Is it just us, or can a sale item actually look better once it's been marked from full price? We can't help but stare at a garment when a few hundred dollars gets knocked off its price tag, pushing our fantasies of ownership just a little closer to reality. This is the point where the item goes from pretty and appealing to absolutely irresistible - a moment that's usually reserved for the most epic of sample sales.

The it-shoe of the winter is the knee-high boot," says Erica Russo, Bloomingdale's vice president and fashion director. "It's been awhile since the style Golden Goose Shoes has been front and center, and it's a great investment piece you can have for years to come." The knee-high has been a sleeper style in the wake of the ankle bootie, but the '70s silhouette is back with a vengeance.

Maybe it's our collective obsession with getting away and escaping it all that's making the Teva the coolest shoe of the summer. They were always my favorite warm-weather vacation shoe, great for walking on the beach or visiting local artisan bazaars, Anna Sui told Footwear News.

You've made it. Today is the final Golden Goose Sneakers round of interviews for your dream job, and you are the top contender. Ugh, that's worse than not running at all. Okay, I'm doing this.

Since the modern bride tends to change her wedding look-there's a dress for the ceremony, reception, and sometimes even the afterparty-these outfit changes can call for new footwear too. Call it revolutionary, or maybe it's simply an era when practical fashion outweighs tradition, but brides today are swapping out pretty party shoes for something unexpected and much more Golden Goose casual: the wedding sneaker.