‘Otherworldly, Avant-Garde Fashion and Style’ showcases a fashion avant-garde between futurism and fetish. Featuring work by emerging talents and established designers such as Alexander McQueen, Martin Margiela, Peter Popps, Iris van Herpen and others. It not only explores groundbreaking developments but also their fruitful interplay with photography.Review from the Virtual Shoe MuseumAs a shoe curator I’m always looking for inspiration...
Overview of the past 10 years of shoe design students work from SASK, the Academy of Fine Arts in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. On show from 6.2.2015 till 30.4.2015. This shoe design course, led by Anne Poesen and Patrick Creemers, has manifested itself for many years as a professional and inspiring department looking far beyond the borders of Sint-Niklaas. What makes this...
Inspired by the ‘Ice Desert’ of the South Pole, shoe designer Kobi Levi created the ‘Antarctica’ collection, featuring four styles. There are beautiful creatures living on the white snow fields and in the freezing cold water. The four designs have each a different ‘Antarctic resident’ in mind: ‘suited’ penguins, impressive orcas, giant whales and adorable seals. The styles follow the...
The Vienna State Guild of shoemakers and orthopedic shoemakers, will hand out the ‘The Crazy Shoe Award 2016’ in Vienna on April 28. Europe sure needs more crazy shoes, so you (when based in Europe) are invited to join the competition and send in your registration form until February 1 2016. The ‘Crazy Shoe’ must be received by March 10...
70 Contemporary artists are mobilized for Haïti. These nationally and internationally renowned artists have been invited to participate to an auction through the creation of 70 works of art involving textiles, in particular T-shirts as a support, form, tool, theme, concept of creation. These artworks will be on show at Galerie W in Paris from December 10th and will be...
A new Italian fashion book about extreme ‘Terrific Fashion’ by publisher 24 Ore Cultura, composed by editor Cristina Morozzi. A colorful and wide variety of spectaculair and amazing clothing and inspiring accessories. Where the shoes selection was amply, inspired and curated from the Virtual Shoe Museum collection.Fashion is unstable and voracious. Millstone seasonal trends, revealing a creativity free and uninhibited....
From stilettoes to brogues, satin to snakeskin, succumb to the overwhelmingly seductive quality of master shoemaking. Shoes have always possessed a remarkable power to provoke emotional, even obsessive connection but today a new generation of creative talent is developing innovative and beruatiful design concepts, making these exciting times for footwear aficionados. Olivier Dupon invites you to succumb to the overwhelmingly...
The Finnish Institute in London is delighted to host the FINSK’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition, from 12 November to 15 December 2015, at the Institute in King’s Cross. FINSK will showcase its designs on purpose-built installations by Royal College of Art architecture graduates Henry Beech Mole and James Smith from Smith & Beech Mole.FINSK is the London based label of Finnish...
From Friday November 27th till Sunday 29th Meesterlijk will take place in Amsterdam at the Westergasfabriek. During this edition of Meesterlijk you will find various shoe designers, artists and makers. They will share their passion for shoes and show their crafts of shoemaking and leatherwork. DUTCH SHOE ACADEMYThe centre of expertise for leather and shoe design in the Netherlands. The...
During the Shoe Crush month, during November 2015, an artistic exhibition from unique and innovative shoes curated by the Virtual Shoe Museum in cooperation with CELS Events are on display at the BurJuman Mall in Dubai.The exhibition hosts sixty pairs of unique and bizarre shoes that were inspired by nature, iconic architecture, fine art and fashion trends. These pieces of...
