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Jessica Simpson Bowen: Dark Berries Patent (Women's Casual Shoe)

Jessica Simpson Bowen (Women's) - Dark Berries Patent The Bowen from Jessica Simpson is a fantastic flat with a bow ornament on the vamp for added style. It has a lightly padded footbed and features a square toe design. It will go perfect with your favorite outfit. $69.00

VANELi Viktoria Black Stretch (Women's Casual Square Toe Shoe)

VANELi Viktoria (Women's) - Black Stretch Fantastic and superb square toe slip-on. A great casual get up and go shoe!. Available Colors: Camel Micleo, Black Stretch. $84.95

Heidi Would Have Been Stylin' In The Mountains With This "Barefoot Tess"

Barefoot Tess Heidi (Women's) - Fuschia Canvas

Barefoot Tess Heidi (Women's) - Fuschia Canvas The Heidi is a stylish canvas flat and features a ruffle detail on the vamp. Available Colors: Black Canvas, Fuschia Canvas, Light Blue Canvas, Sage Canvas, Tan Canvas.

Summer Celebrations With White Square Toe Pumps

Here's a nice square toed women's shoe for parties and celebrations during the summer!

Achieve effortless sophistication with these unadorned Major pumps by Easy Street. Smooth faux kidskin croc embossed or shiny faux patent leather upper in a classic dress pump style with a square toe. A scooped vamp keeps this look polished and smooth. Fabric lining and cushioning logo insole flat traction rubber outsole. 2 1/4 inch vintage inspired heel.

Womens Major

Affordable at $37.99

Low-Cost, Mid-Style, High-Comfort Square Toe Mule

Rialto Hoody (square toe mule for women)

This patchwork mule, square-toed women's shoe is comfortbale & affordable ($29.99 at the time of this post), and its subdued browns make it a highly versatile shoe that goes with so many different outfits.

• Easy to slip on & go
• Easy comfort
• Patchwork faux-leather upper with square toe
• Lightly cushioned insole softens your steps
• 2 1/4 inch squared stacked heel

Women's Rialto Hoody

Rialto is a division of White Mountain Footwear.  Rialto is inspired from the famous Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy. 

The beautiful bridge represents the combination of Architectural Beauty and Innovative Design. 

Line Dance in this Old Gringo Square Toe Mule..

These square toed mules look like they could be comfy dancing shoes (if toads could dance)...

Old Gringo - Ramada (Natural/Black) - Women's (currently selling for $617 at Zappos - was priced at $1,078)

Full-grain leather upper. Flower design is hand tooled in a meticulous time consuming process. Smooth leather lined. Leather outsoles and heel. Tip of the heel has added rubber for slip-resistance. Old Gringo(R) boots go through a 130 step handmade production process. Old Gringo(R) also develops and tans its own leathers and textures to make sure the end result is a superior quality product.

HISTORY OF OLD GRINGO BOOTS & SHOES
Old Gringo was founded in 2000 by Yan Ferry and Ernie Tarut. They decided to combine Yan’s bootmaking and design skills with Ernie’s 30 years of experience in leather manufacturing to create boots of superior style and quality. This endeavor was named OLD GRINGO.

OLD GRINGO opened its first factory in the fall of 2000, and the first collection of original, vintage and retro styles was available within six months. The boots were well received in the market by traditional western outlets, as well as fashion boutiques, catalogs and shoe stores. The styles bridged the divide between western style and pure fashion.

After two years of ever-increasing demand, Old Gringo factory built a larger factory in Leon, GTO Mexico from which it continues to produce its collection of fashion-forward western wear.

Since 2000, Old Gringo has been focused on a single goal: creating western wear that combines the best materials with the skills of exceptional craftsmen. Beautiful designs and comfort are not accidents. It’s the result of applying a contemporary flair for fashion to a time-honored handcrafted art.

 OLD GRINGO'S 110-STEP PRODUCTION & QUALITY PROCESS
One hundred-ten individual steps, performed by skilled craftsmen, are the foundation for the company's products. To meet the rigorous demands of its designs, Old Gringo produces and tans its own leathers in colors, textures and finishes developed by Yan Ferry. After carefully selecting the finest grade of leathers, the leathers undergo a meticulous tanning process. Each of the next steps, including cutting the upper materials, pre-fitting shafts and vamps, fancy stitch design, assembling the insoles, outsoles, last and uppers, the hand-driven lemon pegs and meticulous finishing, are considered critical in the construction of the perfect boot. Every step in the process requires craftsmanship.

Note:
In 2005, Ernie Tarut sold his interest in the factory to Yan Ferry to devote his complete attention to the success and development of the Old Gringo brand in the US and international markets. Yan and Ernie are still partners in the US wholesale operations with plans for future development of new products for their exclusive market.

Perfect Square Ball Buster (Kicker)

Every time I scour the Web for square toe shoe information, stories, blogs, and products I come across stories about athletes who use square toe kicking shoes.

Examples:
A post on the football section of Victory Sports Network ... "The Falcons place kicker is good, but he has the occassional miss. He comes straight on with a square toed shoe just like the old days."

Recent article about historical NFL games on Sportsnet.ca recounting longest field goal during the New Orleans Detroit game on November 8, 1970... "Born without toes on his right foot, Dempsey was allowed to wear a heavy, square-toed kicking shoe."

So, it only makes sense to a square-toed kicking shoe for anyone out there looking to bust some balls...

Spot-Bilt Square Toe Kicker (Men's)

This Boot's a Toad!

I'm not quite sure if this boot has a square toe (in fact, I'm pretty sure it doesn't).  But, finding a woman's boot called "Toad Nubuck" was an absolute delight for me!  Just like when I found an artist who had a toad-related painting and a square-toed shoe painting, it was like the universe was coming together in a magical way.

Here are some highlights from the online description at Shoebuy.com:

• The Wayland boot [for women] has just as much style as it does comfort. (sure, they have to say that)
• Accentuating buckle for added style. (nice!)
• Look attractive throughout the winter with contrast stitching. (lookin' good is always important)
• Shock absorbing and lightweight to reduce foot/body stress and fatigue. (I'd like less stress & fatigue)
• Flexibility to enhance the natural walking motion. (shake it if you got it)
• There is no break-in required (I'm sold!)
• The supple, breathable leather keeps feet cool and dry. (Hmmm, supple)
• Features a PU outsole, Ortholite footbed, and full grain leather uppers. (Huh?)
• Available Colors: Black Leather, Toad Nubuck.

Clarks England Wayland (Women's) - Toad Nubuck

Crap-Kicking Flamed Bike Boot!

Wow!  I'm not sure I need to say anything else about these bad-boyz.

But I will.

Imagine it's a cool Spring day.  You deck yourself out in leather.  Next you strap on these kick-ass, black leather, flame-detailed, square-toe boots.  You hop on your Harley and boom out that signature muffler roar.  You join your posse and go for a thrill ride.

I'm not sure why any man would not want a pair of these in his arsenal.  Unless you don't want to be mistaken for Ghost Rider.

Double-H Men's Black Inferno Harness Motorcycle Boots

Some Motorcycle Boots from BootBarn.com...

Perefct women's shoe for that PowerPoint presentation

I have to say that this J. Renee Beam is the ideal shoe for business.  The shoe shouts "I am woman, here to make this presentation without even looking at the PowerPoint slides.  You will do as I suggest in my consulting report."

Sleek, classic, ultimate women's square toe.  Every professional woman should have a pair of these in her walk-in closet. 

At $59, you can have all the J. Renee Beam Lizard Print Leather colors - Black, Cognac, Grey, Olive & Plum - lined up in the closet waiting to be chosen for the presentation of the day.