Some people like to collect stamps, others handbags. Me? I l-o-v-e shoes. My unhealthy obsession and unrequited love with the shoe goddess has been nurtured by my mother's since early infancy. While some children wore plain canvas Keds in the playground, I got to wear colourful light up cartoon embellished sneakers that made noises as you walked. (Note: my folks endured those noisey shoes for the sake of easily locating me when I wonder off.)

Now at twenty-one and three-quarters, I have over four pairs of 'fancy' rainboots, six pairs of boots from this winter, numerous pairs of ankle boots slash heels, an overwhelming amount of platform heels, and a pile of sandals, sneakers, flats, etc that I can no longer remember. I admit it. I have a shoe addiction. So what?

What is that my shoe-case (aka. a bookcase converted for the greater good of holding my precious shoes) can no longer hold all my shoes. I am now staring at an overwhelming pile of shoes in my hallway trying to find a home somewhere in my closet. Only recently purged a trash bag worth of shoes in the summer, but needless to say my quick trips to London, Japan, and Hong Kong has made up for the lost pairs.

How do you stop yourself from adopting more shoes? How do you find them nice cozy homes in your already too full closet?

"U-G-L-Y, You ain't got no alibi"

As a child, I was naive enough to have thought that people who lives in London and New York City are inherently fashionable. Either I was living in my own bubble (controlled by American cartoons) or UGGs have super powers to override most peoples' sense of fashion. And common sense.

Just a few days ago in Manhattan, there was a queue infront of the UGG store with velvet ropes and all. It wasn't a short line that could be mistaken as shoppers taking a smoke break outside of the UGG store. It was a twenty plus line with dividers and crowd controllers.

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Maison Michel, a Parisian couture house that has worked for Channel in the past, creates a collection of quirky and young series of hats and accessories for 2011 winter. (The house's relationship with Channel is so tight, Karl Largerfeld took the following photos himself.)

Since not everyone has the bank account to go along with these accessories, lets look at how these can be DIY.

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