Some women would rather spend money on shoes than four-star restaurants. At least that’s the message conveyed by a glass table set with a banquet of Chie Mihara wedges, Tashkent by Cheyenne booties and Cavage python flats (shown, $750) at Muleh (1831 14th St. NW; 202-667-3440). The Logan Circle fash-furniture boutique just stuck its sexy heel in the door of the footwear biz this season with culty labels like Argila and Coclico to go with its Vivienne Westwood-and Ports 1961-heavy stash of clothing. “It was time for us to have cool-looking, wearable shoes to compliment our fashions,” says co-owner Vici Subiyanto. Another new player in the below-the-ankle game: D.C. based Simply Soles, which opened a new shop in an earthy space in Georgetown Park (3222 M Street NW ; 1-800-909-3679). Well-priced brands range from owner Kassie Rempel’s Lillybee hot-hued peeptoes to bow-decked Tibi stilettos ($345).
