It’s been a busy summer; not only with the Euro Cup 2012, the Olympics and Paralympics, and the Mars landing, but also here around the office. It’s been a summer full of shoes as we started working with wonderful Lucia and her stylish shoe brand LLXLLQ. If you haven’t already, check them out here or read my blog post on them.

Now with the change of the season, I decided to make a new Spotify playlist. For a smoother transition I tried not to make it too dark and dusky. Don’t miss out on some colorful songs and access it now. No risk of fall melancholia!

According to Billboard, the No. 1 song of the summer of 2012 is “Call Me Maybe” by Canadian Carly Rae Jepsen. Thinking that you probably have heard it over and over this summer, it is not in the playlist (You’re welcome!). Instead, here are some fun covers and parodies for you:

Harvard Baseball (16,048,367 views):

Laina Walker a.k.a. the Overly Attached Girlfriend (17,221,174 views):

Pomona High School Staff (7,835 views):

Romney and Obama (530,341 views):

Happy Fall!

Anna
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  Every marketing girl’s biggest dream recently came true at our office – our new client is a shoe brand! Not only are they stylish and offers high quality – they also serve a niche market of women that have been neglected both beautiful and comfortable shoes in their sizes.

We’re all very excited to promote and work with LLXLLQ, which is a new shoe brand with it’s own online store, www.llxllq.com, offering fashionable, Italian-crafted women’s shoes sized 10-12. The launch collection of 48 unique models are made by the same manufacturers that have created shoes for brands such as Prada, Gucci and Versace.

Lucia holding a “Violet” in Suede Avio & Blue

Founder and designer Lucia Lucka Klansek, who herself wears size 12 shoes, had struggled her whole life to find both beautiful and comfortable shoes in her size. Discovering that it was nearly impossible to find a wide selection of fashionable footwear in one place, she was inspired to travel to Italy—the Mecca of high quality and well-designed shoes—to find a solution to her problem and help other women in her situation. It is Lucia’s goal to make her shoes widely available to women all over the world.

Lucia, a beautiful woman who is often mistaken for Meryl Streep, comes from a family of entrepreneurs and has started successful companies, such as Nektar and E4B, in both the US and her home country Slovenia. LLXLLQ is her newest venture and stands for the following:

LL  LUCIA LUCKA
X    BIGGER SIZES
Q    GREATER EXTENDED QUALITY

Seven shoe models in the launch collection are designed by Daniele Ancarani, and made in Spain. Daniele Ancarani is an Italian women’s shoe designer, famous for his blend of sophisticated simplicity and fundamental balance. He has several boutiques in Italy carrying his own brand of gorgeous shoes.

The other day the Herringbone team went to the LLXLLQ storage in Palo Alto to check out the summer 2012 collection consisting of flats, heels, and sandals. For a size 7½ girl like me it was rather shoe hell than heaven to be surrounded by so many beautiful and chic shoes and not be able to try them on. Johanna, a proud size 10, confirms that they are not only pleasing to the eye but comfortable. “Wow, anyone who gets the chance to try these shoes on will be a lifetime customer” said Johanna and left with a pair of “Mai” in bright orange – the top trend color of summer 2012. If you want to be as fashionable as her, get yours here.

Johanna’s orange “Mai” to the left

To celebrate the launch and honor women with larger feet LLXLLQ is offering 20% off on all shoes. Don’t wait too long to give yourself a beautiful summer treat – the offer is only valid until the end of August 2012. Use the promo code SUMMER12 at checkout. Did I mention that shipping within the US is free?

Ladies, Stand Tall, in Style!

Anna
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