Two exhibitions on Denim, the everlasting blue fabric, both include shoes and can be found in Utrecht, the Netherlands. At the Centraal Museum, an exhibition called ‘350 years of Blue Jeans’ runs from November 24th till March 2013. Around the same time (ending January 6th) the DepARTmentSTORE by Gumbs will show and sell works by artists and designers in an...

The Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum presents the shoe designs by Belgium designer Anne Poesen in a mini exhibition from 15th of November till 17th of February 2013. Her passion for footwear led Anne Posen to design her first shoe while studying civil engineering and architecture at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. After a short course of footwear...

Liesel Swart, Ben van der Linden and René van der Berg, Dutch Health Tec Academy lecturers at the three year course ‘Ambachtelijk Schoenmaken/Craft Shoe Making’, invited Inge Specht (curator of the Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum in Waalwijk) and Liza Snook (owner Virtual Shoe Museum), to review the shoes made by their graduation students. Blog by Inge Specht, curator of...

During the car free Sunday on 27th of May, for the 4th time the Hasselt Stiletto Run powered by La Bottega will be held. Up to 100 fast high heeled ladies will measure themselves in an exciting race over a distance of 300 meters. Condition for the participants is that the heels should be at least 9 inches high and...

This time ‘Jarina Schrijft’ and ‘Mijn Eigen Stijl’ join hands because of the trip to the Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum in Waalwijk (thanks for the invite Inge!) for the Meet & Greet with Stuart Thom, the designer of ‘The curious pleasures of Ainsley T’. You still do not know what we are talking about? Stuart Thom is the designer...

The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. Louboutin’s exquisite shoes, with their instantly recognisable glossy red* soles, are a unique fusion of fashion, craftsmanship, engineering and sculpture. This exhibition celebrates Louboutin’s career to date and showcases twenty years of...

From April 5 till 12 August The Museum of Bags and Purses, exhibits Out on the Town!Bags, shoes and hats dating from 1900 to the present.This exhibition shows the development of bags, hats and shoes dating from 1900 to the present. Showing the bags together with shoes and hats will provide a view of changes that took place in fashion...

The Museum night (March 10, 2012) theme ‘taste’ inspired Shoe Club to come up with a pop-up studio, where shoe lovers can have their own boots, shoes or sneakers handpainted. Nothing is as personal as taste, specifically when a pair of hand painted and customized shoes become a piece of art.Shoe Art in RotterdamAll shoe types are suitable. It’s recommended...

Liza Snook, the director of the Virtual Shoe Museum has several shoe collections. Liza:‘I was born with a passion for shoes and I have been collecting shoes now for more than 25 years. My private collection consists of a library of shoe books, shoevenirs, shoes from different cultures and hundreds of Barbie shoes.’ My collection of wearable shoe is as...