Our Favorite Fall Footwear Trends

Bing Shopping: Snake-Embossed

Judging by the menagerie of creature-inspired shoe designs slinking into stores, fall's footwear landscape is going to be wild. Snakeskin scores, especially python in green, blue or multihued tints.

Bing Shopping: Croc Finishes

Crocodile or alligator embossing lends edgy chic to even the simplest shoe silhouettes, such as flats or midheel pumps, and this textural marvel is ready for both the boardroom and the dance floor.

Bing Shopping: Animal Prints

No longer a fad but a fall and winter staple, animal prints show up extra sexy as oversized cheetah and leopard spots, or they lean cool in black-and-white zebra prints.

Bing Shopping: Smoking Flats

The smoking flat is the hottest footwear style to tread our way in ages. Choose a pair as glam as you can stand - sequin-trimmed, softened with velvet or glowing with vibrant prints.

Bing Shopping: Oxfords

That most straitlaced of men's dress footwear shapes, the oxford loosens up with favorite feminine finishes, such as shiny patent, sexy sparkle or ferociously foxy animal print.

Bing Shopping: Tweed Pumps

Bing Shopping: Plaids

Classic borrowed-from-the-boys fabrics find their way on to our footwear this fall. Nubby tweed overlays or loud plaid prints show up on pumps, booties and even wedge sneakers.

Bing Shopping: Sequins

Can't-miss-it glitter isn't just dusting evening heels, anymore. Now it's shimmering from (and instantly updating) ballet flats, tall boots, chunky wedge platforms and other unexpected kicks.

Bing Shopping: Patent

We're happy to see shoe designers aren't slacking off on the shine for fall and winter (we need all the light we can get), and the sleek, liquid luxe of patent is high on their hip list.

Bing Shopping: Metallic Cap Toes

Precious metals and mirror finishes lend a chic air to any shoes they shine up, but they're also perfect as a subtler accent - say, a metallic toe cap topping an everyday flat.

Bing Shopping: Moto Boots

Rocker-chic moto, short for motorcycle, boots get seriously studded this season, and are on-trend when paired with everything from the expected (destroyed jeans) to the unpredictable (sweet sweater dresses).