The oldest leather shoe and skirt were found...

... in Armenia . Today's "History of" country. "After the fall of Urartu around 585 BC, the Satrapy of Armenia was ruled ...

"Impractical Accessories."

There's some great stuff in this slideshow, but attention must be paid to the 10th image, shoes designed by Iris Schieferstein, with th...

Lower left-hand corner of a magazine is a monument to things not being anywhere nearly as good as they are said to be.

AND: This seems to be the post where I should remind you to use my Amazon por tal, and let me just recommend: "Betsey Johnson Women...

Gift idea.

Slippers! AND: Hat. AND: The Official Althouse Gloves (for when it's not that cold).

"[T]he reason shoes are especially appealing is that unlike dresses, jackets, or sweaters, they still fit if you gain ten pounds."

"At least, that’s my conclusion as to why women are crazy about shoes," says Instapundit , claiming authority as a former shoe sal...

Katie Roiphe tries to fathom the depths of why she's buying really expensive shoes.

She writes about herself in the second person saying things like:  You have read Adorno. You are able to think critically about your desire ...

"Jeffrey has his own life, and he has chosen that life, but he knows that our hearts and home are always open to him."

"He knows that, he’s well aware of that."

"If You’re Thinking About….Black Socks, Black Shoes."

A possible trend... or just something Sartorialist has been seeing ... I'd say black socks, black shoes is a poor girl's short blac...

The law-and-fashion news.

"Designer Christian Louboutin can claim trademark protection for the red outsole on his women's shoes, but not if the rest of the s...

"Oakland, the Last Refuge of Radical America."

A long NYT Magazine article. In a sense, Oakland is the last place you would expect to find the most stubbornly active outpost of the Occupy...

"Nothing of importance happened today."

Wrote King George III in his diary, July 4, 1776. Not. He didn't even keep a diary. From a list of "10 Things You Didn't Know A...

The "sneaker trend."

Something else that came back from the 80s.

The architect Frank Gehry — responding to complaints — changes his design for the Eisenhower Memorial.

The NYT reports: Yet Mr. Gehry then went on to present changes that mainly affect the memorial’s bas-relief sculptures — changing them to th...

"Ah, Godspell. How you shaped our ’70s Catholic school childhoods by influencing an entire generation..."

"... of semi-closeted nuns to pick up their guitars and force us to learn half the songbook. Do they still have guitar masses? Or did a...

"The Beatles, 'Revolution,' cut up, scrambled, and looped. The Beatles sing 'one two three four' for an hour."

"All of Billy Joel's greatest hits played at once. Celine Dion screams for 1.5 minutes. Please enjoy responsibly." Yes, indeed...

Raquel Welch singing "Bang Bang" in 1967.

Hilarious. Painful to watch, but worth it. The singing gives real depth to the lyric "that awful sound." The dancing... well, if ...

"Man orders size 14.5 slipper and gets size 1,450 after 'mistranslation in China.'"

The slipper is the size of a grizzly bear.

"That's the best way: You just get on with the whole thing. Never mind suing anyone. And just do something different."

That's Bill Cunningham , the NYT fashion photographer/commentator, talking specifically about the failed lawsuit over red soles on shoes...

Obama does a great job reacting to a heckler who calls him the Antichrist.

He waits calmly, while the crowd defty shifts from denouncing the heckler to chanting "4 more years. " When he finally deigns to s...

President Obama and the rhetoric of shoes.

A couple days ago, speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus, President Obama said: "Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your march...