Full of mystery, the Converse is getting covered with a layer of white paint, the emblem of MMM. Each pair immediately becomes unique, since each wearer is; with every footstep you take, the paint will crack to reveal the color underneath. Entirely hand-painted, the 1970s Chuck Taylor All Star and Jack Purcell styles are getting...
The “Michael” has been called untouchable. Ever since its creation in 1945 upon the birth of Michel Richard, the founder of Paraboot’s grandson, the shoe has kept its heavy and stylistic aspect as part of its unchanged design. With a tried-and-true solidity, its rebellious je ne sais quoi has put the Michael inside the wardrobe of a...
Fur and Fendi: this is the story of the Fendi sisters. From the very beginning, they approached fur in an incongruous way; by bringing the formality down a notch, the girls also made it a bit less dramatic. When they called out to the young Karl Lagerfeld in 1965, it was to give the label an incomparable style....
“I can’t live without my Louboutins, the higher the better. When I’m not in heels, I can’t living without New Balance sneakers from my own HKNB collection.”
The daughter of ex-Beatle Paul and American photographer Linda McCartney showed, from the age of 13, a deep and growing interest for fashion; at that age, she started to think up and to fabricate her own clothing. Three years later, she would go through a number of internships, most notably one with Christian Lacroix. But...
Just a few hours away from Milan, in Brancadoro, a few kilometers from Ancone, also called “the shoe district” in Italy, you’ll find the Tod’s factory, where the entirety of the brand’s shoes are produced. The first ateliers saw the light of day in 1978; they are now integrated into a huge complex that still favors...
Paris. 1947. The story of Repetto was just beginning. Rose Repetto, mother of choreographer and dancer Roland Petit, conceived her first pointe and demi-pointe shoes with her son’s direction. Thanks to a reversed sewing technique, she made them with an unequalled comfort, ideal for executing pas-de-bourrées, arabesques, and other entrechats. These slippers wouldn’t take long...
He was nicknamed the “Fragonard of shoes”; in 1937, Roger Vivier introduced his eponymous brand to 22 rue Royale in Paris. Strong in his passion for cabaret and music halls, this man depicted a vision of this “alchemy of elegance” that in his eyes made a Parisian. For, it’s through his shoes that this virtuoso...
Nostalgic, Charlotte Olympia definitely is, and it’s in this sense that she gives few limits to her creativity. And so, it is notably the Dolly pump that, each season, sees its 15 cm camber, instantly recognizable with its gold platform, get decked out with different artsy inspirations. In 2012 at Art Basel in Miami, the...
