Five reasons to love Willow sandals by Twenty Two Shoes: 1) they are simple, 2) they are hand-made from Italian leather, 3) they use vegetable dyes and non-toxic glues, 4) their packaging and shoe boxes are crafted from recycled paper and printed with soy ink, 5) they come in silver or gold. If these flats float your boat, you can stop by their LA location or purchase them at their online store.

Twenty Two Shoes

8304 W 3rd St.

West Hollywood

b/t S. Flores St. and S. Sweetzer Ave.

(323-782-1929)

Jil Sander has done it again! Design cool shoes that is. I like the cubist/futurist heel and strap construction of these high heel leather sandals. They come in fluo orange or sea cloud. How poetic. Find them at Jil Sander online or My Prestigium.

As LA becomes hands-free next month, everyone and their mother is on the lookout for a bluetooth headset. I don’t know about you, but I just found mine - the new Jawbone by Aliph. Ergonomic design, noise-cancellation technology, invisible buttons, fine leather earloops, great CNET rating and… it’s half the size of the old Jawbone headset. What’s not to like? A bluetooth headset is another winning Father’s Day gift too. Comes in gold, black and silver and resembles an accessory rather than a bluetooth device. $129.99

Every year around this time, I face the same dilemma: What to get my Dad for Father’s Day? What to get a man that has it all? With summer in full swing, I figure that I can’t go wrong with sunglasses. And even though he has those too, an extra pair never hurt anyone. I think that he might like these mirrored Aviators, since Aviator sunglasses much like Ray Ban’s Wayfarer are timeless. This pair is a product of Cutler and Gross collaboration with Mulberry. You can buy them at the Mulberry site online or at your closest Cutler and Gross retail location.

So I guess there haven’t been enough Crocs-related accidents to justify shutting them down. Only 77 escalator entrapment incidents reported in the US and 65 in Japan. A three year old girl got “severely and permanently” injured when her tiny pink Crocs clog got caught in a JFK escalator maiming her toe. Undoubtedly, there are a lot more cases that never made the news, yet millions of Crocs continue to be sold and exported. But instead of banning these hazardous sandals, they give us escalator safety tips. How many more little mangled feet will it take to take Crocs off of the market? Don’t get Croc Attacked, get even!

You’ve heard me bash Crocs on more than one occasion, so you know my stance on the subject… nuff said.

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MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

As far as street art goes, this is by far my all time favorite. Enjoy!

Let’s face it, there is a little decapitator in all of us.

There is swapping and keeping and then there is renting and returning. To each his own, but to the latter it’s Zilok. Zilok is an online renting service where you can rent just about anything. From tuxedos to cars to lawn mowers to… you name it, it’s there, now you just have to f ind it within your proximity. This is ideal for items you don’t need to own, since you’ll only use them a couple of times a year. Getting started could not be easier:

A. Create your account

B. List your rental items

C. Make money