LAS VEGAS—The World Shoes + Accessories Association's WSA Show, the twice-a-year footwear and accessories trade show, and The Collections at WSA, its luxury and designer footwear show, brought all manner of Fall 2009 shoes to Las Vegas.

Held Feb. 12-14 at The Venetian, Mandalay Bay Convention Center and Sands Expo, the WSA's shows welcomed buyers with a new layout and an abbreviated three-day schedule for The Collections.

Compass, the fledgling directional footwear show by New York-based producer BPMW, presented its second edition Feb. 12-13 at the Alexis Park Hotel.

Met with chilly weather and the sobering economic climate, buyers pensively shopped for Fall 2009 goods. Designers, too, showed some restraint, offering updated classics sprinkled with a few fanciful flourishes. Boots, always a Fall staple, were plentiful in rich leathers and traditional silhouettes. Suede

in snippets and splashes added texture and a sense of luxury. Lace proved to be popular, popping up on pumps and flats-and even mimicked in leather.

Fashion-forward designers took a chance on shoes that merged two silhouettes in one.

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