yep take a rather standard pair of black ankle boots, add some silver glitter to the heel and sole and wham, you have party central!  Miu Miu black suede and silver glitter ankle boots £550.

If the pink satin wasn't quite for you, then how about these Lanvin embellished black leather courts £1005?  Pricier, but more subtle and much more versatile.

If you prefer your glitter where you can see it, then you'd be bonkers not to fall in love with these Charlotte Olympia 'Priscilla' multi-coloured glitter courts £645.  One word; fab-u-lous!  Will you be looking for glitter soles this party season?

Jimmy Choo for H&M

If you haven't heard about the hottest collaboration since Karl 'no clothes above a size 14' Lagerfeld hooked up with H&M, then where have you been? I'm not going into too much detail about the actual pieces in the Jimmy Choo for H&M range seeing as there is already oodles of images on almost every fashion blog. Personally I'm disappointed for a couple of reasons with this range.

Firstly, of course I want to say "I own a pair of Jimmy Choos" ignoring the "from H&M" part naturally! However if I'm truly honest, the shoes, sandals and boots in this range aren't total, covetable pieces for me. There's nothing that stands out as an absolute 'must-have it or I'm gonna die' thing. I'm sure Matalan even have similar styles and lets be honest the quality isn't going to be the usual Jimmy Choo is it? However that said, for the price and Choo-factor I probably would want a pair. Which leads me onto my second point.
I live near a pretty decent sized H&M. In fact, they have 2 stores in the same city. However when it comes to footwear these stores never receive the cool shoes I've spotted in magazines. Much to my annoyance, as I'm still drooling over Style of a Fashionista wearing her gorgeous thigh high boots from H&M that I can't buy. My local seems to be the store that time forgot when it comes to shoes. All we get is ballerina flats, flip-flops and some odd, chunky looking 80's (not in a good way) courts. So for that reason, I have never allowed myself to get too excited about the JC collection being sold near me. As it turns out, Glasgow is the only place in Scotland selling the collection (in a new store opening on Buchanen Street tomorrow). Isn't that ridiculous? There are countless places in London but one for our whole country!
Of course there is absolutely no chance that I would be able to get to Glasgow in time for opening, so there goes the Choo dream! I'm not even going to torture myself by trawling ebay after the event, as I can already guess the ludicrous prices they'll fetch! If I were you though, I would skip the shoes and go for this gorgeous pink clutch. I can't even begin to name all the celebs that have walked the red carpet over the years with the gold, jewelled, Jimmy clutch. It's probably the hottest red-carpet bag ever and I'm sure it will continue to be. So pick up this ever-so-cute pink version ad I'll be green with envy.(Jimmy Choo for H&M includes clothing, accessories, mens, bags and footwear and is available from 14th November. See the H&M website for details as there are only selected styles available at the participating stores)