During MilanoModaUomo I went to the Vivienne Westwood show in corso Venezia. The show featured a contemporary Ötzi, a kind of defrosted Neanderthal man (like the one featured in a movie from the ‘90 that is found in a garden of a neighbourhood house in an america state), a traveller in elegant checked suits or fun sporty printed leggins, with backpack and coloured male melissa plastic shoes or embroidered house slippers.
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One of the things that I like the most about my work here at DesignCatwalk is having the possibility to have a close look to the freshly graduates of the best fashion schools worldwide. Every week we receive tons of portfolios, press releases, pictures, emails, by students or young graduates willing to show off their – hardly ever – amazing works, and sometimes it’s hard to choose. During these years I noticed one thing. It is especially hard to choose when it comes to shoes. But unfortunately I don’t mean in the sense that everything is so WOW that it’s difficult to take a decision…
Aoi Kotsuhiroi is a talent, an artist, a photographer and a story teller. What she does is hard to define without using the word “exquisite” every second on the way.
She doesn’t call her creations, designs because Aoi believes that the use of the word design has become a marketing label to replace the word ‘product’. Now based in France, she keeps on creating exquisite works through chapters. I had the chance to ask her a couple of questions about her Body objects.
I made my first dress when I was a teenager, because I couldn’t find what I want in Kyiv’s shops. I remember that in Ukraine that time all shoes were black or brown and all clothes were equally boring. But when you are fifteen and dreaming to become a filmdirector you need more colours, shapes and concepts. So I started make clothes for me and my friends without thinking to become a fashion designer. I wasn`t interested in fashion, i love art, cinema, music and parties. But at the age of 19 I took part in fashion contest and won a contract with one of Kyiv`s fashion house.
Conceptualized and handmade in the heartland of Germany, TRIPPEN shoes are a total trip to behold (but awesomely easy to wear). Contrary to the popular opinion that a company can only operate in an economically successful manner by ducking its responsibility for production, Trippen proves the opposite: modern design combines environmental friendliness, sustainability and social responsibility. Trippen was established in 1992 and has been using this concept with great success for a long time now.
Young bloggers in the sun/ From order to chaos/ Try walking in my shoes/ Lovely smile/ Glittery Giovanna/ Bright stripes in a grey room/ Creative braids/ Terèse of 5preview; we spent the whole day together and had a great time, after Steffie Christiaens show. I’ll publish photos of it in the next post!
When new products arise in the fashion field, it’s always a gamble, you never know how long the products are going to last, but this usually doesn’t happen if the design is simple and clear, easily recognizable by all. For many people the first inspiration of life is probably to travel and have free time, but if you meet the Volta Footwear group, run from the creative collective 247, you know at a glance that the passion that moves their projects is just defined in their logo: 24 hours for 7 days… of work? Such tireless guys!
Low or high, kitten, platform, leather and suede… The shoes from this fall-winter are literally killing the shoe adorers.
from Finland on wedges
Suede, comfort and raffia soles.
It’s Valentine’s Day. It’s also the Chinese New Year first day.
One of the most genuine geniuses of the fashion world has gone.
Ariko
A sensual yet romantic shoes collection by the Olsen twins
Head matters for mad hatters.
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L’ho abbiamo scovato al White – Milano, nella sezione emergenti.
Queste due forme sono quelle che ci sono piaciute di più. Vi assicuro che dal vivo sono ancora più accattivanti. Quello che ha catturato il nostro interesse sono le forme e i colori, epicamente classiche con un impatto cromatico e materico nobile privo di eccessi o [...]
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