The phrase “statement shoes” may be a bit overused these days, ranging from mile-high, thigh-high boots to glittery confections, but then again, one can never really satisfy a footwear fetish. Canadian-born designer Anastasia Radevich proves that point with her eponymous line of hand-finished shoes, its first collection “Biofuture” launching last 2009.
East meets West with Kim Kiroic’s first womens shoe collection, and the word “show-stopping” is what describes it best. The traditional, sculptural wooden heels, reveal Kiroic’s inspiration by the female nobles’ of the Qing Dynasty footwear, but the Western Oxford-like style gives away the collection’s two-folded nature. Dare to walk a mile in them?
The A/W 2012 footwear collection of London based Chi-Lai Yuen was inspired by surrealism with interesting misplacement of texture and materials on platforms, stilettos and flats provoke immediate responses because of its unusual warped and draped leather shapes. Her mojo is “good design is a combination of
Feit‘s silent protest to keep the craft alive is note worthy on so many levels. Since 2005, the small team of shoe makers dedicated to the art of hand-sewn shoes have been catering to individuals and retailers with a taste for customization. After two years of an exclusive online presence as artists of traditional shoe [...]
When you’ve won an award together with Jimmy Choo and have been recognized by The British Footwear Association, you pretty much know it’s time to start your own footwear label. This is exactly what Joanne Stoker did in 2010, and already, she’s being touted by Vogue as London Fashion Week’s “Ones to Watch”. Describing her [...]
Shoe love: The Wingtip Brogue by Grenson for Tenue De Nimes. Tenue de Nîmes enjoyed such positive reactions after the release of the first Grenson x Tenue de Nîmes brogue that a second interpretation had to follow soon. This shoe has been part of English shoemaking heritage for well over 100 years. The wingtip brogue [...]
At Trendland we are all about finding cool/new products. We are always searching through graduating students portfolio’s for upcoming talent and original/fresh collections. So when Kongyiu Cheng, a recently graduated product designer from Artez institute of Art (Netherlands), with a major in footwear contacted us to introduce his Mister Cheng footwear collection, we could not resist [...]
Nearly two years after their first collaboration, Peter Lippmann and designer Christian Louboutin worked together again to present the new lookbook for Fall/Winter 2011. Inspired by classic portrait paintings, where in each of the pictures you can
Last year we introduced you to our Parisian friends shoe brand Rivieras, since then their brand has had great success, selling in the best stores across the world and spotted on the feet of every shoe lover looking for comfort and style. Introducing a lot of new styles like their ‘Hot Rod’ or ‘Jeans’, they [...]
We reviewed the amazing Louboutin lookbook by Khuong Nguyen last year, here is now for first time on the web, the beautiful Spring/Summer 2011 Lookbook entitled Louboutin Spring Summer Tour by Khuong Nguyen. See hi-res images after the jump
Last week we where invited to the opening of the first Pierre Hardy store in the US, the 1400 square foot flagship store located at 30 Jane street in the west village has been chosen by Pierre Hardy as his favorite because of its intimate yet chic and lively atmosphere of this downtown neighborhood.
Made from a 100% recyclable, non-toxic thermoplastic, here is the BowWow, a ballet flat collaboration between Moschino and furniture maker Kartell. A 100% Italian collaboration, who might be little bit inspired (or copy) by Brazilian shoe brand Melissa…