If you checked my curation of Giuseppes, you’d think Signore Zanotti was all elegant sex, with a timelessness tweaked with subtle quirks. Giuseppe Zanotti is one of the few designers I hunt for, so when I was invited to check StyleFind.com – InStyle‘s version of ShopStyle.com that shops a bajillion e-boutiques at once —  , I searched for Giuseppe.

And unfortunately on StyleFind, I found there’s more to Signore Zanotti than a classic satin slipper.

Like shearling sock boots, bad bags, and obvious, obliviously priced bracelets, like this $1,000+ Giuseppe Zanotti stud cuff bracelet.

Grazie, ma no grazie…

I’m uncomfortable in flats, but I bought these Giuseppe Zanotti riding boots so I can ride Major Dukes, my German Shepherd, sidesaddle.

Actually, I bought them for hiking the Grand Canyon with him in March.

I plan on photographing all that natural beauty: I’ll limit my smoky eye to three shades of shadow, and cut Major’s collars down to two.

That big slash in the earth might make it into some pictures, too…

I just snagged these Giuseppe Zanotti rubber wedge boots on eBay. With a pebbled rubber wedge and fur lining, these’ll be perfect for Sundance–and those 72°F and sunny December days in LA.

It gets cold when you sit all day at your desk in just a La Perla laser-cut thong.

No one ever said working from home was glamorous…

I broke my fast from shopping and snagged these Giuseppe Zanotti mules on eBay, for $150.

These Giuseppe Zanotti blue satin mules are choice: they’re low-maintenance minimalist, and in blue satin they remind me of a jazz baby’s boudoir slippers…

Steve Jobs has his black mock turtleneck, stone-washed 501s, and gray New Balances; Anna Wintour her bronde bob, Chanel sunnies, and pin-thin heels; Karl Largerfeld his charcoal suit, biker gloves, and winter white ponytail.

And me, when I bother to get dressed?

A burgundy bob, silk jersey tank dress, “K” signet pinky ring, Hermes bag, and stiletto slides, like these Giuseppe Zanotti white leather mules.

Consistency is underrated…

Wanting.

Over five inches of an angular arch, these Giusppe Zanotti platform wedges are so ridick it’s hard to imagine what you’d wear them with. So wear them with nothing…

Wearing.

I bought these Giuseppe Zanotti platforms in Miami last summer, for less than two Benjies. The back of the wood heel has got this great curve…

Hating.

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Wanting.

These Giuseppe platform peeptoes are perfect: design equal parts interesting and classic, sex that dances between obvious and elegant….

Wearing.

The patent black of these Giuseppe Zanotti peeptoes ties the T-strap to that patterned platform…

Hating.

Being well dressed is wearing things that background your beauty, not distract from it. These loud Giuseppes are perfect for the ugly chick with the bad boob job…

Wanting.

Get an extra 20% off with code “WINTERUSA.”

That tags these Giuseppes $285…

Wearing.

Hating.

Wanting.

Nude suede peeptoes drowning in Swarovski crystals are so obvious, old school glam, like Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday” dress.

Shimmering sex that’s both under- and overstated: just how your New Year should be rung in…

Wearing.

3½” heels are a ½” too short, but that carved resin heel is too gorgeous. Such a simple nude shoe, set off by a mosaic stiletto is genius.

Like lingerie for your feet, Giuseppe Zanotti nude shoes are better than naked…

Hating.

Giuseppe Zanotti is one of the few brands I’m a whore for: Giuseppe makes shoes that are quirky, over-the-top sex.

Which means Giuseppe sometimes designs nude shoes like these.

Thank god they’re out of stock — there’s already enough ugly in the world…

Wanting.

Giuseppe Zanotti platforms.

Were $695.

Now $486.5…

Wearing.

Giuseppe Zanotti sculptured heels.

Were $595.

Now $297.5…

Hating.

Giuseppe Zanotti shoe boots.

Were $925.

Now $647.5…