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“Police” the red soled, measuring tape shoe in yellow and white with black markings is an arrestingly interesting capture on his more traditional ankle wrap shoes for Spring ‘11.
3 1/2 heel (sans platform) makes this a wearable ‘get-a-way’ shoe…and while it looks made to measure—it is definitely ‘ready to wear.’
$795 Neiman Marcus.

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Wedgies (no, not that kind….I have an eight year old, pardon the lapse)–seem to be THE theme this Fall.
And Gucci seems to be borrowing (read that knocking off) Christian Louboutin’s signature staple for the season.
That said, we didn’t find any particularly impressive varieties of the style at Neimans or Saks.
Eddie (aka, OUR SHOE GUY - 212-872-8940 AT BERGDORF GOODMAN offers up this trio.

Photo: Eddie Curtis BDG

We particularly like the denim suede (also available in Natural).
Nice with a jean skirt, sort of PTA with a little (as in very) flair. Ole.

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photo: Reed Krakoff

This took me a while to fathom.
Epiphany — Reed Krakoff=Coach.
Gotta love the machine. Those wheels turning to ante up the price points.

Just as strictly an editorial opinion–I don’t like Reed Krakoff and not surprisingly, I don’t like Coach.
Was this some mechanism to extract the snob appeal from the people that turn their collective noses up at the Coach fare?
Because if you’re out of high school and you get a Coach product, you’re not going to be effused with enthusiasm.
Not that they don’t knock THAT off in Chinatown, too (I mean, they’ll copy Juicy).

Back to Reed Krakoff (if we must).
So…. I started to spy it here and there at SAKS (exclusively–and THEY REALLY WANT TO IMPRESS THAT UPON US, AND HEY, IT’S JUST DANDY BY ME…..)
Lucky Saks.

photo: Reed Krakoff

Shoes, Bags, and (ostensibly) Ready to Wear.
(when you’re ready….IF you’re ready)
I’m not ready.

You probably shouldn’t be either.

While Mr. Krakoff’s pedigree is impressive, Parsons School of Design and all those other bells and whistles that mean Anna Wintour will look….ONCE…..
It still looks like Coach to me. (even before I knew it was) but Coach is, well….Coach. A known quantity that I may not like, but it’s not going anywhere and when you see it….you can pretty much gauge the department store budget.
Let’s just say, they probably don’t stock Chanel, for example.

But, not so REED KRAKOFF.

I thought it was a design team….more like Proenza Schouler than ZAC POSEN for example, but no—all the ‘Glory’ belongs to one creative genius. The one that drives the Coach….(ha ha)

Well—
Coach sells.
As leather goes it’s probably pretty good if you don’t want to toss money at the French (and God Knows Louis Vuitton isn’t bending down to pick up spare dollars).

Let’s all line up for the new shoes to start with….and I know that the reserve list must be high with boar hair ankle bands being as ‘in demand’ as they are….
doesn’t the diffusion line generally come AFTER the signature line?
Just a thought.

P.S. The shoes are $850 a pop. Better order several of each.

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