'Tis the Season to Sparkle and Shine

TREND Spotting: Sparkle & Shine Glittery Shoes

Glitz & Glam - Dalilaa Stiletto Heel

Now that the seasons have changed and holiday parties and celebrations are here, it is the most magical time of the year. What better way to embrace the feeling
of season, than with sparkling elements like glitter and sequins?

Add glistening glamour to your New Year’s party look with glittery shoes in any style, whether it be flats, heels, wedges, or loafers! According to The Examiner, “Glitter shoes seem to be the hottest trend gracing the sidewalks, and it’s all about styling these shoes to be the star of the show. Whether you prefer a flat oxford, or brogue, loafers, sneakers, or platform heels, there are glitter options or gold sparklefor maximum versatility.”

Flirty & Fun - Edelina Wedge Sandals

Choose your favorite metallic color for your shoes to match your favorite jewelry. Classic gold and silver complement every color of your outfit, from red or green to black or white. Make a dramatic style statement by pairing a monochromatic look with simple jewelry and outstanding shoes.

Make it a night to remember in the Dalilaa Stiletto Heel in either gold or silver.The sleek metallic platform with glittering detail is sure to catch

Comfortable & Stylish - Marinna Sandal

everyone’s eye as you enter the room! Celebrate the coming of the New Year in glitz and glam with the Edelina Wedge Sandal with sexy double ankle strap detail.

Sparkle in Every Step - Tesla Sandal

For maximum comfort and all night wearability, choose the Marinna Low Heel Sandal with a rhinestone embellished t-strap. Bejewel your feet with the Tesla Thong Sandal, in several enchanting jewel tones. Or if flats be your fancy, make it your night in the Marjorie Sparkly Slippers.

Elegant & Enchanting - Marjorie Slippers

No matter what the occasion, let the season’s hottest trend take your look to the next level with the complete selection offered by Shoeland at Shoeland.com.

At The Front Lines of Fashion

TREND Spotting: Combat Boots

Bold & Rebellious
Lucyna Combat Boots

All the rage in the 1990s, thanks to trendsetters such as Lisa Loeb and Alanis Morissette, the combat boot has paved its way back into the fashion front lines. This season, if you pair a modern version of this edgy revival with the right outfit and a commanding sense of confidence, you’ll combat the urban jungle, the suburban streets, or the rural roads in bold style.

Originally valued as high-fashion apparel in the grunge, punk, gothic, and hipster scenes, "Women no longer need to feel confined to one look or the other,” writes the Examiner, "pairing a traditionally feminine piece with a rough-and-tough military look instantly adds a contrast that's sure to be as commanding as a drill sergeant at roll call.”

Rugged Femininity
Macalia Combat Boot

In other words, opposites attract. The toughness of the Lucyna Combat Boot with Buckle Strap and Side Zipper, for example, paired against the soft feminine contrasting materials of a light pretty above-the-knee dress, creates an intriguing stylish balance—one that adds a slight touch of visual interest and a whole lot of modern chic. Add a fitted blazer, this outfit can be worn afternoons to work then seamlessly transitions to evening so it can be worn on a date.

Army Style Reinvented
Madalyn Classic Combat Boots

When paired with your favorite skinny jeans, a basic black or white tee, and a fitted leather jacket, the Macalia Studded Combat Boot or the Madalyn Classic Womens Combat Boot  creates a casual style that exudes certainty. Add some bangles and leave the boots untied for an even more purposeful vibe.

For a flirty approach, grab a soft short skirt, throw on a pair of tights, and lace up those Lemmore Classic Booties or the Gammble Combat Boots. Feeling both feminine and confident, you’ll conjure up a comfortable stride and a flirty attitude.

Edgy & Commanding
Lemmore Combat Bootie

Daring Style
Gammble Oxford Combat Boot

Fashion is meant to be fun! And this season, combat boots can be fun-damental in combating the fashion front lines. Do you have the confidence and the attitude to pull off this daring style? Find out. Unleash your saucy side and shop the look now at ShoeLand.com! 

Style vs Fashion

What's the difference between style and fashion? Are they the same thing? Does it matter?

No, they're not the same thing. And yes, it does matter.

Peacock Print - Very Chic!
Sweetpea Platform Peep Toe Pump

To have a sense of fashion is to know which trends are big right now, to know which are the hot colors of the season, to be the first to sport that unique look that everyone will want to have a few weeks or months later.

To be fashionable is to be in the "now" just a moment before everyone else. What's fashionable today, may not be fashionable tomorrow.

To have style is another thing entirely. Fashion changes, style doesn't. If fashion is about a constantly renewed "now", style is about the ever-present "always". To be stylish is a character trait, something that doesn't change regardless of whether the a certain fashion trend is up or down.

You can look at the film stars of years ago like Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn or Sophia Loren and instantly recognize their style. They would be stylish today, no matter what the "in" look is.

If fashion tells you what to wear, style then is how you wear it. A fashion trend is something out there for anyone to grab. Style is entirely of your own making. It's how you -- and only you -- put together a look.

Classic Look With Just Enough Wedge 
To Show Your Fun Side
Gracellyn Low Wedge Peep Toe

Somebody with a poor sense of style could wear the latest fashion, and not look good. And it's also true that someone with great style could put together an outfit around jeans and white shirt and exude grace and glamour.

So which is better? Why both, of course.

Welcome to Shoe Land's blog. Our mission is to keep you up to date on the latest fashion trends. So you can be fashionable.

And our mission is to share style tips, so you can be stylish.

What to wear and how to wear it. That's what we're all about.

So you can look fabulous.