Ballerina slippers, step aside. There's a consensus--at least among Women's Wear Daily, Claire Distenfeld (owner of New York's newest must-shop Fivestory), designer Marc Jacobs, and even the Wall Street Journal--that the pointy toe flat will be next spring's power shoe. And we're talking piercingly sharp, as in Marc Jacobs' Spring 2013 interpretation, above. Here are some pointed options to kick around right now: Jenni Kayne's D'orsay flats, Asos' under-$100 black patent version, Loeffler Randall's lizard print pair and Topshop's black suede staples.

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