Stone-Embellished Shoes

If you're fantasizing about taking an island vacation this winter, stone-embellished sandals are the perfect take-along footwear. Smooth stones, delicate straps, and neutral tones combine to create the perfect vacation sandal.

Suede Flats

If you buy only one pair of new shoes this winter, make it suede flats. They’re incredibly versatile. Always comfortable. And, due to the bumper crop of fabulous shoes this season, they are absolutely chic.

Wedge Heel Boots

Add a dash of architectural flair to your cold-weather look with wedge heel boots, one of the strongest trends of the season.

Satin Platforms

Satin platforms – with their elegant sheen and elevated heel – are the perfect party shoe for all your winter festivities. Your feet will look and feel totally luxurious.

Shoes With Ruffles

Shoes with ruffles are a surefire way to add a touch of elegance and whimsy to any outfit. Available in richly-toned suede and satin, shoes with ruffles are a perfect complement to your winter wardrobe.

Over-The-Knee Boots

Over-the-knee boots are everywhere this season: From the runway to Vogue to every style guide you’ve read on fall trends, over-the-knee boots are consistently named as the must-have footwear for fall 2009.

Weathered Boots

Weathered or distressed boots go with just about everything this season, from jeans to flowy dresses.

Statement Booties

Feel like being a dazzling creature? Opt for statement booties, the ankle-high boots that conspicuously embrace all of this fall's footwear trends (like hardware, straps, animal print, and slouch).

Stylish Winter Boots

You may think "stylish winter boots" is an oxymoron, but it's not, thanks to brands like Aquatalia by Marvin K., La Canadienne, and others, who combine weatherproof materials with sleek styling to create bad-weather boots that look mighty fine on the foot.

Slouchy Boots

Forget what your mother says, this fall it's okay to slouch, at least with your footwear. Slouchy boots run the gamut from couture to casual, and are the chicest way to add a flash of Bohemian to your look.

Lug-Sole Shoes

The always lovely Gwyneth Paltrow ushered in the trend of lug-sole shoes. Are they actually practical, or do they exist only to make our shoes more fierce? You make the call.

Boots With Hardware

Speaking of fierce, boots with hardware -- buckles, studs, straps, and the like -- are seriously popular this season. Toughen up your look with these beauties.

Embellished Flats

According to InStyle’s guide to fall wardrobe essentials, embellished flats are one of the must-have footwear trends for the upcoming cool-weather months.