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The fashion trend toward the Short Leggy Look, means there will be plenty of thigh and ankle on view this spring. In turn, it means that feet will be very much on show and footwear will be highly noticeable. So ladies shoes and sandals are extra decorative in appearance or have interesting surface texture, shimmer or glistening shine and gleam to the materials and leathers. They also have ties, buckles, straps and bows.

For spring/summer 2007 choose a shoe fashion trend that suits you from the super wedge, to jewelled flat sandals or pumps, to spike studded stiletto heel platforms, to single, double and triple strapped Mary Jane styles. While heels are high many are sturdy solid stacked heels that do offer more support than narrow stiletto heels.

Jewels and Texture on Shoes
In the spring of 2007, jewelled shoes are consistent with the fashion trend towards futuristic space age dresses that have embedded jewel effect necklines, sleeve bands and skirt borders. Shoes with sequins and stones, dripping with Pailettes or square punk guard dog studs, contrast against shoes with soft romantic flower effects.

Ladies fashion shoes are just as likely to be made made from thick satin, impressed liquid silver look fabrics, hessian or linen look plain weaves as from 60’s floral prints, striped material, animal print or reptilian skin.

This spring is about glistening gleam or raised texture. You’ll easily find a bow, buckle, embedded paste jewels, sequins, pleating or ruching on many shoes or fashion bags.

Wedges
Chunky ladies wedge shoes with interesting hollowed out Perspex, or Lucite heels are very futuristic and were a feature of catwalk shows. Cut-out hollowed effect and cone heels are combined to make very new looking fashionable wedge shoes. While you won’t see many of the latter on the high street, no doubt in due course mass production companies will soon be offering their copies of Miu Miu/Prada inspired look-alikes.

Wedges have been very popular this past autumn/winter 2006, but now in 2007, we have fashion trend for stronger brighter colours.
Lots of other wedge styles of varying heights feature rope, beads and the shiniest of patent leathers.

Note the shiny patent, contrast gold piping, peep toe and linear wood finish to the platform wedge and the electric pink tone - a hot colour with an 80’s vibe for spring 2007.

Strap Shoes & Mary Janes
Buckle features have been everywhere this past autumn and the trend continues into spring/summer 2007. Sometimes you will find a buckle closure to complete the strap, other times the fastening is a baby ball button.
Mary Jane’s with the simple bar across the front strap have been in and out of fashion since the 1920s.

Shoe fashion of the noughties decade sometimes shows ladies shoes with two or even three bar-straps, whilst boots show many more straps.

Silver, pink and ultramarine are good colour choices for Mary Jane shoes this season, as are fashion conscious Mary Janes trimmed with contrast piping or made up in two tones.

T-Strap Platform High Heels
Heeled fashion shoes for spring/summer 2007 are so high that most are easier to wear with an ankle strap or ‘T’ bar strap.

The T-strap keeps the shoe in place and a strap is almost essential if you don’t want to topple off platform shoes that can be likened to works of sculpture.

Variations to keep the shoe on the foot include, loose tied bows with streamers and baby button straps. As you can see purple is popular shoe colour for Spring 2007.


Coloured & Printed Shoes
You’ll notice that many of the ladies shoes featured here are in statement colours with contrast piping or trim, or fashion shoes and sandals are made up in one of the metallics such as gold or silver.

These gold sandals with wrap ankle strap are from New Look and have a real summer feel.
But printed shoes are another eye catching option.
We saw last season how animal prints were important. This season you can add stripes, spots and florals to that list.
Shine on Shoes
Patent came back with a vengeance in autumn 2006. From clutch bags to shoes, to slinky dresses, shine is everywhere.

Golden Gleam and Shimmer
Leather shines with an extra gleam. Shoes sparkle with dusted glitter effects, sequins or larger Pailettes. Futuristic trends that gleam include Lucite and clear Perspex in shoes.

Think gleam, glimmer and glow like these elegant small platform, but high heeled gold shoes centre from Dune illustrate. The fashion trend for metallic looks has moved onto ladies boots like from French Connection UK as well as daintier footwear like these silver sling backs.

If height in footwear is a no-no for you, then metallic ballet and in exciting rich gold or other finishes may be the answer. Expect to see every variation of gold tone this spring/summer 2007.

Also, great ballet flats from Tory Birch:

Other great sandals by Tory Birch:



Shiny shimmer futurism means the Gold rush is morphing into Silver shimmer and metallic sweet wrapper foil tones.

Metallics are perfect for evening sandals like these affordable silver sandals.

Sling back footwear comes in forms from chunky super wedge shoes to heeled clogs with straps to dainty evening sandals.

There is a wide range of footwear on offer for spring summer 2007 and the choice is yours.