step it up | osborn shoes

i have a secret weapon (named joan) who periodically sends me 2 line emails about funky companies with great business practices. (always look forward to them). her most recent email directed me to osborn shoes: a quirky shoe line run by a team of designers based outside of guatemala. the business was co-founded by aaron osborn in 2009. (his family runs one of the biggest orphanages in guatemala.) each eclectic oxford shoe is hand-crafted, hand cobbled, and signed by the person who designed it. check out the entire collection here. or an article about how the line started.

                                                                                              images | osborn  shoes

step it up | the gold standard

 

finally met my match: gilded herringbone toms.

step it up | paris fashion week shoes

while perusing photoblogger tommy ton's paris fashion week photos couldn't help but aggregate some of my favorite shoe images. aren't the nude and black ones (paired with the lace dress) radical?

images | tommy ton for style.com

step it up | the penny snake wedge heel

instructions: just add skinny jeans.

via jean-michel cazabat | wit and delight

step it up | toms shoes

toms: innovative company, exemplary mission. (for every pair of shoes you purchase toms will give a new pair to a child in need.) have a passionate love affair with toms that goes way back. finally: these are the ones i've been waiting for. (they're vegan. which rather ignorantly makes me wonder if i can eat them.)

step it up | alexander mcqueen booties

all the pretty birds is a favorite blog destination. featured there is an image that illustrates a perfect winter-spring transitional outfit.

trench? check

lace? check

zippers? check

wicked hot peep toe booties? check

sexy for summer legs? check 

she does so much, without doing too much. 
(difficult concept to master).

source | all the pretty birds