Certain pieces alone tell the inspiration of a favorite. It was a shoe with lemon and red colored fur that stung a heel 105MM, anchored in the hollow of the feet. The shoe is skinny as it appears: cozy, warm, and incredibly stylized. Upon contact, a woman becomes cuddly. To believe the oracles, designer Phoebe...
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2012 Flashback: Prada Flame Shoes
For Miuccia Prada, it’s all about women. Through her work, she exhibits female strength and power and plays with the stereotypes of the “lesser sex”, which she clearly doesn’t consider to be so. This year, she’s taken things to the next level with her Spring/Summer 2012 collection. This season’s biggest triumphs – lace, silk, and...
Ferragamo Exhibit: Back to Basics
Certain may say that a Ferragamo exhibit at the Ferragamo museum is nothing out of the ordinary. Others will call it the most modern and avant-garde exhibit at the moment. The exhibit “The Amazing Shoemaker” retraces Salvatore Ferragamo’s epic story from his origins to his arrival to the United States. Enchanting and imaginary are the...
The Shoe of the Future Has Arrived at Prada
Shoes have never been so sassy, so iconic, so flamboyant, as the ones at Prada. For several seasons now, they’ve been surprising and ravishing journalists and customers alike with their artistic reinterpretations and aesthetic balance. First it was brogues, with their elegant leather and gigantic rubber sole, that attracted the attention of the entire world....
Tod’s Gommino Moccassin
Tod’s moccasins are both a best seller for the brand and a classic standard in shoemaking. With 133 rubber pebbles on the sole, the Gommino has made its CEO Diego Della Valle proud. Indeed, Diego is an all-American success story. The story behind Tod’s is that of a simple shoemaker’s grandson who one day became...
Chanel Two-Tone Shoe
After revolutionizing fashion with the little black dress and the quilted bag, Coco Chanel dove again into men’s fashion to find the inspiration to create another classic piece, the two-tone shoe. In 1957, Coco Chanel worked closely with Monsieur Massaro, the house shoemaker at the time, to create the iconic shoe of the maison Chanel. “Shoes are the...
The Gucci Horse Bit Mocassin
1953 was a jam-packed year for the ultra famous design house Gucci. Not long before the death of its founder, Gucci decided to introduce, of all things, horse bits as adornment on the men’s version of their moccasins. Why horse bits? This equestrian accessory, which helps guide the horse, joins the label’s three other symbols...
The Repetto Ballet Slippers
In 1959 the iconic heroine of “And God Created Woman”, Brigitte Bardot, ordered a pair of carmine Cendrillon slippers for her role in the film. Soon the Cendrillon model, just like its owner, reached the height of iconic status in shoes and became a symbol of elegance Ă la Parisienne. The following year, it was Audrey Hepburn’s turn to wear...
Christian Louboutin Exhibit At The London Design Museum
Simply just the color red makes everyone think of whom else than the shoe genius himself – Christian Louboutin. Nearly 20 years ago, the “Chausseur Star” Louboutin decided to paint red nail polish on the black soles of a pair of women’s shoes and “immediately, the shoe came back to life. It is a symbol...
Roger Vivier’s Buckled Ballet Flats
“Certain products transcend time with verve. This is the case […] for Roger Vivier’s buckled ballerina flats. A woman that goes out with cropped jeans, a Hermès Kelly bag, and Roger Vivier shoes will always feel good.” With these words, it’s all too clear that Inès de la Fressange didn’t choose to head up Roger Vivier by chance:...