Exhibit 99.1



              Shoe Pavilion Announces a 7.8% Increase in
            Comparable Store Sales for Third Quarter 2005


    PINOLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2005--Shoe Pavilion, Inc.
(Nasdaq:SHOE) today announced comparable store net sales increased
7.8% for the third quarter ended October 1, 2005 from the same period
last year. Net sales for the third quarter ended October 1, 2005
increased 20.1% to $24.8 million from $20.7 million for the same
period last year.
    Comparable store net sales for the nine months ended October 1,
2005 increased 9.0% from the same period last year. Net sales for the
nine months ended October 1, 2005 increased 19.8% to $73.1 million
from $61.0 million for the same period last year.
    During the quarter ended October 1, 2005, the Company opened four
new stores and closed two stores in which the leases had expired,
bringing the total number of stores the Company operates to 89. Three
of the new stores are located in Nevada. As part of its plan to
operate larger stores, the Company relocated one of its stores from a
4,500 square foot location to a new better-situated 19,000 square foot
location within the same mall. In the fourth quarter of 2005, the
Company intends to open a new 23,000 square foot store to replace a
7,000 square foot store it closed during the third quarter. In
addition, in the fourth quarter of 2005 the Company intends to
relocate one of its stores from a 5,000 square foot location to a new
better-situated 18,000 square foot location within the same mall.

    Shoe Pavilion is an independent off-price footwear retailer. It
offers a broad selection of women's, men's and children's designer
label and name brand footwear, typically at 20% to 60% below
department store regular prices for the same shoes. The Company has 89
stores in California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Nevada.

    Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially
from management's current expectations. These factors include, without
limitation, competitive pressures in the footwear industry, changes in
the level of consumer spending on or preferences in footwear
merchandise, economic and other factors affecting retail market
conditions, the Company's ability to purchase attractive name brand
merchandise at reasonable discounts, the availability of desirable
store locations as well as management's ability to negotiate
acceptable lease terms and maintain supplier and business
relationships and open new stores in a timely manner. Other risk
factors are detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company intends that these forward-looking
statements to speak only at the time of this release and does not
undertake to revise or confirm them as more information becomes
available.


    CONTACT: Shoe Pavilion, Inc.
             John D. Hellmann, 510-222-4405