Calling all Fashionista shoppers and shoe devotees:

I really need some help with these open-toe, slingback, pyramid heel shooties with the zippers. I am completely obsessed and on an up until now fruitless mission to find them and make them mine.

I called Gap...nothing. I searched online for a month...nothing. Thought they might be on their sister site, Piperlime...no such luck.

Does anyone have any thoughts on who these could be by or if they are just some generic brand I'm not thinking of.

I will be ever so grateful for any suggestions. Thanks!

Hey all,

Does anyone know about the shoes in the new Gap ads for Spring 09? I'm talking about the booties - there are two versions, both in tan, nubuck-y suede with little laces. One pair is pretty tall with a fairly slender heel, the other pair is a little shorter with a much chunkier, more casual heel.

I looked on the Gap site, but didn't find anything. Maybe they're not available yet, maybe they're not even Gap shoes - I don't know, but I really kind of love them.

Can anyone help or maybe point me toward a very similar alternative?

Thank you!

Faran just told me that Pierre Hardy's shoes for Gap won't be available in the States...

Pierre Hardy has designed for Hermes and Balenciaga, and now his shoes are cheap.

I almost cried.

But then I laughed when I read his quote in British Vogue, "Gap is like Hermes for the high street."

Discuss!

--BRITT ABOUTALEB