Designer Christian Louboutin is set to create a pair of pumps in Barbie’s “signature color” - Barbie Pantone 219 Pink. Barbie is turning 50 next year and to celebrate the event, Mattel Inc. is orchestrating a fashion show in her honor during New York’s Fashion Week. The show will feature Barbie-inspired designs by 50 designers and each model will totter down the runway in Louboutin’s pumps.

“I guess I always had a little ‘girlie side’ who liked Barbie. Barbie needs to wear great shoes because every girl needs to wear great shoes.” Quoted the man himself
Ugh. Barbie has already had a MAC lipstick made her signature color, gets to hang out with her main gay Ken, like, all the time and has a corvette, mansion, horse, mobile home. (and now she gets her own designer heels). What more could a girl possibly want!!

Interview with Manolo Blahnik

Manolo Blanik is god. I have said this on many occasions and belive it to be true.

Check out this interview with the shoe god himself.

http://shoetube.tv/Shoetube-Videos/Behind-the-Design/Shoetube-with-Manolo-Blahnik

http://shoetube.tv/Shoetube-Videos/Behind-the-Design/Shoetube-with-Manolo-Blahnik

WHEN do we develop our love our shoes?

I have recenly began to think about when a girl starts to develop a love of shoes. Is it something she is preconditioned to, in her genes or is something she learns and develops from fellow princesses as she gets older. I can remember the first time i was in awe of a pair of shoes. I was about 10 or 11 and my mother had bought these gorgeous black leather ankle boots. I loved them. I use to slip them on wishing they would fit me and strut (or should i say stumble) about her bedroom admiring myself in the mirror and wishing they fit me so I could wear them. Needless to say by the time I was able to wear them, they didnt fit. My adolesccent feet seemd to grow from a 6.5 (mum was a size 7) to 8 in one season so by the time winter came around the beloved boots did not fit me. I was so upset that those boots didnt get to grace my growing feet.

One my dear friends has a little girl 'Bella' who i am proud to say is a little princess who happens to be developing a love of shoes (she has just turned 3). As a member of the 'shoes are our religion club', i am inspired and proud of the fact that at the age of 3 she is starting to appreciate the beauty that is a shoe. I love hearing stories about her being very proud of her new sparkly slippers or her Xmas sandals that didnt want to take off. I feel a kinship to this beautiful little girl knowing that at such a long age she is growing to appreciate up us adult princesses, already know. Shoes are a religion.

But how early is too early for a little princess to learn, understand, appreciate and grow to love the 'shoe'? Is there such a thing as too early? Are all females destined to share this love for footwear as a form of bonding sisterhood that no man will ever understand? Instead of trying to answer all the questions, i say lets just enjoy it. it is what it is, dont over analyse, just LOVE them and pass that love onto the younger generations so we can continue to pass this wonderful tradition through the ages.

Walking in heels should be an Olympic event

Now you all know how much i love my heels. Put me in a pair of flats and my balance is all out or whack. I think woman dont get enough credit for the diffuculty factors we sometimes face when wearing our beloved stiletto's or platform pumps. It is not easy navigating the city terrain. I for one, dread walking in the city in my heels. To start with I am suspended 4 inches above the groud, balancing precariously on a heel 10mm wide (if im lucky). Then there are the uneven pavers that have been neglected over the years that make it near impossible to walk on. The cracks that have opened up and yet to be repaired by the City Council not to mention if its wet and the whole pavement becomes like one giant slippy slide.

it's not easy to deal with all whilst your faux Birkin is balanced on one arm and your blackberry in the other. If they made walking in stiletto's on the city pavement, im sure we would be in medal contention.... what do you think chics?

We want to hear your stiletto war stories....

What is your addiction?

Hi, my name is Tanya and i am addicted to shoes. I know i have an addiction but i cant help it. I love the feeling i get when i see the perfect black pump or the cute summer sandal that is on sale AND available in my size. My addiction is harmless. It hurts no one (except my credit card). I might be guilty of credit card cruelty but at least i'll die happy.

We all have an addiction - yes, including you princess! We are all addictd to something. Mine is shoes. Yours might be shopping, smoking, Red Bull or something more interesting. We want to know what your addiction is?? Wewll, what is it princess.

Are shoes you're religion? we want to hear from you

At Princess Chic shoes are our religion. We work to buy more shoes, we love looking at them , feeling them, wearing them, and buying them (although our husbands may not appreciated them so much, especially when they see the credit card statement). if shoes are your religion we want to hear from you. We want to know why you love them, your favourite styles and your dream shoes.