Like so many people, I really love shoes. And Nathalie Verlinden shoes are some of the best quality and loveliest ones around in my eyes. This very talented designer divides her time between the “March Region” in Italy, which is the center of Italian shoemaking and her native Belgium. All the shoes are vegetally tanned with trunk and rind, chestnut and mimosa extracts and then polished with amber stone. The result: exquisite. She also does wonderful shoes and handbags for adults. The current kid’s line is available at Little Fashion Gallery.