Forget Winter, check out these shoes!

Photo source: www.google.com | DVF Spring 2013.

“For women, shoes are the most important. Good shoes take you good places.”

Seo Min Hyun

With everyone around me complaining about cold Winter weather, work overload and declining economy, I just couldn't stop thinking ahead, in a more positive, brighter and sexier direction - towards Spring 2013. shoe collections. 

I mean, lets face it, getting up on a pair of super hot heels makes you walk prouder, it shoots up your confidence, lengthens your legs and makes your step more elegant.We women - we just have special place in our heart for gorgeous shoes!

For this post I selected my favorite shoe models from Spring 2013. collections. Naturally, in my top 5 there is always McQueen (golden fly slippers and gold sandals), Charlote Olympia and Kirkwood gold and silver detailing sandals but this season I also got my eyes on a fabulous pairs of other designer shoes bellow.

Photo source: www.fashionbomb.com | McQueen Spring 2013.

Photo source: www.style.com | Nicholas Kirkwood Spring 2013.

Photo source: www.style.com | Charlote Olympia Spring 2013.

Aquazzura is my new discovery in terms of shoe brands, it is an Italian luxury shoe brand founded in Florence by footwear designer Edfardo Osorio who attended the college of fashion and London's Central Saint Martins. These colorful sandals and snake skin pumps in ultra modern orange for Spring surely got my attention! 

Photo source: www.style.com | Aquazzura Spring 2013.

“You want to fall in love with a shoe, go ahead. A shoe can’t love you back, but, on the other hand, a shoe can’t hurt you too deeply either. And there are so many nice-looking shoes.”

Allan Sherman

Most of designers went all out with Spring colors and due to the fact that we don't really have real Spring in last couple of years here in Europe but it rather looks more like Summer right away I prefer to shop for sandals versus closed pumps or stilletoes.

Photo source: www.style.com | Casadei Spring 2013.

Photo source: www.style.com | Bionda Castana Spring 2013.

Photo source: www.style.com | Pierre Hardy Spring 2013.

....AND....last but not least, the fabulous Giuseppe Zanotti sandals, these are on my 'I will die if I don't have' list for Spring.

With this post ladies I dare you not to complain about snow, Winter and cold but rather to concentrate on saving, earning and dreaming about these heavenly fabulous Spring shoes!

“I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I’m a big shoe girl.”

 Amy Adams

Swarovski brings sparkle to your holiday season!

 Some years ago while interning in Showroom Seven New York I was admiring custom editorial pieces of costume jewelry made with Swarovski Elements, they would make an average girl turn to glam diva in a snap of a necklace clip! 

I remember coming home from work and telling my boyfriend how bedazzling these pieces were and not all of them were so expensive either, so year later when he got his first real job he would  get me at least one Swarovski jewelry piece a year while we were together, I still have all of them. My favorite are black leather crystallized bracelets.

Imagine my excitement when I was contacted to participate in promotion of this lovely Swarovski Elements Advent Calendar on companies Facebook page. 

I got this elegant Entwined Glamour Bracelet by SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED™ as part of this partnership and I have been wearing it every day since I got it. It really goes with every outfit as it gives a touch of glam to casual day outfit and an additional sparkle to an evening look.

Now, you are probably wondering how this lovely Advent Calendar works, just like you unwrap different candy piece with an old school chocolate calendar same mechanics are applied here, the difference is that here, every day you can come back to this calendar, reveal, share and comment various luxurious items bedazzled with Swarovski Elements, all from gorgeous Casadei shoes, True Religion jeans, Coach rings to Godiva's chocolate and truffle collection shared in first 10 days of December.

This calendar also features a bit sparkly contest where the final winners awards in the grand prize drawing are grown up girls candies - SHOES! Times two! As there are two final winners!

Here I am not talking about any shoes but rather a pair of SHEYLA Stilettoes of Kennel & Schmenger bedazzled with SWAROVSKI®ELEMENTS or as a second prize a pair of SOHO Sneakers of Kennel & Schmenger made with SWAROVSKI®ELEMENTS (both in size 5).

This is an international contest, all you need to do is like the Swarovski Elements Facebook page, enter their Advent Calendar application tab and click on the bottom to enter the brand prize drawing where you need to fill out your email and name. Hurry up, contest ends on Christmas! :)

Good luck lovelies! 

Do you have a Swarovski piece which you wear daily? 

*The raffles will be live from December 1^st until December 25^th, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. CET. The selection of the two (2) winners takes place through a random generator. All winners will be contacted via the email address provided to get their shipping address to send out the prize no later than January 31^st.