| Raf Simons is a Belgian fashion designer. He turned into a menswear designer after several years of self studying. Not everybody can boast of such patience and love to fashion as Raf has. At first, he worked with Walter Van Beirendonck in Paris, where he was exposed to the work of Martin Margiela and Jean-Paul Gaultier. |
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| Every collection presented by Raf Simons is super bold, youth and powerful. The latest footwear collection presented by the designer is not an exception. Look at the pictures below. Every shoe here is worth your attention. |
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| Fall – Winter 2010 shoe collection from Raf Simons is strongly influenced by youth culture albeit in an indirect way. The designer combines strongly cut classic items with baggy streetwear-influenced details. |
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| The result is unbelievable. Some people adore Raf Simons’ work, while others hate his every idea. The only thing is right, nobody will be different to the designer’s works. |
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| The shoe collection from Raf Simons was presented at the Paris show. It was a true sensation. With a variety of styles and color choices, the collection provides modern takes on the sneaker silhouette in both hi’s and low’s. Premium leathers, corduroys, and other textures appear throughout the collection, which goes heavy on straps over laces. |
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| The designer presents his collections twice a year, usually in Paris, but works and lives in Antwerp, Belgium. In his early years, his runway shows were unconventional: models running down a street or walking in a parking lot, on a bridge, around a photography studio. Now the location has changed, but not the approach of the designer. |
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The new footwear collection from Raf Simons is nothing but bold and solid colored desgined footwear. The high top shoes have great features on the sides and strong materials this collection.
In New York Raf Simons’ items are available at Barneys and Seven. There are also a variety of locations around the world. |
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| Raphael Young is the Paris-based shoe designer who loves contradictions and antagonisms. Young has a liking for sketching and building a shoe only to take it apart again, a stop-and-start-again process he calls deconstruction. |
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| Despite a mentioned deviation from the streamlined norm, “quirky” would not be the first word that comes up to my mind when describing footwear created by Raphael Young. The plexiglass and carbon heels, mirrored bottoms and sensuous curves suggest a sort of futuristic femininity. |
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| Here I would like to present you a new shoe collection from the designer created for Fall – Winter 2010/11. If you have not seen creations by the designer be ready that they will change your view of fashion and approach to footwear significantly. And even if you do not set your heart on futuristic shapes and structural heels, you will doubtlessly fell in love with the shoes presented by Raphael Young. Here they are. |
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| Young’s designs are, no doubt, functional art. I love his attention to details. Faceted and structural heels look fantastic! And the materials the footwear comes in are pretty! |
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| Making every shoe himself from stitch to finish, the designer drew his influences for his Fall – Winter 2010/11 collection from heliocentric theory, which results in heels and boots that look like a whole army of Stormtroopers and Darth Vader doppelgangers perched atop sculptural heels that could have been plucked right off the surface of a planet far, far away. |
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| The shoes come in black and white colors, while there are some hues of blue and wine red. I love that the collection is versatile – it includes all types of footwear from thigh-high boots to open toe pumps. Metallic inserts, classic buckles, zippers, lacing and fur add a zest to every shoe in the line. The result is akin to couture. |
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| Summer 2010 sees Flower Power blossom in the heart of London as Liberty celebrates its famous florals with a year-long program of activity and events championing creativity, rebellion and love. The most flamboyant and sensational in this Flower Power is an exclusive and limited edition capsule collection by Nicholas Kirkwood using Liberty fabric. |
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The shoe designer presented a series of gorgeous and creative shoes among which are Santa Maria Platform Sandals, Santa Maria Peep Toe Shoes and Bounty Platform Sandals.
Santa Maria Peep Toe Shoe is a classic peep toe pump featuring a rose lacquer heel made in Liberty print. Santa Maria is a herringbone repeat Rock n’ Roll tea dress print from the early 90s with a crepe de chine finish. Personally I love floral print that makes the peep toe stand out much. And it is available for £410.00. |
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| Santa Maria Platform Sandal is a cut out detail sandal featuring a buckle strap and cigarette heel and the ubiquitous platform made in Liberty print. This season not a single designer can do without buckles. The motto of the season is The more buckles, the better. The platform sandal is sold for £560.00. |
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| And the last shoe in the line is a so called Bounty Platform Sandal that also features a trendy buckle strap and cigarette heel. The ubiquitous platform is made in Liberty print. In this shoe I love numerous straps. That always looks stylish, elegant and sexy. And the price for this work of art is as much as £560.00. In comparison with other shoe novelties by famous designers, the price for every item in this line is quiet reasonable. |
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| Nicholas Kirkwood is known for designing unusual shoes. By the way, recently we could see his masterpiece described in Top 5 Creative & Extravagant Shoes where his Illuminated Shoes are included in the list of the most striking shoe designs. |
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