Funny Cowprint Boots
Posted on August 10, 2009
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Giuseppe Zanotti collection launched eccentric boots with the funny cow print. These nice boots doubtlessly stand out among elegant and womanly models of the Italian designer.
Country style boots by Giuseppe Zanotti symbolize something new and especial.
The boots are made of the soft calf skin turned nap out which even intensifies its originality. The surface of the boots renders precisely the color of the animal.
Calf skin is one of the most demanded materials for female bags and footwear. But if the material is turned out and painted as a cow it causes contradictory feelings and emotions.
Green Peace representatives are obviously not pleased with such boots. Though young women who have got used to all kinds of experiments and shocking behavior are certainly ready to put them on.
The boots have almost flat rubber sole and a small heel which is almost invisible. Rear view is especially extravagant, in such boots feet look like real cow hooves. Probably, if there was a high heel, the boots would look even more ridiculous.
Tops of the boots are decorated with wide dark brown leather cuffs which look quite harmonious with the cowprint. See more unusual trends.
The Britney Comeback!
Posted on July 16, 2009
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Britney Spears has renewed her cooperation with Candie’s footwear brand as their advertising face of Candie’s brand for its Fall footwear, clothing and accessories collection.
The artist has only recently returned from her European tour, for which she was dressed in Candie’s items head to toes. Britney even managed to feature “Radar” in her new video clip.
To be honest, the advertising posters featuring Britney Spears look somewhat bizarre and unusual, yet, they undoubtedly attract a lot of attention.
The positions in which Britney was photographed look a little ill-balanced. Besides, the posters have too much of a collage in them – it looks like the ad designers have overdone it with Photoshop a bit. The ad is also notable in the color choice – a true lot of pink in all the unexpected places – and interior elements – pink hay, a horse with pink bows, an unimaginable white and pink tent. Well, like they say, the sky is the limit to our creativity, so here we have it. To be honest, I do not think that the designers tried to created an artistic masterpiece – much rather it was an attempt to draw attention of the media and public to the brand, and make the latter stand out among the alikes.
After all Candie’s is a brand that is known to be designing simple convenient shoe models at affordable prices. The new footwear collection fully supports the tendency featuring, just like before, a lot of simple cute models perfectly fitted for everyday wear. Here you can find sandals on a cork platform with a high stable heel, gray wavy flats with a little bit of a silver sparkles to them, black peep-toe shoes that come in black and brown and can be comfortably worn with an evening dress, lively pink high-heeled sandals and a lot more.
All in all, this collection does deserve a quick glance!
A Story of the Shoe
Posted on July 14, 2009
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People started wearing shoes about 40 thousand years ago – that is the conclusion arrived at by Erik Trinkhaus of the Washington University in St. Louis, who analyzed the foot bones of the ancient people.
This same guy initially suggested a different date for this wonderful creation of men, but the newly discovered data added another 10 thousand years to the date.
The oldest shoes found are dated 10 thousand years B.C., since just like other everyday items of the time they destruct easily. That’s why it is a little difficult to calculate the exact date. So what the scientists did was analyze the bones of ancient people’s feet and legs. The thing is that is has been scientifically proven that wearing anything on feet (even just soles) leads to changes in the structure of phalanges of the third toe.
Discovery of ancient people’s bones is not the thing that happens so often. That is why when two toe phalanges (dating 40 thousand year back) were discovered in China, Erik Trinkhaus and his partner Hong Shang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences rushed to study the discoveries right away.
They then analyzed the skeleton aged 27.5 thousand years that was found in , a skeleton of the Neanderthal man, as well as two other skeletons belonging to the people closer to our age.
Having compared the toe phalanges the scientists arrived at the conclusion that it was 40 thousand years ago when people first invented and started wearing shoes. They published the results of the experiment in the Journal of Archaeological Science, which was met with criticism by some representatives within the academic circles, claiming that the first shoes could have been created by Neanderthal men, who lived under rather conditions.
Trinkhaus does not mind, yet, he does hold his position pretty dear.
Stylish Ankle Boots - Fall-Winter 2009-10
Posted on July 12, 2009
Filed Under Ankle Boot, Boots, Chloe Shoes, Dolce & Gabbana Shoes, Giuseppe Zanotti Shoes, Interesting to know, Latest trends, Maison Martin Margiela Shoes | 1 Comment
Designers continue their bold experiments with the new shapes and constructions for stylish and fashionable shoes of today. Below is a brief review of the boldest models of Fall-Winter 2009/10 footwear collections innovative in their styles and shapes.
To be honest, I don’t think that we could be surprised with architectural footwear shapes and extreme designs at this point. We have seen a lot of innovation in the previous collections, especially on account of the fact that the designers have been desperate in fighting for the attention of the media. Designers often create shoes that are even hard to walk the podium in. However, there is also another extreme point to it – sometimes the seemingly usual shoe turns out to be quite a trick. Those are exactly the shoes we will talk about here.
Sergio Rossi decided to surprise his fans with an unusual construction. The fastening in these shoes is really complicated, twining itself diagonally across the foot.
These boots from Chloe collection are locked like a prison. The designers decided that a regular zipper was not enough – they decided to supplement the closing mechanism with a couple extra straps. Can you imagine how much time it can possibly take to open and close these boots?
Dolce&Gabanna shoes made of firm netlike material that looks a little bit a like a fishing net. Although this shoe is doubtful to comfortable in wear, but it does look very sexy.
Guiseppe Zanotti peep-toe ankle boot looks slightly too light for the season. The sole in these short boots is almost entirely exposed. The surface of the ankle boot is decorated with multiple thin straps with miniature buckles – this a real jewelry work indeed, and it is handmade too.
Maison Martin Margiela half boot is notable in their unusual shape. The designer decided to unite the platform with the top of the boot.
