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I do love a nice sandal with a low wedge, but that's not even the most notable feature here. There's a dash of homage to the gladiator trend with all the strappy activity on the top of the foot, but those criss crosses and the topstitched detail on the patent and the silver buckle all make this a very, very attractive piggy-bearing summertime option.

I love this take on a open-weave oxford-pump, sort of like the style from the '30s but oh so much sleeker. The black patent with the slender, wood-toned stacked heel is all about being dark in the warm summer sun, but the contrast and vintage flair will give you too much personality to sift into the background.

Again! More! More! Black patent + corkly business + peeptoe + ankle strap + inimitable marc jacobs. Call it a day, y'all!

Good gravy! This green patent thing is everywhere all of a sudden. This is definitely a dressier take, and while I wouldn't necessarily shy away from buying* them for my own two tootsies, I wouldn't be able to hoof it to work in them everyday (or, like, ever). But they are awful pretty. *I'm talking at a majorly reduced, ebay-gold-ribbon-winner-purchase kind of way, not for $600. Heavens no!

I am a fan of the contrast, in general: yin to yang, black to white, steamed vegetables to chocolate cake--and the glossy black patent with the cork heel gets added to the list, now. I love this.

Again with the bubble gum pink--and I'm digging it here, too. Fun-time colors for the patent leather this spring, and if you're afraid that some design element (the black shiny button at the vamp, the extra-wide crisscross, the heel with the embedded speech bubble) might push it over the top? Just wear it with a demure black gothy summery dress, and you are set.

I'm so in love with the idea of grass-green patent leather shoes. It's the sort of thing that's very playful, but rooted in its own adulthood if for no other reason that it's too sophisticated for a child.

Again with the white patent, again with the Roberto del Carlo Spring 2008 collection. What can I say? I'm a creature of habit. Bonus points to RdC for bringing me full circle, back into the season of rebirth and baby animals and whatnot, with the grey suede and white patent combo. I was digging the suede + patent in darker colors over the winter--he must've known.

What is it with these guys? They have like a direct route to the "me likey veddy much!" section of the old brain. The curvey, the funky, the superficially bordering on the ugly--it's just so me.

Even in not one, but TWO shades of bubble-gum pink, I am all over this. Just call me Auntie Hubba Bubba.