Yves Saint Laurent s/s 11 Mens Footwear

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Some rather varied offerings and thick soles in this collection.

Yves Saint Laurent s/s 11 Wedges

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Extended and sculptural gold wedges from Yves Saint Laurent s/s 11. They have an art deco Cleopatra quality to them, which I'm gonna say is a good thing.

Yves Saint Laurent s/s 03

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This was a great collection from the Tom Ford days of YSL. Mermaid dresses and velvet. These shoes were 2 of 3 pairs spotted on Anna Dello Russo on the one day. Awesome.

Yves Saint Laurent "Palais" Platform Pumps

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I found some good images of the YSL f/w 10 shoes that really show off the slightly peculiar silhouette. Mohawk & tweed. So good.

Yves Saint Laurent f/w 10 Sneakers Video

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A video of Creative Director Stefano Pilati's sneaker collection which is based around two new models and includes the desert boot sneakers featured above.

Yves Saint Laurent Tassel Suede Oxfords

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Burgundy suede and tassels. A match made in shoe heaven. The little crosses around the toe cap and tongue, which are cut-out rather than stitched, are a nice touch.

Yves Saint Laurent Men's s/s 11

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As usual I loved the YSL show. Pilati showed some simple yet different footwear. In particular sandals that had a kind of brim that made them seem like foot coffins. I didn't like that they failed to hold their shape very well, but I found the idea rather good. R.I.P feet.

Yves Saint Laurent Cage Shoes

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I tought I would post about the very photogenic footwear from Yves Saint Laurent s/s 09, considering how popular and copied they have become (especially the boot.) Most of the rip-offs and YSL themselves offer the shoe with a standard thin heel but these, with the thick caged heel, are the only ones worth noting. They are a very good example of a simple idea pushed really far and incredibly well executed.

Crocodile Embossed Suede at YSL

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Yves Saint Laurent have relaunched their website with some of their designs redone in new materials. I really love this Crocodile embossed suede - shown here in beige on their very popular, thin heeled, covered platform shoe and in grey on their 'Muse' handbag. Texture on texture might seem like overkill but I can't get enough.

Yves Saint Laurent x Puma Sneakers

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Not too keen on the orthopedic looking sole but I like the Wallabee style combined with the cushiony high-top. Would totally wear the black as it puts the focus more on the shape.

Chelsea Boots

A good mod-style, cuban heeled, chelsea boot is a beautiful thing, and these are some fine examples from Yves Saint Laurent (big image), Acne (bottom left), & Dior Homme (bottom right.)

YSL f/w 10 Shoes

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Mohawks! This trend of fur on shoes that has been so prevalent in the f/w 2010 shows is pretty crazy, but this is probably one of the strongest uses of it so far.

Paint

For whatever reason I keep finding myself being drawn to this idea of using paint on a shoe. It may be because I believe that it could be done better than these examples. That's not to say that I don't think most of these shoes are great, but I feel like there must be a brilliant use for this idea that I haven't seen yet. I do love the YSL mens oxfords because the colours and the way it is painted seems to be quite faithful to what a used paint pellette looks like. For now I might just buy a cheap pair of canvas shoes and attack them.

top to bottom:
Yves Saint Laurent mens s/s 08 via ysl.com
Sergio Rossi s/s 08 via counterfeitchic
Alexander McQueen f/w 09 via selectism
Yves Saint Laurent resort 07 via shoedaydreams
Stella McCartney f/w 09 via geekshoes