Study of Shoes and Stilettos

Nine West pointy-toe nude pump with 4-inch heel.  (Apologies for the grainy pic, it was pretty dark by the time I finally got around to photographing these shoes.)  I’ve always read that nude pumps make you seem considerably taller because there is no break in your leg-line.  It wasn’t until I was sifting through the dozen or so pics I took for this post that I realized these shoes are basically non-existent.  Seriously, this pic has the best distinction of pump vs. leg, and even with the contrast bumped up you can hardly distinguish shoe from skin.

As worn by my 2-year old niece, Creampuff.  Yes, I’m drafting her into my Stiletto Army at a very young age.  And no, her real name is not Creampuff.

Steve Madden orange leather pointy-toe heels with 2.5″ heel.  The best part about these shoes–okay, maybe not the best, but one of the best–is that the inside of these shoes are turquoise.  Swoon!

I fell in-love with these BCBG metallic-ish snake skin 4″ heels almost five years ago and have never really given up my crush.  I love the round toes and I love the little peep-toes for a bit of toe-cleavage.

These round-toe, gray suede, platform heels from Forever 2 are on-trend for fall and, frankly, completely delicious.  I love the super tall cone heel and the platform makes them fairly easy to trot from the office to Starbucks.