While perusing my current issue of Bazaar—love their Buy, Keep, Store and Hottest, Newest, Latest slugs—item #6 on the HNL list, Tommy Hilfiger’s high heeled duck boot, reminded me of the fall 2010 footwear I practically salivated over.  Of course there are many, many more but here are (say this fives times fast)  five fall footwear favourites...

~Utilitarian luxe with a bit of sass was served up by Julien Macdonald. Love the simplicity in style, the mixology of leathers and the belting and snap detail. I’m going to pair these with a super chunky knit dress—both tight and bulky—and belt the waist. Obsessories will be kept to a minimum.

~Many questions chased each other in my mind when I spotted these…  Seriously? How could I rock those? Would I want to? When would I wear them? Answers came just as quickly: Um, yes. However you want. Yes, yes you would. We do have a rainy season here in Southern California. *Smile* I know you all remember the Manolo Blahnik Timbs—I still have my pair; but these are more fun in the sense that you won’t worry about walking in puddles and ruining your shoes. Plus, the over-the-knee height makes them sexy and fun. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to the rain…

~Architecture meets style meets detail and creates a platform I L-O-V-E. One thing I adore about So Cal weather is that you don’t necessarily have to put things away as the seasons change—you simply shift wardrobe staples around. Ports 1961 (via Finsk’s Julia Lundsten) delivered an amazing pair of all-weather platforms. For fall/winter I’ll simply do as seen and wear these with fun colored or printed tights or socks. And by the time spring/summer comes around I can shed them and I’ll still have an amazing sandal to rock—these are going nowhere near the back of my closet.

~What color’s your sole? I want mine red for fall. No, there’s not much better than Christian Louboutin for 3.1 Phillip Lim—you had to know a pair would somehow make my list. I have only three words: Stone. Cold. Fox.

~Roll or get rolled over… it can be a stressful situation. But, Jill Stuart proves it can be a fashionable one as well.  Distressed leather boots with what appear to me as 3D tire marks that twist up and around the shaft and over the knee—I’m going to fashionably roll with these for fall.