MICAM

I will be in Milano for the Micam shoe fair from the 19th of September to the 22nd (the whole of the show basically). Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you want to meet as this is a busy show for me! Please also check my personal Twitter as I will be tweeting any exciting brands or trends I see.

Link to information about Micam http://www.micamonline.com/

Naughty, thieving Mr Park

I do love a bizarre shoe thievery story:
''A second hand shoe shop owner stole more than a thousand pairs of designer shoes by posing as a mourner in Korea.
His haul of more than 1,200 shoes were displayed by police today in Seoul in the hope that their owners can retrieve them.
The 59-year-old thief, named only as 'Mr Park' had literally walked off with his booty from funeral homes and hospitals across the capital.''


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1252063/South-Korean-police-uncover-Aladdins-cave-shoes.html

Source: Daily Mail

Fabulous magazine shoe design competition

Another one!

fabulous is the free mag that comes with famed scandal sheet News Of The World. So, once you have read what Ashley Cole has done and what Cheryl plans to do about it, get your pencils and sketchbook and get creating.

......and the deadline is March 29. the winning shoe design will be produced and on sale in faith stores this Winter 2010.

Link to article / how to enter here: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/fabulous/fabulous_competitions/733535/Design-a-shoe.html

ITS Shoe Design Competition

I'm flat out busy (as I always am this time of year) but I thought I better blog about this competition to give you enough time to enter it. The ITS International Talent Search takes place every year - it's a competition ope not only to shoe designers but to accessory designers.

As I'm in a hurry, I'm going to C+P the entry letter here:-

Hello!

We just wanted to let you know that International Talent Support is back with ITS#NINE!!

If you didn't enrol last year, you can't miss the opportunity this year!

And if you did enrol but you didn't make it to the finals, this doesn't mean you will never make it! Remember that we had many finalists in the past who enrolled several times before actually being selected. So this could be your turn, you don't have to give up!!

The process is just the same as last year, so go to www.itsweb.org and read out very well all of the regulament for ITS#ACCESSORIES. You will notice that this year our partner for the accessories field YKK has changed the Special Project for the YKK Award, so read out very carefully what you need to prepare!!

And if you know about other young accessories designers who could be interested in enrolling, send us their contacts, or simply spread the word and have them enrol!

Our Schools & Contestants Office is always available for any doubt you might have:
schools-contestants@itsweb.org

We hope to receive your entry!!
All the best from ITS
ITS Team

You can find out more on the website http://www.itsweb.org/ Hurry because the deadline is 25th March 2010!!

Good luck and do let me know if you win!

It's been a really great week for Kicks

This week, not one, nor two but three really cool sneakers. Two brands we already know as movers and shakers in sports footwear and one 'Noob'!

Top pic is Raf Simons. I think the shape of the buckes make this shoe.

Followed by Middle pic Visvims latest offer, the Patrician-Folk, I love this, what is essentailly a formal brogue but reworked as a sneaker construction with external heel support and a lightweight eva outsole. Both courtesy of the High Snobiety Blog

Finally who'd a' thought it? Bottom pic I'm sure you've all heard about Choos recent forays into Ugg territory? Before that, there was the Choo Hunter wellies collab.

Well, it doesn't stop there. Choo sneakers! I will start worrying when Tamara Mellon decides it's time to make Choo plush cuddly rabbit slippers. then we will know that her feet are really killing her! From Elle UK

Design Shoes - fab flash game

This just popped into my inbox and it's good fun, from the fab games for girls website. Ok, you can't actually 'design' as such, but you can colour shoes in, in absolutely hideous garish tartans or over the top animal print. Give it a go! I think perhaps this might be a fantastic timewaster for any of you working an office.

Link to play http://www.hotgamesforgirls.com/exclusive-shoes-design.html

Just a quick plug - as you were.......

Checking the Shudoo website today and I noticed that one of my designs has just been delivered in. It is named Temptress - are you tempted? Link