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Here's something exciting coming out of fashion week that all of us can afford: the new Christian Siriano for Payless Gold line of shoes for spring 2012.


According to the press release, "[Christian's] runway styles are heavily inspired by the textures and colors from exotic underwater specimens found in Bali, Honduras, and Belize. The shoes uniquely fuse these tropical influences into eight key styles hitting the runway today, translating the mysterious nature of these creatures into colorful, intricate designs."

One and Only resorts is continuing its program of partnering with designers for exclusive items available only at their hotels. (Remember these Louboutins?) Halston's Mario Schwab found inspiration for his dusty pink silk chiffon dress by imagining a sandy beach holiday, while French designer Maloles Antignac, known for her signature ballet flats, created these a limited edition line of her Isabella sandal in  pink and gold braided leather.




Both items are available exclusively at One and Only resort boutiques in the Maldives, Los Cabos Mexico and Mauritius.

Head to Old Navy tomorrow for the cheapest flip flops of the season. Buy them in every color!

Here's a chance to grab a piece of Missoni that won't set you back a paycheck or two. Missoni has teamed with Havaianas and designed flip flops and espadrilles. Not only will these babies be fun to wear on the beach and look hot with our white jeans; but they'll be easy to find in our closet. The shoes run from $60 to $130 (you didn't expect them to be cheap, did you?) and they're available now at Havaianas.com and select Bloomingdales.

If you've spring cleaned your closet, you've likely spotted at least one pair of shoes that you bought on sale an have only worn once or twice, whether they were the wrong size for you or just didn't end up going with the rest of your wardrobe like you thought they would. Well, now there's something better you can do with them besides toss them: Send them into Renew Your Soles and you'll get $20 off a new pair of shoes at Shoes.com.

Naya Shoes (shown above) and Shoes.com are partnering with Soles4Souls, a non-profit that distributes gently worn shoes to people in 127 countries on this project. Naya Shoes are known for their commitment to the environment, using the most eco-friendly dyes, natural or recycled materials, boxes that are made of 80 percent recycled pulp among other strategies. Plus, they're pretty darn cute!

Find out more about the Renew Your Soles program.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert is now a Broadway musical, filled with eye-popping costumes, the best 1970s dance tunes and fabulous dance numbers to go along with them. In Australia, where it takes place and the show opened, it holds the record for the most successful musical ever.

In celebration of all that glam, Manolo Blahnik created a silver patent leather Mary Jane high-heeled shoe with a Swarovski crystal button. A giant version of the shoe makes an appearance in and on Priscilla (the van), and you can buy one in your size at the flagship store in New York.

A Manolo Blahnik-designed silver shoe charm is available at the Palace Theater, Priscilla Queen of the Desert's home.
A portion of the sale of each benefits Bette Middler's New York Restoration Project. The group is near and dear to us as it takes care of the park down the street from our home.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert opens on March 20. Buy tickets here.

Shoe photos are courtesy of TheaterMania.com