This just might be the best high-low fashion news I've heard in a long time. It's Payless so I suppose there's only so much quality one can expect in $20 shoes but I look forward to seeing what fun and kitschy designs Patricia Fields might come up with... And I hope that the shoes she's wearing in the photo above included in her collection.

Finally, designer shoes that are not only cute, but the average woman can afford them as well. Kudos to Patricia.

I am a payless junkie!!! with styles in and out and kids who can afford 300 shoes?? Great, need more designers to be less greedy and think smart. Avg person would not spend 300 on one pair, make them 20-50 and well we can buy a few!!

Shoes only are sexy looking depending on who wears them

would luv to wear payless designer shoes. Need a lot more narrow widths in your stores.

Uh, its Patricia FIELD not Fields.

Rocky do you mean the person who will be taking them off? LOL

Well I hope she designs them and they make them in larger sizes like 13w hint hint cause i will buy them.

Why pay $75 and more for Chinese crap when Payless will sell you essentially the same Chinese crap for $25 and less? According to this article, it's NOT because of the style.

Oh, my... I love shoes so much—and Sex & the City. I can't believe Patricia Field is now going to be designing for Payless. That is like the best present ever. I write a lot about sex on my racy blog, but the days when I mention shoes (like in the post below—beware, definitely Not Suitable for Work) are the ones that win me the most comments!

XXX,
Alison
http://alisontyler.blogspot.com/2007/04/never-get-enough.html

ditto

There is no way I will wear cheap sheos that hurt my feet! You get what you pay for ladies.

Payless...I hate that store, no matter WHO is designing the shoes. I have 6 kids and won't even bother shopping there because the stuff is junk. You get what you pay for...and after buying a few pairs of $17 dollar athletic shoes for my boys, and having to replace them after 4 weeks because they are glued and stitched shoddily, FORGET IT! How am I saving money if I have to buy new shoes every month? As far as shoes for ME, the hell with it, I don't outgrow shoes, and I am totally worth the extra hundred bucks. Give me quality and comfort over bargain junk.

Are most women addicted to shoes? You all sound like you are addicted. I'm one of the very few women I know who doesn't love to spend hours in shoe stores. I own 4 pairs of shoes. One pair of boots, one pair of heels, one of sandals, and one of sneakers.

Are the person that might leave them on..during,,,snicker.....ehhe

I work at Payless and it's funny to me that now because Patricia Field is designing for us, now everyone, or at least more people are noticing. We already have three designers for our stores, Lela Rose, Alice & Trixie designer and Laura Poretsky who designs Abaete. You all should look them up. And by the way, our shoes aren't just $25 anymore. Actually it's changed a lot because before applying there I didn't even shop there. But our shoes actually range up to $70 depending on whether you want real leather (i.e. from Argentina) or faux. Also, to address Michelle, I laugh because although I do still buy more expensive shoes for myself, make sure you check out the quality of more expensive brands as well. I wanted to buy a pair of Guiseppe Zanotti leopard pumps from Neiman Marcus but the glue and quality and so on was "glued and stitched shoddily" just about as well as Payless. So it's not always you get what you pay for. You just pay for a name. Silly girl.

by the looks of her she should be selling brooms I suppose they would run out of gas also

Well I have bad feet, I'm hard on shoes, and payless shoes Will tear up in a N.Y. Min. so I cannot wear them... But good luck to anyone who can. Maybe I will after I have the surgery to fix my flat feet.

Duh, who is Patricia Field? I'll stick with Nine West, can get a pair of pumps that look just like Manola Blahnik but $400.00 less and if you buy 2 pair, you can get 50% off one pair :) and they're leather ladies.

she should dress in black and sell brooms I suppose they would run out of gas also