Shoes Feb 1, 2013

Fashion special: the shoes must go on

Forget ‘it’ bags – sales of designer footwear are soaring and the creative names of the shoe world are rising to the occasion

Menswear Collections 2013

Milan Menswear: day four
Models wear creations for Emporio Armani men's Fall-Winter 2013-14 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, ©AP
The final day of the Milan shows goes out with a whimper
Milan Menswear: day three
Gucci, Emporio Armani and Tod’s focus on sartorial sellability
Milan Menswear: day two
Prada, Bottega Veneta and Calvin Klein offer clothing with a healthy dose of reality
Feb 1, 2013

Creams to try – from up high

We often rely on insider information to find the best serum for our skin. But there can be nice discoveries from the most unexpected sources

Gucci loafers Feb 1, 2013

Pennies for your thoughts

Day or evening, leather or suede, pastel or studded: men’s penny loafers are back – and hipper than ever

Prada's spring 2012 'flame' shoes Feb 1, 2013

The greatest shoes on earth

An exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s museum examines the universal love of fabulous footwear

Caroline Issa ©Getty Feb 1, 2013

With neon pom-poms on top

Caroline Issa’s love of footwear led to her designing a shoe collection

Suits and the City

Stylish Attendees of the FT Business of Luxury Forum in New York

Luxury 360 Video

Sir Paul Smith ©Charlie Bibby

Sir Paul Smith unveils his latest collection and explains why now is the time to move back into China

Sam Leith puts weatherproof products to the test in London ©Greg Funnell Jan 25, 2013

Whatever the weather

High-end products, from a waterproof woolly jumper to penny loafers, claim to withstand the rain (and snow)

Jan 25, 2013

The great giveaway

Brands use Sundance as a shop window in the hopes celebrities will be smitten by their gifts and be photographed with it

Model wearing Saint Laurent ©Catwalking Jan 25, 2013

Menswear that men might really wear

In the Paris shows, brands showed a growing connection with their customers

©Catwalking.com Jan 25, 2013

Vote couture

Vanessa Friedman finds surprising parallels between David Cameron’s speech and Parisian couture

Strvct's 3D printed shoe Jan 25, 2013

Before your very eyes

In the last of our series on technical innovation, Lucie Greene looks at 3D printing

Power dressing: Robert Walton

Robert Walton, MBE, president of the Restaurant Association of Great Britain and founder of the Nth Degree Club

The founder of the Nth Degree Club says dressing well not only gives you confidence, but it gives people confidence in you

More interviews

Multimedia

slideshow

Shoe special: Move over, ‘it bag’ - sales of designer footwear are soaring.

More stories

Life & Arts

Travel

Arts

House & Home

FT Magazine

Offers
FINANCIAL TIMES JOBSGlobal executive jobs Register today for free job alerts

EDITOR’S CHOICE

How to spend it

Scion turned cosmetics entrepreneur Aerin Lauder reveals her personal style file

Watches & Jewellery

woman wearing Moussaieff jewellery The holiday season is traditionally the industry’s most lucrative period

MOST POPULAR IN LIFE & ARTS

  1. Food & Drink: The meaning of breakfast
  2. Magazine: When a man is tired of Paris …
  3. Music: Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera House, London
  4. Magazine: The risk addicts
  5. Life & Arts: Arsène’s austerity

ALSO INTERVIEWED

  1. Small Talk: novelist Lucy Caldwell
  2. Expat lives: from Queensland to the Nile
  3. First Person: ‘I invented the Earth sandwich’
  4. The Inventory: stage director Robert Lepage
  5. Composer Orlando Gough talks to FT classical music critic Andrew Clark

MOST RECENT FROM LIFE & ARTS

FINANCIAL TIMES JOBS

Enter job search
Register for free to receive the latest executive jobs by email

TOOLS & SERVICES

Multimedia

Tools

Updates

Quick links

Services