£100 Jimmy Choo shoes

They cannot afford them and they cannot walk in them, yet many women yearn for a pair of £800 Jimmy Choos.
Now H&M, the world's third largest fashion retailer, is making the dream of owning the designer shoes a reality by selling them for around the £100 mark.
The iconic brand, given mass appeal by Sarah Jessica Parker's character in Sex and the City , is also creating its first line of women's and men's clothing and accessories for the Swedish chain.

Nike Sued for copyright infringement

The 80s hard-rock legends are suing the sports manufacturer, claiming that a new line of trainers borrows from the design of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat guitar
Van Halen are suing Nike over a pair of red and black trainers. The Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame inductees, legendary for their revolving cast of lead singers, claim that they have suffered "irreparable harm and damage" after Nike released running shoes with crisscrossing stripes.
ELVH, Van Halen's company, filed the suit earlier this week, alleging that a new line of Nike shoes infringes on the aesthetics of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat guitar. The guitar, a hybrid Fender and Gibson built in the 1970s, is red with zigzagging white and black stripes. The pattern was copyrighted by the band in 2001, and licensed for a line of Van Halen trainers earlier this year.

Oversized shoes sent girl falling to death

A man charged in the death of a toddler told a friend the girl fell down stairs because she was wearing pink plastic princess shoes that were too big, his manslaughter trial heard Tuesday.
The trial of Terry Dean Allen, 27, began in Truro provincial court Monday, more than four years after three-year-old Samantha Marie Mercer was taken off life-support and died at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.

Desert boots

The desert boot, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary. This great, British summer staple is more popular than ever. Nathan Clark (of the Clarks Shoes family) came up with the idea back in 1949, inspired by the crepe-soled boots that British officers had made up for them in the Cairo Old Bazaar during the Second World War. It was introduced to the world at the Chicago Shoe Fair of 1950 and the rest, as they say, is history.
The original desert boot is still available from Clarks for £69, but it has become such a classic that many other brands have come out with a version, including Loake (£79.99, loake.co.uk) and Church’s (from £160, 020 7734 2438); the ink and navy blue options from the latter are particularly handsome.

Gladiator Shoes

Style expert Katrina Szish spotlighted some summer styles Monday on The Early Show that are sure to kick your summer into gear. Szish said gladiators are back -- and not at the Coliseum. "The gladiator shoe is something we saw last season, everyone said (gladiators) are not gonna last," Szish said. "Well, they're back again and still making women everywhere feel like goddesses." Though in their second round in the fashion ring, gladiators, Szish said, can take you back in time to the ancient days of Rome and Greece. The sandals, Szish said, feature a T-strap with multiple straps going across the foot. In the past, she explained, most gladiator sandals were brown or black. But now, she said, you can find gladiator sandals in trendy metallic colors, bold bright hues, sexy snakeskin and just about every other shade and fabric. And they're more diverse than ever, emerging in high heels, low heels and mid heels as full-on gladiator sandals or just in subtle details of the gladiator style

Protester threw shoe at Chinese premier

A protester who threw one of his shoes at the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, during a lecture at Cambridge University behaved "unreasonably" and could have caused serious injury, a court heard today.
Martin Jahnke, 27, a German studying pathology at Darwin College, Cambridge, called Wen a "dictator" and accused senior Cambridge University staff of "prostituting themselves" by allowing him to speak, a district judge sitting in Cambridge was told. Jahnke threw the shoe towards the stage where Wen was standing and it landed a few metres from the Chinese leader, Cambridge magistrates court heard.
The student is accused of using words and behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to Wen or others. He denies any offence.
The judge, Ken Sheraton, was told the incident happened on 2 February while the premier was on a state visit.
Caroline Allison, prosecuting, said Jahnke disturbed Wen's Cambridge speech by whistling. "He was heard shouting words to the effect that the university was prostituting themselves by allowing the premier to speak and referred to the premier as a dictator," she said.
"He picked up one of his shoes, a trainer, which he then threw, which must have been with some force, on to the stage area a few yards away from where the premier was standing."