Gallery: February 2012

Stella Arsenis

One day when I was looking at the A Shoe a Day site I came across Stella’s work. Ms. Arsenis recently graduated from Cordwainers with a First Class BA Honors degree. Stella who is from London, created this collection by using unique designs, oxidized materials and lustrous leathers. The inspiration for her final collection came from the Old West and Stella loves to create heels that fuses feminine designs with aggressive materials. Look for Stella’s work in the years to come.

Mark Charles Boot Company

A friend recommended that I read The Fashion Designer Guide by Mark Charles and I also came across his boot collection. Mr. Charles who is from Harlesden, North West London always loved artistic design and graduated in 2004 with a degree in Graphic Design. After this Mark created his company Orgill-La’Touche, a luxury drinks company and then traveled to Sweden to work with Zuidam distillery. Family obligations brought Charles back to London and while working as a creative recruitment consultant in June 2007 discovered his passion for shoe design. In order to pursue this new course of action he quit his job and began working with a bespoke designer in East London. Traveling to Italy enabled Mark to enhance his shoe knowledge and in 2008 began working on his boot collection. Factory issues which is the enemy of most new shoe designers reared its ugly head and caused the collection to be delayed for nearly two years. Overcoming this problem was not easy and in 2011 the collection was finally launched. After looking at the collection below I hope all of you will want to take a trip to Mark’s World, I am sure it will be an interesting one. Please go to Mr. Charles’s website to order one of these beauties.

Zuri

Camy

Shea

Kayo

Afina

Gaetano Perrone Spring 2012 Collection

Lilac suede peep-toe pump with flowers

Black leather peep-toe pump with flowers

Pink and green sequined peep-toe pump

Dark silver leather peep-toe pump with ruffles

Beige leather d’orsay with ruffles

Beige leather sandal with sculpted wedge heel

Silver multi-strapped sandal

Beige watersnake sandal with sculpted heel

Multicolored python pump

Gaetano finds inspiration from nature for his collections and this season is no exception. For Fall Perrone was inspired by insects and this season finds Gaetano inspired by flowers. Mr. Perrone’s floral influence can be seen in the colors he uses for Spring and even the heels which are sculpted to look like carnations. I hope everyone appreciates this ethereal collection from Gaetano Perrone.

Gaetano trova ispirazione dalla natura per le sue collezioni e questa stagione non fa eccezione. Per caduta Perrone è stato ispirato da insetti e questa stagione trova Gaetano ispirato da fiori. Influenza floreale di Mr Perrone può essere visto nei colori che lui usa per la primavera e anche i tacchi che sono scolpiti a guardare come i garofani. Spero che tutti apprezza questa collezione eterea da Gaetano Perrone.