Shopportunity -- October 5

Yee-haw!! There's a truly excellent sale on the Cole Haan website right now, you should definitely check it out. Cole Haan is one of my favorite brands of shoes, I think hardly anyone makes a higher-quality shoe at this (or any) price point. I have several pairs, and I love them all, and they score very high on the comfortable scale, as well, since Nike took over the company a few years ago and added lots of fun & foot-coddling features to the shoes. Take a look at these:

These have a wonderful Bottega Veneta vibe about them, and gray is the color of the season.

Gray is even more delicious in suede, and I absolutely adore these.

Gorgeous, classic, never-fail, never-go-out-of-style perfectperfect slingback.


With all due respect to my bloghero, the Manolo, I just can't get on board with the shoes he recommended this morning for a reader's visit to (!!!) Paris. I'm sorry, but Paris deserves much prettier shoes than that. Like these:

Or these:

I am SO picking up a pair of these for my trip to Paris in November. I've tried them on, and they're wonderfully comfy.

There are even good goodies for men:

I am a stone sucker for a man in a suede buck. Retro-wonderful.

The grown-up alternative to sneakers. If I saw a guy wearing these in the grocery store, I would definitely check to see what was in his cart, if you know what I mean.

Go!! Shop!!! (Even better -- free shipping on orders over $300!)

Photos: ColeHaan.com