Fashion Fridays: Viva Las Vegas

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Footwear Webdesk
Fashion Fridays
February 25, 2011

Viva Las Vegas
With a swank new hotel adding to The Strip’s glam factor, a revolving door of designer-clad big spenders and an enclave of chic boutiques, the host city to many of the industry’s recent top trade shows is celebrating its status as a fashion authority in style. And off the show floor, visitors are still inundated with gorgeous footwear.

At The Cosmopolitan, which opened with grand fanfare on New Year’s Eve, sculptor Roark Gurley fills big shoes with 9-foot stiletto resin statues. The pieces are located on the hotel/casino’s second-floor promenade along side other irreverent Vegas artwork. And thanks to the rowdy Vegas crowd, the stilettos have already undergone one stage of repairs to fix a few chips and nicks since their debut. Even so, these shoes win big praise from footwear aficionados. —Angela Velasquez