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What's New From Shiny?

Bored over the bank holiday? Here's what's new from the rest of the Shiny Media blogs...

The Bag Lady (bags & stuff) : Chloe Silverado Copy, Spring / Summer Louis Vuitton Bags, Make-Up Bag Top 10

Shiny Shiny (gadgets for girls) : New Nokia Phones, Needies - Toys That Crave Attention, iPod Shuffle Cases

Bayraider (ebay blog) : Lady Penelope's StreetKa, Mexican Wrestling Mask, Kylie's Thong

Hippyshopper (green living) : Water Out Of Thin Air, Country Piles - Cheap & Green, Go Bananas

And don't forget Tech Digest, Games Digest and Mobile Digest.

Shoewawa's Flickr Group!

Love Shoewawa but hate that you've no way to contribute? Well, consider the problem solved. We've now set up a Flickr group for all our visitors so you can have twice as much shoe indulgence each day. By joining the group you can get together with fellow Shoewawa readers, let us know your ideas and post photos of your top finds, bargain buys or favourite shoes in our group photo pool. It's free to join and you get loads of space to store your photos. I'll be checking the group all the time and if I like what I see, you might even find your stuff on this site.

So if you're fed up of always seeing shoes that I like...show me how it's done!

Shoewawa's Flickr Group

eBay Watch

We're doing something a bit different (again) this week. Instead of picking our top shoes for this week's eBay watch, we're going with the masses and showing you their top shoes. These five pairs of shoes are the ones that have got the most people watching this weekend!

Chanel Mules (EU 39 / UK 6)
'The Art Company' patchwork mules (UK 6)
Christian Louboutin pink peep toes (US 5)
Gucci 'GG' ladies bamboo slides (US 7.5)
Ladies Nike shox espionage trainers (UK 7)

Kristen Lee's Gold Rush

Much of Kristen Lee's summer collection concentrates on big, chunky wedges, but these toe-post sandals are the real stars. They'll look gorgeous with just about anything, from a bikini to a cocktail dress, and the 1" wedge gives just enough lift to keep you comfy. We also love that the tiny beads on the t-strap are studded with crystals. They're $253 at Girlshop.

Vintage Dollies

Schuh have come up with some great courts to splash out on if you're fed up of only finding wedges and jewelled sandals everywhere you go. These brocade and metallic heels have a great vintage feel to them, like something your nan would have worn to go dancing in the 40s. They're called 'Dolly Panel' and they're £49.99. They also come in bronze with brown brocade fabric, or pink suede trimmed in gold.

Gina 'Kiara'

Gina's Kiara one of their most wanted styles. It's the even more decorative take on their best-selling 'Tatiana' shoe, a diamante encrusted toe-post mule with a stiletto hell. At £350, it's out of most people's price ranges, but each month the Gina website holds a competition to win shoes or a bag up to the value fo £350. And the good news for you is that this shoe also happens to be the answer to this month's question...

Ugly Shoe Of The Week, part 2

Posting two ugly shoes in one day won't become a frequent thing, I swear. It'll be back to pretty Manolo's and celeb knock-offs before you know it. I just couldn't resist showing you these monstrosities. Vigotti's 'Kaya' slingbacks ($207.95) are like the lovechild of Donatella Versace and Stan Lee. Zebra print uppers on cartoon print wedges? My eyes, they burn...

[via Bag Crazy]

Designer Sale Bargain

Now this is the kind of saving we like! These DSquared2 'Q4300' slingbacks have had 66% slashed off the original retail price of over $500. They're now selling for $187.95. We love the metallic sole, and they're also edged in pink trim with a great cushioned section around the ankle, so they might actually be comfy as well as stylish. Sizes are limited so get in there quick.

And Again

Three days since my 'everyone is doing Luc Berjen copies' post, and it's happened again. This time the leather ankle tie wedges come courtesy of Bronx at £45. A word of warning about these ones, though. Do not even think about buying them if your ankles are verging on the chubby side (which counts me out). Don't say you haven't been warned.

Ugly Shoe Of The Week

No doubt some of you will like this and wonder why it made USOTW. But for us, it just has too much going on. The metallic pink, the platform sole, the chunky heel, the cross-cross straps, the peep toe, the textured leather...while there are a few people who could make these shoes look amazing, most people would look like they were off to a 70s glam rock themed party. Ironic, considering this shoe supposedly harks back to the 40s. What finally sealed this ones' fate as an Ugly Shoe was the price. You don't pay $725 to take such a style risk. Sorry, Louis Vuitton.