Today, thousands of shoes littered the Palmetto Expressway in Miami.

Just in case the January sales weren’t doing it for you.

Banana Republic’s sponsoring NADA’s (NADA is the New Art Dealers Alliance) Art Fair 2008 Preview Benefit for the New Museum this year at Art Basel Miami. So, Banana Republic’s contribution (other than funding the whole thing)? Totes, of course!

BR and the New Museum chose six artists out of eighty-five to have their work splashed on the front of cotton totes to be sold at Art Basel Miami and at the New Museum store (though only three will make it to the New Museum gift shop), with 100% of the proceeds benefiting NADA and the New Museum.

The six artists whose work and signatures will be featured on the future grocery bags are Chris Caccamise from Eleven Rivington in New York, Kon Trubkovich from Museum 52 in London/New York, Slawek Pawszak from Czarna Gallery in Poland, Olivier Babin from Frank Elbaz Gallery in Paris, Shinro Ohtake from Take Ninagawa in Tokyo and William O’Brien from Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago.

But the best part? They’ve made a special tote produced with the “Hell Yes!” catchphrase on the front of the New Museum, by artist Ugo Rondinone. We’re sure that one will have a special place in the heart of anyone who’s ever looked down to Bowery from the west, and giggled.

(Check out Caccamise’s and Babin’s tote designs, after the jump!)

Tibi always reminded us of the dark side of Lily Pulitzer, so it’s sort of great that they’ve signed on to open Miami Fashion Week next month.

The line designed by Amy Smilovic has a Skipper vibe to Tory Burch’s Barbie, and manages to get some playful prints and shapes into the universe without looking too cutesy or too cool. Actually, they could get a little more cool if they wanted, but anyway.

Tibi will hit the Raleigh Hotel on Friday, July 18th at 8 pm.

Expect a lot of pretty girls in bikinis, some fun summer prints, and of course, cocktails, because unlike Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York City, you can actually drink while watching swim wear in Florida.

Not that we’d ever tell Fern Mallis we’ve done that, but yeah.

California may be home to Hollywood and Hugh Hefner, but Miami is getting a one-up in the form of a secret:

Victoria’s Secret, that is.

Today, the company announced its December fashion show won’t take place in Los Angeles, but instead in Miami, Florida.

The move comes on the heels of many VS changes, most notably in their models: Gisele is out and Miranda, Behati, and Trentini are in.

Maybe the high fashion profile that comes from using those runway girls is also what motivated the move down South -

Before VS got to Ocean Drive, it was taken over by Karl for Chanel’s most recent resort show!