Knotty by Nature: New from Manolo Blahnik, the “Rena.” Available at Neiman Marcus, with the rest of the new collection. Rena retails for $675.

By the way, Sideways star Virginia Madsen's Oscar shoes, a pair of size 38 Jimmy Choo sandals (from the Spring 2005 "House" collection, the Jag 85mm), signed by the nominee, sold for $650 on an on-line charity auction on March 13, 2005. That seems like a really good deal (since they probably retailed for more than that, as they were an evening sandal). It surely a nice collectible for the fan, of either Choo shoes or Madsen. The proceeds from the Clothes off Our Back auction benefit the Children's Defense Fund, Smile Train, Cure Autism Now and UNICEF's tsunami relief fund.