Designer Shoes Make Payless Debut Today

Thanks to Lela Rose (and Laura Poretzky before her), Payless shoppers can own a stylish Finsbury Mary Jane Pump for $25. The shoe -- very high fashion -- combines faux suede and a patent strap with gunmetal detail. Lela Rose's Addle Hill flat is girlied-up with a ruched patent strap across the shoe's vamp. Its price: also an affordable $25.

Lela Rose offers another high-heeled pump with peep toes, and her Payless collection includes an ankle boot for $40. The Lela Rose $28 Coventry handbag is designed to go with any shoe in her Payless collection. Finally, she offers a really cute Little Lamb Cap Toe Bootie (for indoor wear) for $17.

The pairing of Lela Rose and Payless seems to be a wonderful innovation for shoe lovers on a budget; it probably will bring in plenty of bucks for Lela Rose; and I think it continues a nice trend for retailers -- to make previously out-of-reach fashion available to the masses.

Here's a tip of the toe to Lela Rose for stepping into the new retail world of high-low.