Fashion Week Editor’s Pick: The Crazier The Shoes, The Better

At Jill Stuart’s show today and at New York Fashion Week in general, it’s impossible not to notice the attendees’ shoes.  Strappy, laced, buckled, and black – it’s clear the dark, vampy look for shoes is going nowhere fast:

What are those, leg warmers?  These legging-heels make my one pair of simple black booties seem so demure.

Booties with just a bit of embellishment are a little more versatile than the legging-heel.

A strappy shoe-boot is a nice piece of footwear to don at the beginning of fall.

I’ll get in on this trend with two different dark items.  The Jeffrey Campbell Tick Wedge Bootie ($200) is slick and simple.  However, I like this Madison Harding Lita Wedge ($290) for when I’m in the mood to keep up with the most fashion-forward of my style peers.

We’ve got more booties where those came from, as well as some higher options, with particularly of the moment thigh-high boots and foldover boots on deck.