The Legendary Manolo Blahniks
Posted on July 5, 2009
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The shoes created by this designer are always easily recognizable – they have a tapered toe, a spike heel and something really unique in terms of colors, fabrics or decoration. Manolo Blahnik has been creating shoes for over 30 years now, and has developed his own special style. Yet, the designer is not ready to follow the known trail and is still experimenting, seeking exclusiveness and art in every shoe pair.
Manolo Blahnik, who is half Spanish and half Czech, has graduated from a university in Geneva, then studied design in Paris and started developing his own shoe styles in Britain.
Initially the designer also tried himself in clothes design. However, when he showed his work to Diana Vreeland, a legendary editor-in-chief of the Vogue magazine, she advised him that he worked with the shoes only. In 1973 Manolo Blahnik opened his first boutique in London, which until today remains the favorite place where all the designer’s fans from the entire world like to purchase their shoes.
The most famous Manolo Blahnik shoe is a spiked heel pump.
Manolo Blahnik usually uses classical shapes as a basis for his shoes, then adding some unusual elements, painting them bright pink, for instance, or decorating the straps with small pompons.
For more casual designs, Manolo Blahnik prefers bright green crocodile skin, supplementing them with funny stings.
Sedara 1991 shoe is also incredibly popular among women. This shoe is a combination of black silk, purple sateen and a large brooch with sparkling stones.
Manolo Blahnik is the brand that is famous throughout the world. However, up until now the brand only has one designer – there has never been more. The man who created the brand continues doing the work all by himself.
Saying that Monolo Blahnik shoes are popular among the celebrities is saying nothing. Almost everyone on the famous horizon has at least a couple in their possession. But of course the most famous fan of the shoe is Sarah Jessica Parker from Sex and the City, whose fascination with Manolo Blahnik almost turned the shoe into another character on the show.
Celebrity Flip Flops Can Save Lives
Posted on July 1, 2009
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Flip flop.. what is in that word for us? Well, in fact, this shoe type is by far one of the most enjoyable footwear types by all men and women around the world. Just think about it! They are indispensable at the beach, they are good for walking (and shopping for that matter), they come in the widest every variety of colors, prints and styles. By the looks of it, flip flops are just there to make us happy.
Surprisingly enough, today flip flops can also save lives. All it takes is for a number of famous designers to unite for the common purpose. And that is exactly what happened with Paul Smith, Manolo Blahnik, Mathew Williamson, Naomi Campbel, Alec Beck and the famous flip flop brand – Havaianas, who decided to jointly fight child’s cancer. The product of this union is an exclusive collection of flip flops that is expected to be available in stores starting July 15th.
As a matter of fact, Havaianas is famous for initially being a footwear brand producing rubber flip flops for the poorer part of Brazilian population. However after a couple of decades these shoes have become popular not only among the poor, but among the other population strata as well. This feature makes flip flops by Havaianas somehow similar to the jeans culture in the US - as you know, jeans where first worn primarily by the plant workers, but became a highly fashionable item throughout the world later on. So, that is how flip flops became an item of fashion.
The exclusive collection by the designers will be soon exhibited at the London supermarket Selfridges on Oxford Street. The flip flops will be available for sale at the supermarket’s website, where customers will be able to purchase them up untill July 26th. All the profit from the sale will be contributed to the charity fund on fighting children cancer.
Penny Loves Kenny – Light Airiness
Posted on June 28, 2009
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“We try to live every one of our days like if it were a holiday” – This is the philosophy of Penny and Kenny, designers and founders of Penny Loves Kenny family footwear brand. And one must say, that the two successfully manage to really live their lives according to this motto – the shoe styles offered by the designers are really infectious in their positive spirit.
Penny and Kenny are very optimistic and unsophisticated people, which is probably why all of their original shoe styles turn out to carry this special cheerful and happy feel in them. The shoes are varied in colors and materials with a nice selection for just about every occasion life has to offer.
The peculiar feature that makes the shoes by Penny Loves Kenny so different from all the other shoes out there is that light airiness, so intangible and so appreciable in every design of the brand.
According to designers themselves, they believe that personal style is a way of self-expression. That’s why Penny and Kenny especially value individuality and uniqueness, trying to make every shoe exclusive and inimitable in its design. The main focus of the artists is the color and decoration of every pair. Some think, that that is why the shoes are so popular among teenagers, whose main objective often times is purely standing out of the crowd.
For example, Penny Loves Kenny shoe collections abound in suede boots of the brightest and least expected colors. Such footwear can act as a great anti-depressant, when the sky is gray and the weather is not too generous for sunlight and natural colors.
We have already mentioned before, that Penny and Kenny like to use all kinds of materials for making their footwear: we can find shoes made of all sorts of leather, suede, velor, plastic, etc. Some of the shoes are made of colorful leather patches.
Penny Loves Kenny collections also includes funny flats, sandals, flip-flops, boots, high heeled shoes and other kinds of footwear.
Fergie Launches Her First Shoe Line
Posted on June 28, 2009
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Fergie, who is by far one of the most renowned R’N’B artists of today, has launched her first footwear line, which according to the artist, is meant to reflect her passions and character. The first shoes by Fergie were available in stores already in February.
Fergie/Fergalicious shoe collection was created together with Brown shoes footwear company. For over a year Fergie has been designing her own high-heeled shoes, mules and peep-toes, trying to recreate her vision of the functionality and beauty of footwear for women. Naturally, the bright shoes by Fergie are primarily aimed at the fans of Fergie’s R’N’B music and dancing.
The artist confessed that she is entirely crazy about shoes. Choosing the right shoe to match the outfit and the occasion is a mission of high importance to her. Fergie even believes, that the right shoe can improve one’s mood and help raise the self-esteem.
In her shoe collection, the artist (now also shoe designer) has managed to combine beauty and comfort, rich colors and elegant shapes.
Fergie has done everything in her power to put the girl, wearing her shoes, in the center of attention: bright colors, sexy heels, intriguing fretwork and effective decorations is all we need to feel incredibly feminine, amazingly beautiful and irresistibly sexy.
Fergie herself LOVES heels and spike-heels. She wears them both, on the stage, and in her everyday life. That’s why the singer offers her fans the same extremely high heel.
However, her collection also includes comfortable flats for walking, gladiator sandals and even stylish sneakers.
Fergie footwear line consists of two sections: Fergie is designed for the young amoung us, while Fergalicious is an unbelievable set of party shoes. In her commentaries after the shoe show, the singer stressed that each section has its own unique features and its own feel to it, each shoe is a reflection of Fergie’s art.
