Excuse me... but could you tell me where the designer went?

A new year. A new diet. A new excuse as to why you have chosen to postpone your diet. And of course the prestigious s/s line from all of our favorite designers. Or so you would hope.

Spring summer 2010 saw the arrival of the practical shoe that has been missing from the practical woman's wardrobe for countless years. Clogs, wedges and even flats have appeared on the cat walk with us all pledging great thanks seeing as our Scholl party feet probably couldn't last another season of mistreatment!
They were everywhere from alternative flip flops at marc jacobs to classic wedged sandals at Calvin Klein.

BUT. And this is a big but, the main trend that seemed to fall among these 'designer labels' is the lack of label. Instead of boasting their usual luxe and top trumping one another with adormements of every material under the sun, the shoes were quite humble, not scuptual or distracting, but something wearable and for once comfortable.

But when is a label not a label?... When it's labeless? Does the label and ingenious of shoes like no other justify our spending? If a shoe is labeless does that mean that we are on the footpath to nowhere? Do we ultimately need the show and attention that comes with wearing shoes by John Galliano or Alexander McQueen? Or is this new trend something liberating, something that makes the buy worth while.

Only time can tell but I believe whilst we still recover from the recession these shoes are the safety net. They provide risk free fashion that will carry us all the way in to the next season.