The Boston Traveler

This Saturday will become shoe day at Neiman Marcus when the national retailer puts on its Shoes and the City presentation.
A runway fashion show aimed at the type of women who raced to theaters on opening day for the recent premiere of Sex and the City: The Movie, the event will spotlight items from the film and the store’s Fall 2008 collection designed by such big names in footwear as Cole Haan, Salvatore Ferragamo, and the granddaddy of them all, Manolo Blahnik.
Heck, after enjoying the free booze — Cosmos, of course, for cosmopolitan women — attendees will even have the …read more

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Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617-267-9300) definitely knew what it was doing when it decided to host the Walk This Way exhibit — there are few things that many women (and I’m guessing some men) love more than shoes. So, why settle for a stodgy museum that only displays assorted paintings on the wall and the usual archaeological objects on pedestals when you can ogle more styles of shoes than you ever imagined possible?
The Walk This Way exhibit, running through March 23, is a collection of footwear that spans the ages …read more

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