Shoes

Beloved by royals, celebrities and civilians alike, UK designer Aruna Seth creates lovely and timeless heels, wedges and flats and the shoe brand is beginning their US infiltration.

Aruna Seth shoes are best known for their Bridal shoes and butterfly inspired stilettos, but it's fixture as a wedding heel is probably what caught the eye of Pippa Middleton when searching for a shoe for her sisters big day.

Christian Louboutin: Those red soles! We all have a love hate relationship with them. We love them because they are so fabulous, but we hate them because of the pain it causes once we have them on.

Christina Louboutin himself has finally explained why his heels are so uncomfortable. Ok, he hasn’t really explained why his shoes are uncomfortable in particular, but he’s explained why high heels are uncomfortable in general.

He explained to the Sunday Times newspaper: "There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men. Think about Marlene Dietrich crossing her legs - the whole attitude. The language starts with the shoe and radiates over the whole body. A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes. Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.

TOMS shoes just got better. It seems like ages ago that TOMS launched its first pair of grey canvas shoes. Since they they've created vegan shoes, wedges, lace up's, high tops, boots, hats, shirts, sunglasses and even tiny little shoes for babies.

Now, TOMS has taken it up a notch (Again!) and has unveiled a line of ballet-flats. So now all you women that have said that TOMS shoes were too boyish or didn't know how to wear them with dresses, you cannot say no to their new line of adorable ballet flats.

The flats are part of their Spring 2012 collection and the new styles include Leather & Suede, leopard prints, linen, and burlap. My favorites are sleek Moroccan inspired burlap, another that's a bright blue suede with light blue stitching, and another all-denim flat. Prices range from $74-129 and will be sold at the same retailers where their classic slip-ons are sold and also online.

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When fashion meets charity, it’s a beautiful thing. It’s always nice when fashionistas step out of their couture-centric mindsets and decide to give to the much, much less fortunate.

Now, you can own a pair of celebrity shoes and help some kids who really need it. Totally guilt-free splurging.

Stylish celebs like Sienna Miller and Sarah Jessica Parker are taking part in the Small Steps Project, a charity founded by celebrity journalist Amy Hanson.

According to Vogue U.K., celebs are selling their shoes to help raise money for children who live on inhabited landfill sites.