Liam Fahy Spring 2013

African-inspired prints have been quite popular in women's footwear the last few seasons.  Spring 2013 is no different with designers like Liam Fahy creating a collection using the patterns on classic styles.  The luxury footwear label says this season's collection is actually inspired by Katherine Hepburn's The African Queen; safari-inspired with a European feel.  The colours are rich with mustard, reds and other hues of nature.  

Liam Fahy is from Zimbabwe and has been creating luxury hand made limited edition footwear.

http://www.liamfahy.com

Embellished Footwear

Christian Louboutin continues to impress with these highly embellished pumps.  These heels will elevate you 6-inches and the hidden platform at the ball of foot is 3 inches.  Be prepared to tower over everyone around you in these sexy heels and to have all eyes looking at your feet with the intricately designed pattern.  

Vogue Cafe

Vogue Cafe in Dubai Mall

Vogue Cafe has opened it's second location in the world at Dubai Mall.  The first location is in Moscow, Russia.  The location had it's grand opening event a few days ago and many were in attendance including models Petra Němcová and Karolina Kurková.  The cafe serves contemporary European dishes and of course you will find issues of Vogue magazine there to peruse through.

Inside Vogue Cafe at Dubai Mall

The cafe is very modern and chic inside and serves as a great location near shops like Berluti and Valentino.
Conde Nast, publishers of Vogue magazine, are hoping to expand by developing the Vogue lifestyle brand to include bars and several restaurants.  Hopefully this new venture will serves as a way to increase revenues considering the drop in revenue in the magazine business.  It will be interesting to see if this lasts because I remember in the mid 1990s when the Fashion Cafe was launched with the likes of Naomi Campbell, Elle Macpherson, Christy Turlington and Claudia Schiffer as the faces of the brand.  Unfortunately the New York based restaurant failed and closed down.

I'm sure Vogue will not encounter the same problems and will likely be a success with it's new venture.