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Designer shoes are usually adorable but not quite affordable for people like me who don’t have like $700 budget for a single pair of platform heels. So it is always struggling for me to see these gorgeous designer shoes, always dreamed that they will come out with a lower price. Now it seems that the dream is almost coming true: Jones Apparel Group nabs Brian Atwood to launch an affordable footwear collection.

Buzzy shoe designer and Rachel Zoe-favorite Brian Atwood recently resigned from his post as creative director at Bally, so it’s no surprise that he’s getting into something else.

Jones Apparel Group has inked a deal with the designer to launch a contemporary footwear and accessories collection. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

In the past few years, Jones has attempted to revive its fuddy-duddy image through partnerships with the likes of Stuart Weitzman and Rachel Roy.

The line, tentatively named B Brian Atwood, will feature shoes priced between $200 and $400, as well as boots around $600.

This gives those of us who can’t afford $720 for a pair of patent leather platform heels some hope. This initial contract is for five years.

Totally great news, right? I just can’t helping imagine wearing those incredible shoes, let’s just wait for more details to come.

“Skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony” this is what the brothers Grimm said about the world’s most beautiful princess, the Snow White! Yes, lips red as blood, that’s the color we used to love to have on our lips, then also it can go pink, or rose… But now things seem to have changed dramatically, now people tend to color their lips whatever they want, like blue, purple, grey…

I’m quite old fashion on this, so my question here is: Would you ever wear these weird colors on you lips, ever?

When Ke$ha wore blue lipstick last week we thought it was a one time deal. But then we saw W’s spread of gray-lipped models in its Stefano Tonchi-redesigned September 2010 issue, and remembered all the way back to this Spring when we proclaimed black lipstick the end-all-be-all — and were backed by style-forward designers like Rachel Roy, Rodarte and Tuleh.

Are lips going the way of nail polish, a space where reds and pinks were once the only acceptable colors to wear in public, but now it’s completely OK to go to a job interview with gray, blue or purple digits?

Our friends at Refinery29.com are contemplating this exact topic, and they’ve dug up a few recent examples of blue, green and even purple lipstick-wearing gals.

Take a look, and let us know if it’s a trend you think you’d wear…or run from.

I think the purple lips here are ok, actually quite beautiful, but I’d totally prefer red or rose. So will I ever color my lips like this? Not likely.