Last week, I had the chance to meet McDonalds CEO Jan Fields. I knew she was awesome from the moment she walked in the room and grabbed my friend Loralee's gorgeous red tote!
(Loralee, incidentally, found that tote at a Utah boutique for just $70. LUCKY.)
Anyway, the bag matched Jan's fabulous red patent shoes. Jan was joined by two other top executives from McDonald's (both female) and one of them also was wearing red patent heels, which leads me to the conclusion that ...
SUCCESSFUL FEMALE EXECUTIVES WEAR RED PATENT HEELS.
It really is a great way to spice up a boring business suit. Here are some heels that'll give you CEO style, even if you're working with a temp's budget!
For the money, it's hard to beat this Chinese Laundry Milage Patent Pump (DSW, $29.94). Added bonus with this buy: Red is one of the hottest colors of fall/winter 2010, so you're good with these for the next year!
These Calvin Klein Kinsey Patent Leather Open-toe Pumps (Lord and Taylor, $99) are so classy, I can't stand it.
Digging Ms. Fields' platform look? Try these BCBGeneration 'Tinas' Platform Pumps (Nordstrom, $89.90). You'll look haute, baby!
What do you think of Jan Fields' red shoes (not to mention her 'power red' lipstick)? Would you wear them in the workplace?
Images (top to bottom): SuburbanTurmoil/Flickr; DSW; Lord & Taylor
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that is an awesome bag!
LOVE that bag!!
And red heels - I wear mine (I have ones that look just like the peep toes ones you show above) when I need a confidence boost - nothing like red heels to make you feel hot and powerful! :)
Love red shoes, and love patent so yeah, i'd be ALL OVER these shoes. and that bag? Fab. Lucjy friend you have!
I think she looks fabulous!
And can you believe she has a 36-year-old daughter?!
Those shoes and that bag are on FIYA luv it.
This has nothing to do with CEOs, but ENTIRE Old Navy is 30% off until Sunday. Including sale items. Got the boys (15 and 5) jeans for fall! Smart me!
I LOVE red shoes from red patent heels to red Chuck Taylor's! Red shoes never go out of style. A girlfriend and I used to joke that we were going get rid of all our old shoes, only buy red in the future, and wear them with everything. We never had the guts to do it, but I think you could ALMOST get away with it. That would be quite a style dare! Speaking of style dares, I saw a blurb in a magazine about the modern jumpsuit (like with pants). January Jones was wearing one. I'm too short to pull it off, but perhaps you could...
I'm seeing those jumpsuits. UGH. And I agree- Every woman should have at least one pair of red shoes in her closet, if not more. I wear so much black that red is always a great way to keep things from being too monochromatic. They're great with navy, too.
I like the third pair. They look more comfortable. I am all about comfort.