Manish Arora has chosen Paris for his first flagship store. The colorful and joyous love story between Manish Arora and the so-called City of Light started since 2007 with momentous runway shows that, beyond business, aim at restoring optimism and lightness to the down-and-out fashion public. Beyond the runways and the Fédération française de la Couture, du Prêt à Porter…
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Athens-based shoe designer Stathis Samantas is presenting a geometry-inspired, sophisticated collection of shoes, from pumps to sandals, for Spring Summer 2014. The collection was designed around clean, strict lines and geometrical shapes, either accentuated by bold colors or introducing calm pastels to project the details in the design. Concentric circles with different diameters are “married” with squares to form semicircles, while…
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The “Shoe of the Week” is not actually a shoe. It’s a pair of spats, but not just any spats. It’s the Twisted Spats, part of the Twisted Candy Spring Summer 2013 collection by Una Burke. Add to your high-heel sandals or peep toe pumps for an instant -what else?- twist.
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Within the past few years, we have seen sculptural heels in a wide range of unusual or even shocking shapes and figures in the fashion market, but I believe these are the first dog-shaped heels in the whole world. Italian shoemaker Alain Quilici takes sculptural heels one step further for the sake of Georgian born, London based fashion designer David Koma. Koma…
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I can still recall my amazement when I first saw a pair of sculpted heels by Nicholas Kirkwood at LFW some 3 years ago. Judging by his clever design concepts and originality throughout the seasons, it came as no surprise when I read, a few minutes ago, that the British shoe designer has won the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund for 2013. [All…
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