by Donna Cosmato

Created on: May 27, 2009

Cinderella is proof a new pair of shoes can change your life. She would love the variety of silhouettes, designer fabrics, and styles of women's 2009 summer shoes. Cinderella

Cut out Shoes

Open toe, peep toe, and cut-away designs are a hot footwear trend for summer 2009. Talented designer Claudia Ciuti gets it right with her peep toe slingback shoe manufactured in python. Ciuti was educated at the Fashion Institute of Design in Florence, and works in the family footwear business.

SOBE Peep Toe , (Claudia Ciuti)

Unusual Fabrics & Designs

Did you know shoes could be made of newspaper? ALL BLACK, a footwear brand specializing in low heels, flats, and low wedges, makes breaking fashion news with their Newspaper Recycled Series. This eco-friendly shoe made from recycled newspaper and micro-fiber is stylish and attention getting. Designing with unusual materials is a hot fashion trend for women's footwear fashion for summer 2009.

Other unusual design materials found on the fashion scene are fish and eel skin shoes, and a liberal showing of reptile materials like python, lizard, and snakeskin.

ALL BLACK Collections

Traditional Styles Updated

A trend-setter for summer 2009 is the redesigning of traditional favorites like ballerina flats and Mary Janes. Look for ballet shoes made with quilted fabric or adorned with sequins. Summer Mary Janes are decorated with extra buckles, bright colors like red and orange, and pointed toes. These are not your mama's shoes!

Bejeweled and Beguiling

Adornments and embellishments are summer shoe trends and include jewel or glass bead ornamentation, buttons and delicate fabric flowers. For an edgier touch, watch for details like contrast color accents, buckles, zippers, and snaps.

Giuseppe Zanotti Jeweled Sandals

Fringed Heel Styles

Have you bought your fringed heel sandals? This is a style that caters to extremes - you love them or hate them. Whatever your opinion, this is a statement-making style that deserves a close look.

From Daniblack, this shoe style is called Steeley. With fashion-right four inch heels, and lightweight cork foot beds, get ready to kick up your heels and shake the fringe as you dance the night away.

Daniblack Shoes

Stilettos Make a Comeback

Longing for the leggy, sexy-leg look? The best summer 2009 footwear choice to create the illusion of long, long legs is a pair of girly, pointed-toe stilettos. From your favorite denim jeans to your slinkiest evening gown, any outfit looks better when accessorized with stiletto heels.

If you love the look of stilettos but need more comfort, try a tapered heel shoe. The heel tapers from thick to thin, and provides more stability and ease-of-wear than traditional stilettos.

Buy Stilettos

Color, Color, Color

Summer 2009 fashion is all about color and footwear is no exception. Look for bright bold colors in all styles and silhouettes in flame reds, lemon yellows, vivid purples, and all hues of pink.

Summer Shoe Trends 2009

Cut out shoes

Stilettos

Vibrant Colors

Unusual Fabrics

Adornments and Embellishments

Claudia Ciuti. 19 May 2009 http://www.claudiaciuti.com/cc_about.htm

Thomas, Barb. Fashion Allure. 19 May 2009 http://fashion-allure.com/style/sping-summer-2009-sh oe-trends

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