If case you didn't get the memo, shoes are the new bags. A pair of killer heels are where it's at, both in terms of expressing a unique sartorial statement and helping retailers to meet their bottom lines. Perhaps that's why iconic department store Liberty of London is launching a shoe salon, nicknamed the House of Heels, with a grand opening scheduled for next month's London fashion week. Playing off the store's historic Tudor architecture, the various rooms of the "house" create different tableaux in which the shoes are displayed, from warm and intimate in the "drawing room" to coolly contemporary in the "bedroom." Collections include offerings from YSL, McQueen, Alaïa, Balenciaga, Prada, Westwood, and Chloé, with U.K. exclusives from shoe savants Nicholas Kirkwood and Rupert Sanderson. Best of all, Liberty is launching an e-commerce site this September, and by Spring '09 the shoes will be available online.
Source: Style.com
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