Giuseppe Zanotti Pointed Pumps

Giuseppe Zanotti originally hails from the shoe-making town of San Mauro Pascoli in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. Zanotti’s career has seen him design shoes for European fashion houses that include Dior and Roberto Cavalli, before setting up his own label in 1993. His trademark, super-glam evening shoes have become red-carpet staples, with Hollywood actresses and pop stars adoring their flattering lines.

Here he designers one of the most sought after trends for the season, the kitten heel with a contrast pointed toe. Designers like Yves Saint Laurent have jumped on this trend and it has now become a favourite for many celebrities and fashionistas alike. We absolutely love the clean, classic, feminine and simple look to these shoes and are styling them with everything.

Giuseppe Zanotti Pointed Pumps

Giuseppe Zanotti shoes are black leather pumps featuring a 3.5 inch stiletto heel, prism quilting with a contrast beige pointed-toe.

Cheryl Cole was sported wearing a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti Pointed Pumps and a Moschino dress.

MOSCHINO – VELVET ANKLE BOOT AND METALLIC SANDALS

If you need to up your style credentials come the next cocktail hour, then you will want to be seen in these sexy Velvet Ankle Boot and Metallic Sandals by Moschino. They have a 100mm metallic leather and velvet covered tapered heel, a round partially open-toe, side zip closure, black velvet on one side of the shoes and metallic straps on the other side. 

These  ‘Phantom of the Opera’ shoes are absolutely amazing and like Solange Knowles, below, team with a sexy mini for maximum impact.

Solange Knowles in Moschino Shoes (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)

There are many International designers on the fashion scene and sure enough, some of the names take some thinking about before pronouncing.

Well, thanks to ‘Elle Magazine UK’s Fashion phonetics’ we can now confidently talk about our favourite designers without being corrected.

Here are some names that you might be familiar with. I have also taken the liberty to put face to name where possible.

Lanvin: lon-van

Marchesa: mar-key-sa

Moschino: moss-key-no

Loewe: low-ev-aye

Erotokritos: er-otto-crete-us

Herve Leger: her-vay le-j-air

Hermes: er-mez

Avsh alom gur: av-sha-lom-gurr

Burberry Prorsum: burr-berry p-roar-sum

Giambattista Valli: gee-yam-bat-easter var-lee

Mawi: m-oy

Comptoirs des Cottoniers: con-twar day cot-on-yay

Pauric Sweeney: pore-ig swee-knee

Giuseppe Zanotti: ji-sep-ee za-not-ee

Gianfranco Ferre: gee-anne-franko fair-er

Thakoon: ta-coon

Rei Kawakubo: ray ka-wa-coo-bo and founder of Comme des Garcons: com day gar-s-on

Charles Anastase: charles anna – stars

Irina Lazareanu: eye-re-na la-za-ray-nu

 Coco Rocha: co-co rosh-ah

Alexa Adams and Flora Gill are the designers behind Ohne Titel: own-er teet-al

Roksanda Illincic: rok-san-der ill-in-ch-itch

Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto are behind label Eley Kishimoto: eel-ee kish-ee-mow-toe

Miuccia Prada: moo-chi-a pra-da

Andrew Gn: an-drew jen

Sonia Rykiel: son-ya rick-eel

Azzedine Alaia: az-a-dean a-lie-ya

Jean Charles de Castelbajac: je-on sh-arl de cass-tell-bar-yak

Marios Schwab: ma-ree-os shh-wab

Hussein Chalayan: who-sain sha-lie-on

Balenciaga: bal-en-see-aga (a young Balenciaga, born on January 21, 1895 and died March 23, 1972 aged 87)

Rodarte: row-dart-ay by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy

Stuart Weitzman: stew-ert wise-man

Spijkers en Spijkers: spike-ers ‘n’ spike-ers

Sophia Kokosalaki: so-fia coco-sa-la-ki

Proenza Schouler: pro-n-sa shoe-ler

Nicolas Ghesquiere: nicola guess-key-air

Narciso Rodriguez: nar-see-so rod-re-gez

Jean Paul Gaultier: john-paul go-tea-air

Ines van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin: in-ez van lambs-veard and vee-nude matt-a-din

Hedi Slimane: eddie slim-arn

Consuelo Castglioni: con-sway-low cass-till-e-an-ee

Alber Elbaz: al-bear el-baz

Osman Yousefzada: oz-man you-sef-zar-der

Agyness Deyn: ag-ness dean

Doutzen Kroes: doubt-zin cruise (Dutch Super Model)

So be in the know and do not embarrass yourself and get caught out with pronounciations.

I Love these Moschino Patent booties and Alexa Chung matches them very well with this gorgeous flirty strapless dress from Luella F/W 2008 and a vintage Mulberry leather bag, as she attended the Glamour Women of the Year in London, June 3, 2008 at Berkeley Square Gardens in London.