Futuristic Shoe Designs by Andreia Chaves
| Andreia Chaves is a footwear designer whose approach to shoes differs a lot from what we have got used to see in life and even on runways. Every shoe created by the designer is a work of art full of diversity and contrasts. By the way, I mentioned one of her works in Top 5 Creative & Extravagant Shoes lately. But I think that Andreia’s work is worth far more attention. Below are some of her extravagant works. |
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| The Invisible Shoe has a mirrored surface, creating a deceptively obscured optical effect with every step taken. Its chameleon-like façade blends in perfectly with any environment. |
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| The Prism Shoe is a fascinating structural design that by itself looks like an intricate work of origami – casting beautiful kaleidoscopic shadows against the ground. This shoe clearly shows us Chaves’ chaotic - yet orderly concept coming to life through her shoe design. |
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| The Form & Texture Shoe reveals a beautiful mixture of form and material while keeping just enough chaos to stay interesting. The contradiction here is the seemingly indestructible framework combined with the disorderly arranged leather and sycamore wood cubes. The silhouette creates a theatrical impressive statement. |
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| Chaves finds it thrilling how each particular material has the power to completely change someone’s vision about a design. An example for this, she presented a sandal made from ordinary Velcro strips that hold the foot. It is curious that you can easily change its shape, redesigning it and creating sculptures in air. |
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| The Twirled Sandal is part of Andreia’s study of optical effects. The shoe is made of PVC and metal. Looking at this sandal it becomes clear that the designer loves to provoke and shatter common concept created by the society during many centuries. According to Andreia Chaves beauty can be found in chaos., and she really finds it! |
Neon Trend for Summer 2010 by Top Designers
| What feelings and thought does summer awake in you? As for me, I see summer days as the most amazing, fabulous and vivid season of the year. So it is no wonder that some fashion designers decided to transfer the idea of brightness into fashion. As a result, one of the most popular trends for summer 2010 is neon hued shoes. Let’s take a closer look at the most interesting shoe models according to my point of view. |
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| If you need some positive thoughts choose summer version of ankle boots created by Loeffler Randall. The surface of the booties features multiple perforated holes that is essential on hot summer days as they allow the skin breathing. A bright yellow color acts like a petite lighthouse that attracts everybody’s attention. |
| Not the whole surface of a shoe must necessarily be neon colored, it is enough to trim a shoe with a stand out detail to create a fabulous look. At least, that is how Victor&Rolf sees the trend. His flat sandals are made in nice and quite pastel hue and only some roses on the top add neon spice and special character to the construction. |
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| Jimmy Choo seems to enjoy the trend as well. His sandal is one of the most futuristic models within the trend. He created sandals with neon platform and heels. The combination of red, black and yellow resulted explosive. If you dare put on Jimmy Choos, you are a bold girl. |
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| And the last bright shoe in my list is a sandal created by Nicolas Kirkwood. I love the style of the designer, and this shoe is not an exception. Its design is unusual – the designer added a partition between a heel and a sole. Besides, he created a gorgeous blend of neon green and purple. By the way purple inserts are made of python leather, which adds a zest to the sandal. |
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Alexander McQueen: Remembering the Best
| One of the best and the most beloved fashion designer of these days Alexander McQueen died on February 11th at the age of 40. He made a major contribution to the world of fashion. Alexander McQueen will always remain one of the boldest and most extravagant fashion designers we have known. Here I have some pieces of his. |
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| What really shocks is that the designer’s mother dies just a few days ago. According to his words, mother’s death was pretty difficult for him to overcome. And a few days after that the designer hung himself in his London house. His catwalk show that was supposed to take place on Thursday was cancelled.
Alexander McQueen had a very successful career. He is the owner of multiple awards such as the Designer of the Year from 1996 to 2003, and even an award from the Queen herself. At the weekend took place a charity show in the framework of New York Fashion Week, which became a salute in honor to the designer. Lady Gaga, Alexander McQueen’s muse, is going to play tribute to the designer with her performance at the BRITs. The singer admits still being in shock. She says Alexander McQueen had a great influence on her outfits and an image in general. The thing is the majority of her extravagant dresses and suits were Alexander’s creations. I suppose everybody remembers the red lace McQueen dress the singer wore at the MTV Music Awards 2009. |
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| I wonder that after it was announced Alexander McQueen’s death, sales of his collection increased by 1400%. Among those who wanted to get the latest creations of the master were many celebs such as Sienna Miller, Naomi Campbell and Kylie Minogue. The domain belonging to McQueen is now on auction at $ 1 million. Millions of fans have already called it a bad manner. |
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S/S 2010: Designer Shoes’ Review
| Though warm and sunny season of spring is not coming soon, and we have to stand cold and windy weather, shoe designers seem to have got tired of booties and boots yet and suggest that we go ahead. Personally I completely support them because I do not like cold weather at all. That is why today I offer you a list of shoe models presented at Fashion Weeks Spring – Summer 2010.
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| Matthew Williamson Looking at this shoe I tend to think of something beautiful and romantic. The shoes are made of silky taffeta trimmed with bows. The heel as well as a platform is covered with the same silky material. Models appearing on the stage wore skirts and pipe trousers of a similar material as the shoes are. |
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| Roksanda Ilincic By the way, this shoe collection impressed me a lot, so let’s have a good look at it. African motives, volume feathers and high heels are the main features of the designer’s collection. Well, such footwear is not from RTW (ready to wear) line, but I would love to try it on. |
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| Burberry Prorsum At first sight, these ankle boots remind sandals. This is an effect of unusual mixture of mat satin ribbons and a glossy upper of a bootie. The bootie features a high heel and a platform that is a part and parcel of the latest shoe trend. |
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