So..... I have been on an East trip for over 10 days now & almost ready to get on that plane bound for good 'ol home! Sorry this post has been a long time coming - but am finding that most places in China now block access to any and all social media. So a big no go for facebook, twitter and any blogs! Don't know how I would cope if I lived here without daily doses and fixes of my blogs and twitter updates.
Anyway, I had an evening in Hong Kong at the start of the trip to go sample shopping and this was when I took these snaps. Stores are into the full summer time vibe here and there was lots to see and oogle at. Enjoy.......
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| Prada window at Harbour City - brights and colour blocking where the key features |
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| Crazy coloured eva bottoms and metallic uppers |
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| D&G advertising was showing the flirty, feminine side of summer - lots of florals in the pretty pink colour spectrums |
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| Cool, crazy straw wedges |
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| The french shoe master, Christian Louboutin was showing bright coloured patents, big wedges in leather stacks and espadrille formats, and pops of coloured cork platforms |
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| Loved the shape of this platform slingback - and the black tipping on the white - how very lovely! |
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| Big 70's style cork platform sandal |
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| The two highlight colours of the season - turq and coral |
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| Fabulous nautical stripe lace-up espadrille flattie |
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| Elasticated wedges with cork socks - nice detail! |
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| Classic espadrille wedges in tan & black from Peddar Red |
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| Very clean looking wood wedges - awesome! |
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| Love these heavy buckle wedges......... |
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| Nine West's main window was a high summer story focussing on straw, raffia and cork detailing |
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| Sunflower anyone? |
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| Really retro looking wedge - with the heaviness of the construction and the striped covering |
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| Inside the store was a nude and white story |
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| Loved the punch out summer boot |
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| Candy pinks and mid tone blues |
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| And summer wouldn't be complete without a pop of sexy red & black! |
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| Okay - so for the first time in a while Zara was looking quite good I thought. Saw some great new colour combinations - lots of citrus brights and divine clean minimalist looks a la Celine & Jil Sander. |
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| They had lots of new kitten heel styles - this one was in bright orange patent |
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| Bought this sample for the construction mainly - this shade of green was used a lot too! |
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| The Kids windows |
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| Bought this little boys desert shoe - think it's was a great on trend look |
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| So this pic might not look white (apologies for the quality) - but the store had A LOT of white. Definitely a big colour for summer!! |
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| Colour blocking was done quite a bit too - here seen underpinned by the pimento red |
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| Samples I bought |
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| Gorgeous soft summer colour blocking in great shades of soft kid suede |
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A classic lace-up wedge
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| My good old fave Staccato was looking very smart - had loads of courts in great new heels and constructions and a lot of flat pumps and wedges too |
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| Divine soft pink patent |
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| New more muted tones of summer yellow and red |
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| Sample bought - great toe shape and heavier heel |
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| Lots of soft pinks, camel and white |
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| Zara's more grownup sibling, Massimo Duti always does cleaner styling, very much the Ralph Lauren vibe. But this season it's quite a keen look - and lots of other brands were going this way too, |
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| Thought the woven back strap detail on this clog sandal was quite cute |
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| Classic clean gladiator styling |
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| Oh, Celine......... |
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Bottega Vennetta
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| Died for these canvas and leather 70's platform clogs at ALDO xoxo |
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| Great lazer cut court sample |
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| Thought this little pump was a lovely execution for summer - with the canvas and the espadrille back counter detailing |
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| Here's that new summer yellow again, in a pump at Steve Madden - note the patent too |
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| Easy, easy wedge |
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| Lots of canvas, straw and espadrille |
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| Lace-ups |
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| Great overlasted upper for our wedge programme! |
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| Summer pump styling is very much moving into the softer, more deconstructed manstyles - thought this one would be great for us |
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| Heavy summer clogs |
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| Absolutely beautiful Manolo court shoe xoxo |
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| And dying for the colour too - light light grey suede and mesh.... absolute perfection! |
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| Found this little shop around an obscure corner (as one does in Hong Kong) - had a few great shoe looks in the window |
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| Uber cool lace-ups |
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| x2 in the red.... |
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| Cute, classic baby doll pump |
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| Furla were showing a rainbow of jelly brights! |
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| These acid brights were EVERYWHERE!! This is the March cover of Chinese Elle, and features from the April Australian Harpers Bazaar I bought on the trip |
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| Stuart Weitzman was very neutral and demure (as always) - but had these cool straw props in his window - nod to one of the season's key trims |
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| How pretty are these? |
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| Marc by Marc Jacobs window was all stripes in the camel, blue and citrus highlights |
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| Bally posters were all about colour blocking in brights and a touch of summer camel |
So that's all folks. A lot of great things for the eyes to see. And a lot of similar things to note about Summer 2011:
- It's definitely ALL about the wedge
- Colour is key - more so now then ever! In classic tones, mid tone candy colours as well as the acid brights
- Camels and tans in clean styling is looking new and easy to wear
- Kitten heels are coming back
- And watch out for patents again
- Cork, espadrille, raffia and basket weave are an absolute must
- Colour block, colour block, and more colour block
- White is right!
