Cat in Heels

The '90s are apparently now vintage and cool and have come back in a way to make me feel old and wonder if I'm vintage too. It also makes me wonder just who the hell thought this was a good idea. Can we make sure this never happens again? Sure, I was awesome in the '90s with my goth attire, knee high combat-style boots (that had a heel), music store job (that paid for shit but was all Empire Records ), and all my money went to hanging out with friends and buying new clothes and shoes (and the aforementioned CDs). But let's not forget that while I was awesome, the '90s is also what brought us body glitter, Spice World , that horrid shiny lame fabric in bizarre colors, and the Backstreet Boys.  If you loved the Backstreet Boys and wore body glitter I'm pretty sure we hung out in very different crowds.  Pretty sure I actually owned these but they were black and white. The '90s also brought us a massive void in good shoes. For some reason the...

As we look towards spring with longing (Chicago is getting freezing rain now), there are a couple footwear trends that should be noted so we can all not embarrass ourselves by having shoes that are out of style. Fergie Footwear does a great chunky heels with the Maiden . According to sites that track trends no one cares about, the chunky heel is going to be all the rage come spring. Gone will be the stiletto heel and we'll all be partying like it's the late '90s in chunky heeled shoes and listening to the Spice Girls. Or not, but whatever. In all actuality, I really, really doubt this trend will push stilettos out of the limelight. Mostly because I can't think of a time when you couldn't walk into a store and not find an amazing pair of pin-like stiletto heels. Plus plenty of designers are still releasing stiletto heels for spring, and I will continue to buy them. There's also the really awkward point that last spring you could also buy chunky heel ...