As summer disappears, so does the need to walk around bare foot or in skimpy, barely there sandals, exposing your feet to as much fresh air as possible. What we get from winter is slippers, socks and ice blocks that are growing at our feet. When it comes to winter, it will bring the new fashions and your pins will look cool without caring for the current weather.

Winter 2008 looks to be an eclectic season with ballerina flats, animal prints, and boots, particularly equestrian and biker boots in vogue. Ballerina flats typically have round toes and come in a range on materials and colours. And these animal prints, that come in velvet and metallics, are a big sellers this year. Something different then the typical flat shoes could be a low or even high, vamp heel with ankle ties.

Mary Jane’s are also in fashion, as is the colour red and the shiny patent look. A sandals or a shoe with low heel and a rounded toes with a buckle strap across the instep and ankle is usually called by the well known term Mary Jane. Before they were made only of black patent leather, but now it’s a bit different. Now you can find them in all kinds of materials, like canvas and suede, and in all colors of rainbow. The shoes that were mainly known as little girls shoes are Mary Jane’s – they were only sometimes reffered to as a shoes for little boys. Nowadays these are great shoes for grown women too, but we must say that they should not be considered formal.

The Mary Jane’s are not what they used to be, now they have thick platform soles and higher heels added to them. Punk rockers and Goths adopted the shoes in particular, although some others would vamp up the “Lolita” look and wear them with high knit socks and a very short paid, pleated schoolgirl skirt.

Another trend this winter is the peep-toe shoe. People who know something about this say that they are not a degree colder than our regular pumps, but I was assured that the feet would simply freeze in one of these.

I hope that you have more ideas now and see all the options you have when it come to shoes for winter. Choose what fits your style best and you will be ready for the cold winter days.