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Calling all Pineapple Dance Studios lovers


arrowsJuly 30th, 2010

If you loved watching the antics and fabulous life of Louis Spence on Pineapple Dance Studios then you’ll be thrilled to know that at Viva La Diva we have a fantastic collection of Pineapple trainers, pumps, flip flops and even slippers! Now you can get the same styles as all those at the Pineapple Studios.

Pineapple’s range of footwear has bold and bright colours and fun designs. Here’s a snapshot of the shoes we have from Pineapple.

Pineapple trainers

Pineapple canvas pumps

Pineapple shoes

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We’re loving military boots


arrowsJuly 29th, 2010

They might not be the most obvious choice for someone as glamorous as The Diva, but she’s equally besotted with women’s military boots as everyone else is! The military boots fashion is the perfect choice of footwear to wear with this season’s glam grunge trend, which is ideal for wearing from summer into autumn.

The Diva thinks women’s military boots look amazing with skinny jeans or leggings for a casual look, while you can glam them up with a floral dress or cute hotpants. Anyone who’s anyone is wearing these fabulous military boots now so stay bang on trend with Viva La Diva.

We’ve got a fantastic collection of women’s military boots on our website including those in ankle boot and calf boot designs, as well as flat and high heeled styles. Here’s a snapshot of some from our range.

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Foot surgery Vs Viva La Diva solutions


arrowsJuly 28th, 2010

The Diva was rather astonished to hear about a new craze…women having surgery on their feet to fit into high heels. Now, The Diva might be utterly obsessed with designer shoes but she would never ever consider undergoing surgery just to wear a pair of shoes. The fad started in the US but it seems like it could well hop over the pond to the UK in the near future and The Diva is worried that women may take it all far too lightly.

The most popular surgery is the “Cinderalla Procedure” that corrects bunions and makes the feet narrower, allowing you to slip your feet into even the skinniest of pointy shoes. Another is “Perfect 10″, a toe shortening operation that trims down the toes that hang over the end of sandals or get crushed into pointy toed shoes.

Less invasive procedures include the “Foot-tuck Fat Pad Augmentation” that takes fat from your abdomen and injects it into the balls of your feet for extra cushioning. Others include injecting botox into the feet to prevent sweating, straightening or cutting down the small toe and toe lengthening with the use of special implants.

Despite warnings from orthopaedic surgeons that such surgery should only be carried out to alleviate pain and deformaties, podiatrists across the US say it’s a booming business, and more UK women are now requesting toe correction procedures and botex injections in the ball of the feet according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

The Diva thinks she can certainly find some less dangerous (and cheaper!) alternatives to solving your foot problems than undergoing surgery and here are her suggestions!

Problem – wide feet

Surgery option – Cinderella Procedure to narrow the feet

VLD option – buy wide fitting shoes

Why bother undergoing painful surgery to have your feet narrowed when you could just simply buy wide fitting shoes? We have a fantastic choice of wide fitting shoes and boots at Viva La Diva from E fit to EEE fit and even some EEEE and EEEEE fit shoes! They’re exactly the same design as our standard width shoes too.

Problem – long toes

Surgery option – Perfect 10 Procedure to shorten the toes

VLD option – wide fitting sandals

If your toes overhang your sandals that forget having the ends shortened and just buy wide fitting sandals, that’s right, at Viva La Diva we also have a brilliant range of sandals in wide width fittings, so you can wear those summer sandals too.

Problem – sore feet

Surgery option – Foot-tuck Fat Pad Augmentation

VLD option – Gel pads

Ok so taking fat from your augmentation might sound like a way to get slim as well solving your feet problems, but it’s really not as simple as it sounds. Instead of having painful fat injections why not have a look at our range of gel pads for your feet? We sell lots of different types including gel pads for the heels and balls of feet, smaller gel dots for blisters and bunions, and toe gel protectors.

Problem – sweaty feet

Surgery option – botox injections

VLD option – Foot care and insoles

We all get sweaty feet, there’s no two ways around it! But having good foot hygiene can help to keep your feet smelling sweet. Make sure you use moisturising creams to keep your feet supple. We also have some insoles from Schuh that are specially designed to absorb excess moisture and promote foot hygiene.

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Fashionable clip on earrings


arrowsJuly 27th, 2010

Not everyone wants to have pierced ears and women who don’t often find it difficult to find fashionable clip on earrings, but there’s no need to fear beacause The Diva is here! At Viva La Diva we have a great choice of clip on earrings from Malissa J jewellery and Bohm jewellery in lots of trendy designs.

Malissa J jewellery comes in all the latest must have fashions and her clip on earrings collection is no different. Bohm jewellery is ever so trendy with lots of boho jewellery styles.

Malissa J jewellery – fashionable clip on earrings from the Malissa J jewellery collection

Bohm jewellery – clip on earrings from the Bohm jewellery collection

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Wide fitting shoes at Viva La Diva


arrowsJuly 26th, 2010

People come in all shapes and sizes, and so do our feet! That’s why at Viva La Diva not only will you find a great range of shoes and boots in sizes 2-12 but in lots of wide fitting sizes from E fit to EEEEE fit shoes and boots. So if you struggle to find well fitting shoes for wide feet, fear not because The Diva is on the case!

Check out our wide fitting shoes guide to get lots of advice on measuring your feet and finding your wide shoe size.

Here’s a low down on our wide fitting shoes widths that we stock plenty of!

E fitting shoes

EE fitting shoes

EEE fitting shoes

EEEE fitting shoes

EEEEE fitting shoes

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Cosmo Blog Awards


arrowsJuly 23rd, 2010

The Diva would love you all so very much if you nominated the Viva La Diva blog – Shoes Diva – for the Cosmo Blog Awards!!!

We put a lot of effort into our blog with lots of fun shoe news, style advice, latest shoe trends, media coverage and much more, and would love it if you showed us some love back! Go on divas…it’ll only take a sec!

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New Trend Shop redesign


arrowsJuly 23rd, 2010

At Viva La Diva we’re always making changes to our website to make it easier to navigate and simply more fabulous! That’s why we’ve decided to make our Trend Shop a little bit more interesting. Go ahead and visit our Trend Shop, click your favourite trend and see our latest redesign, we’re sure you’ll love it!

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Spot VLD: Sunday Express – S magazine


arrowsJuly 23rd, 2010

We’re loving the guys at the Sunday Express for showcasing Viva La Diva in their S magazine in a feature all about summer sandals. They loved out very own Viva La Diva Gladiator Sandals in silver. They come in E fit and EEE fit and are also available in gold, and what’s better is that they’re in the sale for just £20!

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Useful shoe storage ideas


arrowsJuly 22nd, 2010

So you’ve bought all your designer shoes and boots, now you need somewhere to keep them all! Rather than just throwing them into your cupboard where they can get full or dust and marked by others, why not invest in some useful boot and shoe storage? Keep your shoes and boots in tip top condition with our fantastic boot and shoe storage.

At Viva La Diva we’ll make sure your shoes stay in perfect condition with a great choice of different shoe storage options. From simple clear shoe boxes in different sizes to clever revolving shoe trees, we’ve certainly got shoe storage covered.

Here are a few of our favourite clever shoe storage picks from the Viva La Diva website.

These easy access shoe drawers not only look really trendy with their white and silver finish, and with their pull out drawers they’re so easy to get out. And they’re a bargain for a pack of three.

Look at the great range of shoe storage here for all your shoes and boots, simply pop up this fab flexible shoe storage rack anywhere you want and you’re good to go.

Don’t have as much room for the one above then choose this fab hanging shoe organiser, it’s so slim that it’ll fit anywhere and it holds lots of shoes!

Great for storing shoes under your bed, this shoe organiser will keep them free from dust and is also a real space saver.

What a unique way to store your shoes?! This revolving shoe tree can be hidden away or you could show off your favourite shoes and put them on display!

You can’t really go wrong with these clear shoe boxes, they’re the perfect shoe storage boxes and come in different sizes for various styles of shoes and boots. 

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New Strutt Couture shoes


arrowsJuly 21st, 2010

You might have noticed that we’ve been adding lots of new shoes to the Viva La Diva website recently and some of those are these fabulous Strutt Couture shoes. The Diva thinks these shoes from Strutt Couture are the perfect party shoes for a night on the town with their killer heels and glamorous designs.

Here’s a selection of the Strutt Couture shoes on our website, but make sure you go check out the entire collection!

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