As Las Vegas’ shining cultural beacon for world-class performing arts, The Smith Center is certainly one of the city’s latest gems.

A few weeks ago, The new theater became the grand backdrop for the Zappos Couture fall 2012 photo shoot. It truly proved to be an amazing location for the shoot with its art deco-style architecture and design.

Go check out the final photos on Couture.Zappos.com now!

As you may know, the Zappos Family is going to be moving our headquarters to downtown Las Vegas in a couple of years. We’re so excited about the growing community downtown; we thought what better place to do a fun photo shoot than our own backyard?

For this shoot, we went to a couple of cool spots downtown, including the Hogs n’ Heffers bar, Downtown Cocktail Room, Triple George, and the Ogden. We thought it would be fun  to show another side of Vegas off the Strip!

We had lots of fun during the shoot, and we're so excited to show a side of Las Vegas that some people may not even know exists. Keep an eye out for these photos on our Shop By pages and homepage soon!

Heather is a total "knockout" inside the Hogs n' Heffers Saloon.

Stylist Kaya shows the models how to "move like Jagger"!

Robert doing the photo booth shot inside Hogs n' Heffers.

Platforms have long been a source of accolades when it comes to sexy, runway-worthy style. So when we feasted our eyes on these amazing Giuseppe Zanotti studded platform sandals, we were reminded of how they strutted down the runway during the last Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

The stunning sky-high platform and edgy stud details elevate this sandal into something utterly spectacular. In our opinion, it looks just as breathtaking worn with a little black dress as it does when worn down a runway clad in lingerie.

Work it!

I, along with the rest of the visual merchandising team, recently embarked on a photo shoot adventure to tropical Costa Rica for the new Shop by Personality feature on the site.

Click HERE see the fabulous photos and outfits from our amazing trip, and check out the fun behind-the-scenes highlights below!

Brooke and Kaya from The Zappos Family styled it up for a Coutre photo shoot for Vougue. 

Zappos employees decorate their desks with things that will show others their personality. Since Holly liked Johnny Depp, she originally put a picture of him on her desk. Over time, it has grow to an entire wall, or shrine if you will, of attractive male celebrities that she and her coworkers equally enjoy gazing at daily.

I guess America’s Next Top Model challenges aren’t all that unrealistic; models sometimes are required to wear unnatural shoes on a slippery runway and avoid the inevitable – falling down. But as this video showed us, it does happen to the best of the models out there.

I guess modeling takes more than beauty – great balance!

Currently on national television we have in rotation at any given moment, America’s Next Top Model, Make Me A Supermodel and Models Live, but my question is this, is there anything differentiating these shows from the other? Uh well, not really.

A surprising fact is that the grandaddy of reality television, MTV, has been noticeably absent from this beauty line up. Seriously, even VH1 had that behind-the-scenes show The Agency. Naturally, this is all about to change, as MTV wouldn’t be MTV if they did not get in on this. Currently they are casting for Model Makers, where the contestants compete with each other for $100,000 and a modeling contract. And as with all of the shows, someone will be eliminated each week, naturally.

Wait, where have I heard this concept before? Ah, that’s right, every modeling reality show I named in the first sentence of this blog. But wait, MTV is actually switching it up a bit. Contestants can only be between 130 and 190 pounds and the ages of 17 and 24. So hurry, if you qualify, you could be on one of the 27 modeling shows on TV.