The International Wooden Shoe Museum is reopening March 26 till October 30 2022. In 2020 the The International Wooden Shoe Museum in Eelde, NL was celebrating its 30th anniversary and the museum arranged a special exhibition called HOUT (WOOD) Couture. Haute Couture is usually clothing, however here it’s the shoes that complete the look, the icing on the cake, an...
Col-lec-tion joins the campaign #hArtforUkraine by Kunsten92 in the Netherlands. With this action we reflect on what is going on in Ukraine and show our Col-lec-tion heart for Ukraine. To show solidarity and compassion, because like many, we are deeply shocked by the developments in Ukraine. For this promotion we made a ‘small work of art’ in postcard size. This...
As part of ASICS ‘Crafts for Minds’ series, this third entry in the collection asked London based designer Helen Kirkum to create a custom collection featuring 30 pairs of GEL-1090™ sneakers. Designed with the planet in mind, Helen reconstructed each pair using dead stock and post-consumer waste including recycled soles, repurposed laces and torn apart uppers to create truly one-of-a-kind...
Stories of homelessness have never been told like this before. Shelter has joined forces with conceptual fashion designer Jo Cope for the Shoes Have Names exhibition. The show features a collection of handmade artworks inspired by the personal experiences of real people facing homelessness. Ten international artists, shoemakers and designers were paired up with a person that Shelter has helped...
Both calendars show a wide variety of well know designers and extraordinary shoes selection from the Virtual Shoe Museum collection including students from CCS Detroit/USA, Kolding school of design/Denmark, Tomas Bata University Zlín/Czech Republic and SASK Shoe Design St. Niklaas/Belgium. The SASK shoes are all photographed by Charlotte Visser from The Hague, NL. Shoes Page-A-Day Gallery Calendar 2022A Tribute to...
On April 16 2022, the Schoenenkwartier will open to the public in the west wing of the nationally listed Kropholler complex in Waalwijk, in the heart of Langstraat. Here, on a floor space of more than 3000 m2, a new museum will exhibit the history of shoes and leather as well as its future. The Schoenenkwartier will come under three...
Yulia Zelenina (designer and shoemaker), owner of the brand ‘Luck in Look’ is designer comfortable tailor-made shoes from exclusive upcycling materials. Every pair of shoes is unique. The shoes are made in The Netherlands. Zelenina: ‘As a designer, I spent time looking for a solution on how to combine design, comfort & upcycling materials. Thus, I create shoes for women...
Outrageous shoes in inclusive sizes! For a decade, Kira Goodey has built an international reputation for creating towering footwear. Her shoes have elevated style icons including Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Kylie Jenner, Doja Cat and Nikita Dragun. She believes incredible shoes should be available to everyone – whatever their size, shape or gender. Now, after two years of...
L’EDGE is a Belgium based footwear label for men, established in 2020 by shoe designers Marlou Browaeys, Dempsey Pauwels and Lise De Smet. L’EDGE shoes redefine the age old boring black and brown dress shoe – by adding a modern twist, new technologies, innovative lines and a splash of color. Men want to spice up their look! Our brand embodies...
The vegan Sleek Low style is made from real recycled bubble wrap, which is not only unique in its look for every pair, but also makes the upper waterproof. The genderless sneakers are fairly produced by hand in Italy, in colab with Remeant. This is the first time this real recycled bubble wrap material is used for shoes. The lining...
