Fabric For Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and man-made fibres is the only book specifically for fashion ánd shoe designers, to explain the behaviour and properties of different fabrics. A must have book for designers and textile lovers!Fashion design is largely determined by how the fabrics work, move, feel and look. The most successful fashion designers are those who understand...
At Kolding School of Design in southwest Denmark the students are working with experimental shoe design in cross-disciplinary groups with members from industrial design, fashion and textile design. This approach, which combines the strictness of industrial design with the more dreamy, intuitive working methods of the fashion world, has resulted in a number of highly innovative shoes.The students shoes take...
The ‘Berlin Shoe Days’ represent the different events throughout Berlin‘s new trade show ‘What About Shoes’, which takes place from the 21st until 23rd ofFebruary 2014. The shoe museum is one of the Berlin Shoe Days events and it is also the first one of that kind ever in Germany‘s capital. In order to make this outstanding presentation happen, we...
The Kunsthal Rotterdam will reveal the astonishing story of women’s shoe design, from 1900 to the present, during this spring from February 1 till May 11 2014. S.H.O.E.S – Sexy Heels Or Easy Sandals will exhibit more than 500 shoes created by celebrated designers such as André Perugia and Salvatore Ferragamo, international ‘stars’ Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin, as well...
The winner of the Clarks Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2014 in Amsterdam, selected during the first fashion catwalk shoes show Saturday January 25th, is Dutch Shoe Designer Janine van den Bosch. 10 nominated designers created a private collection of three pairs of shoes (women/men), in which his/her personal style and identity as a designer is clearly visible. And a pair of...
Clarks innovates during the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2014 in Amsterdam, held from January 17 till 27, with the first fashion catwalk shoes show. To support new design talents Clarks challenged different designers from the Dutch Shoe Academy in Utrecht to participate in this shoe contest for this special event. 10 nominated designers have designed a private collection of three...
This beautiful illustrated shoe book is a must-have for shoe fanatics. It’s edited by Patrice Farameh, a leading book producer and publisher specializing in lifestyle publications and media in New York. This new book shows large high quality shoe product photographs and great fashion pictures by Gianluca Pasquini and Diego Dolcini combined with insightful essay interviews with the designers.Women have...
Today A shoe can be… reveals their shoe sculpture Coral. It’s inspiration comes from the deep ocean reefs. A shoe can be… has chosen to present their sculptures by using moving image instead of showing just the final product. This film highlights their possibilities and skills and encourages to create new products in close co-operation. Coral is decorated with 5000...
From Friday November 29th till December Sunday 1st 2013 the fourth edition of Meesterlijk will take place in Amsterdam at the Westergasfabriek. During Meesterlijk the Machine house will be transformed into an actual SHOEFACTORY. The Dutch Shoe Academy will demonstrate at Meesterlijk how a shoe is created: from concept, sketch, to the final end product. Students will be operating the...
This autumn a new and one of a kind online platform was launched, called Shoemaking Courses Online. This is an exclusive source and website that offers its members shoemaking lessons online. The courses are hosted by Sveta Kletina, footwear and accessories designer with a passion to create and share her knowledge. Sveta Kletina ‘Making Shoes’ blog, where she teaches and...
