The 40s Military Trend in 5 Current Shoe Styles

Been on a 40s to 50s era kick lately and this another post about that amazing decade. I’ve covered the established in the 1940s brand Bernardo in my last post and Marion Cotillard’s 50 dress in the post before that. This time, I want to talk about something that’s very 1940s but also very familiar to the present: the military trend.

Military was proclaimed to be a big trend for this year. And now that we’re in the middle of 2010, it looks like there’s no stopping its growth. We see the influence of military on clothes through details like epaulets, colors like khaki and green, and sharp tailoring, and on shoes? We’ve got studs, chains, zippers, buckles and a whole plethora of other military reinterpretations.

I went searching for current shoe styles with the most fashionable takes on the military trend and here are five that I found. We’ve seen many a celebrity rockin’ the combat boot, so I’d like to see them try these other shoe styles while the trend is still at its peak.

I wonder which celebrity already has the Giuseppe Zanotti for Balmain sandals (the last on this list)? Those shoes are stuff dreams are made of. Here are the five current shoes in military style:

Ash Spin Wedge Booties with Studs, $180.00

Jeffrey Campbell Charlie Clog in Camo, $150.00

Giuseppe Zanotti Shoes Lace Up Open Toe Booties, $612.50 (was $875.00)

Ash Ivy Open Toe Studded Booties, $154.00 (was $220.00)

Balmain Giuseppe Zanotti for Balmain Zipper Sandals, $696.50 (was $995.00)

Do you like the resurgence of the military trend or is “ignore and look away” your modus operandi whenever this trend comes back around?