Classic pumps are extremely popular this summer. You could hardly imagine it last summer that the year will pass and all the boring and “office” footwear will become the hottest trend of the season. So if you want to march in step with fashion, put on classic red shoes.

Red shoes are considered to be one of the main tendencies in shoe fashion for summer 2011. Great colors for the pumps are not only red, but also crimson and coral red. They look amazingly cool, sexy and feminine.

Let’s have a look at red shoes offered by the leading shoe designers:

Brian Atwood offers high-heeled red pumps with smooth lines, a hidden platform and ornamental mesh elements. Burak Uyan red shoes are made from different leather types and feature straight heels and peep toes.

Isabel Marant launches textile red pumps for wearing on a cold day while Vionnet red shoes are made of crimson satin and feature eye-catching white heels. Trussardi 1911 replaced classic heels with a high wedge, which look rather provoking.

Nicholas Kirkwood and Sergio Rossi red shoes attract attention by their neat shapes, which is typical of both brands. The same is true about Viktor & Rolf whose red pumps are made from “aged” patent leather to look attractive and extravagant.

Speaking about different tendencies in the world of shoes it is necessary to mention fishnet shoes, those featuring a transparent surface made from mesh. So let’s look at latest shoes do for this micro tendency.

Mesh shoes form a micro-tendency in spring/summer 2011 fashion, continuing the last year’s tendency. The fishnet may be weaved from thin leather straps, threads or strings made from taffeta. The latest shoes from Victor&Rolf and Emporio Armani are made from this very kind of mesh.

Lanvin latest shoes feature a leather surface covered with a fishnet while its edges look crude, but this is the case of gorgeous carelessness.

The fishnet in Christian Louboutin latest shoes isn’t new. The designer has been experimenting with meshy materials for several seasons already. The new Louboutin collection includes tempting sandals with complicated patterns of interweaved strings while its flesh-tone colouring stresses their exceptional sexuality.

Rene Caovilla latest shoes and sandals are decorated with an original fishnet that looks like that of fishnet stockings. And, at last, DKNY offers espadrille shoes with a string platform and a meshy top. In this case the mesh looks simple rather than feminine and graceful, yet it doesn’t deprive the shoes of their eye-catching originality.