Shop Love: Teaser (2/5)

"In every femme-fatale’s repertoire, you will find a double-take inducing curve hugging dress, crimson hued lipstick, and the most dangerous weapon of all, a pair of killer stiletto heels. Alone, this gorgeous Stiletto Platform Pump by Steve Madden is a force to be reckoned with. Six towering inches of heel do wonders to your physique, while the platform ensures all eyes are on you."

This is one of those pairs of shoes that you wear when your not in for the long haul.. The very same one all girls end up wearing for the long haul, of course! For most of us it's that pair of shoes that sits at the back of our closet because we're at a loss for an appropriate time to wear it; that, and wearing stilettos is an endurance sport to which we may not be all that familiar. For the more fearless fashionista, this heel is, and always will be, an item that is approached only with meaningful, premeditated purpose (and copious amounts  of aspirin). For us lower level divas, this most attractive feature will reel us in on our tushes (frequent stumbles lead to at least one fall in every girl's stiletto career): It just makes your legs look so damn good! It's a pair of shoes with a perfect, wear-me-with-anything color and with the right attitude about coordination, it can be the finishing touch to even the most elaborate looks. Well, for now we'll dream that we own these, but until we do, we're gonna bring this segment of shop love to a close..

Shop Love: Teaser (5/5)

And the mystery shop is..

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Who's Tess?

Tess is, in many ways, your typical twenty-something girl. She loves movies, tennis, sushi, her dog Hank and her hometown of Baltimore - and most of all, she loves clothes. Since she can remember, she has spent hours poring over fashion sites and magazines to carefully dissect what designers are showing and celebrities are wearing, and she firmly believes that the thrill one gets from wearing a new dress is the best mood elevator out there.

But Tess had a problem. For years, when she had nearly succeeded in putting together a perfect look - perhaps an outfit that mixed a timeless investment piece with a trendier item or a cheeky vintage find - she found herself getting 'tripped' up in the same place: what to do with her woefully, inescapably bare feet. Wearing an 11, she was unable to find shoes in her size that met her aesthetic standards; the suggestions of salespeople to try something in a men's or comfort style met with her rightful indignation.

Fortunately, Tess refused to settle for these sub-par options and in 2005, she enlisted her mother to help her found Barefoot Tess. Their mission was, and is, to provide the best in footwear - be it a $15 flip-flop or an $800 boot - to large-footed, fashion-conscious women everywhere. Tess' love of fashion has never been about how much something costs, what size it is or who designed it. It's about style, and style shouldn't stop at size 10."

Barefoottess.com is a boutique shoe shop specializing in sizes 10 and up.  They cater to the tastes of every avid fashionista's preference and in past years, they've been catching the eyes of everyone from Instyle magazine to splendora.com. But you don't have to take our word for it, visit their PR page and have a look. Ladies, if you've ever had to put a pair of shoes back because they were too small for you (and we hope you weren't really wearing them; that can cause problems with age!) look no further- Tess has go you covered every step of the way! Well here's to part two of shop love, tune in next monday for the next shop love segment~