Why are some fall shoes and boots sold out already ?

I know that a lot of you have just starting thinking about fall shoes and have found that some of the items you like are already sold out and your wondering why ? It's because a lot of the fall shoes you are seeing in the stores have been there for 6 to 10 weeks. Better high-end shoes arrive in the store early because of the way these handmade items are made and the time it takes to make them. I tell people if you want the best of the best you have to think and react early. I know it seems funny that when it cold and snowy the stores are full of sandals and in the heat of summer the stores are full of closed shoes and boots. Our buyers are already finishing up the summer buy and working on fall 09. Handmade shoes can take 2 to 3 hours each to make, so production has to be scheduled 3 to 6 months out. Once a shoe is purchased by a buyer for a store and the designer has enough orders to produce the shoes, the designer has to contact the factory and schedule production. Gearing up for and scheduling production takes time. So the summer shoes that our buyers have already bought are now in production or scheduled for production. As far as the factories are concerned fall 08 is history.





Pictured some of the Designer Items already sold out from Louboutin, Valentino, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Manolo






It's actually getting close to being "late in the season" because fall sales are only 4 to 6 weeks away depending on the designer. So, don't "wait", don't "think about it", if you want it get it now there are no promises it will be there tomorrow and definitely no way to special order it. Get it while it's hot !!