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Thursday, July 12, 2007
here and there in a post...
And I'm not just talking chocolate shoes either...
The Paris METRO is a good place to steal shoe shots...
Or just window shopping late at night...
I used to design shoes and part of the job description
was keeping your eyes open at all times for new trends and details...
A friend heard of a design job on the Bowery,
so I ran to PRATT and took a one-week pattern making course.
This shoe put me on the front of Footwear News :)
I found an Indian embroidered pillowcase with mirrors
and decided it would make a good espadrille...
When the orders piled in, the problem was
where to find more of the same Indian pillowcases :(
Six months later I met someone at the tennis club
who asked me if I'd like to design shoes in Europe!
Pretty soon I was attending shoe shows in London, Paris, Bologna,
and always keeping my eyes open for new trends and details...
I found a vintage man's oxford in London
and designed a "Fred Astair" group around it...
The shoe company had offices in Florence
(with a palazzo on the Arno) and Alicante, Spain,
so it was a constant diet of pasta, paella and shoes...
Tough huh?
I'm still keeping my eyes open for new trends and details,
and I spotted this sign in a Marais shoe shop last trip for
"BRONX" shoes Who'da thunk it?
Not shoes, but still Paris feet, at the 2006 art show in
the Jardins du Luxembourg...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLESIVwVwYe2B_IwZLNJnKb6ZhznKvTqGqW0cWWMnbO143fNDNeVDaMsYj5s7oTciEXg0Ko1XDp_L4ZYTTKYsXFomuQqAVLA1EMcyNVyVHBwhL4zFtnfpJy7U0zDIx8D3oA5pRvfgfURQ/s400/2++JP+HEVIN+CHOCO+SHOE.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWq0QmwgbIbyMVJ4k_yjt0s6t6FfaIU738rk8DbUX2jTU-Ym_ldOBp7GbVFEB1ho9piSn9KPwTm9gs4Earop0dFFNss09iRGqPgNjHYF-Du139TV_dxuH7Dt1mYcrP_8BC1e7kytuLwI/s400/3++METRO+SHOES.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceGG2lSE9Ot1ez5X5iBBTazEWhKUrUf1ukWFvRS3SqHKavRn6eQV-nbiYM_1J9P1xwIAHkSnxQjvngEe2_fASfGiSlsc9-Ie_C_ZhdupJoEzXggNG57XU-GGQ3sX3FQhLsLFmJEiVJN8/s400/4+SONIA.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgn7zK5n_Ff8EG6g9RkmrQfLRkLhL7FjDb5v-sYMOiXrFNHPQASV08sXNxEZLUscEUAVIh29mKPhqOWtGoPQsqSmgGxGgDJtHslXPSGovhuQN7PUnGaF-I4O01CPm0_RbGxwQTA8X2hgU/s400/5+THE+GYPSY+SHOE.jpg)
was keeping your eyes open at all times for new trends and details...
A friend heard of a design job on the Bowery,
so I ran to PRATT and took a one-week pattern making course.
This shoe put me on the front of Footwear News :)
I found an Indian embroidered pillowcase with mirrors
and decided it would make a good espadrille...
When the orders piled in, the problem was
where to find more of the same Indian pillowcases :(
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVTWpRd5V0-Bg57M7U5fGY6eXmRMVrENlqkDtcUygFIfXEG81keCUNI7cpVhLc4cN4MsxkxylEL1LSWe4bERD-AtQM2QdhU4bayT0qiZIJsVeIaOnNe_FCyLT431noRr5uE0Z-40btBE/s400/6+FRED+ASTAIR+SHOE.jpg)
who asked me if I'd like to design shoes in Europe!
Pretty soon I was attending shoe shows in London, Paris, Bologna,
and always keeping my eyes open for new trends and details...
I found a vintage man's oxford in London
and designed a "Fred Astair" group around it...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSjRC2W3Kzd1jAvg1PmTViMnqRGwlzh2LYlRqN739ndFSmEL-pNitEfgnuhU8W5AOJtpr79GgLYU0SggGj0GtDGxtWWkpEb2PrMsWxonKWFut_YIRms-s-kh9HIc_ndhXjIljlXwYbHk/s400/7+ARMY+FATIQUE+SHOE.jpg)
(with a palazzo on the Arno) and Alicante, Spain,
so it was a constant diet of pasta, paella and shoes...
Tough huh?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF-bMK6mvCMyeoIRfPIG610LB9oSfVQ_cgtAv5Vh3T5BoznysDvAxsaML5va5MYl3zqvuPOTQkZumMBqfQ55FX7FVSedRzkEQyVDoSDYR2N1DweDf5uOsYrhZM4NyUEyDS1Xn28lY1UM/s400/8+BRONX+SHOES+IN+THE+MARAIS.jpg)
and I spotted this sign in a Marais shoe shop last trip for
"BRONX" shoes Who'da thunk it?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSBCimSEZc0zfIsGy93PQv7GeVq66PAHzpCSOrOLLdg3XSZitU0lW1OzJxBnIgue89ffRU2SFaAv98CX8L5vHZ9-8t9PFPsx7VCC2FkkVzHWi9CSNImxvoFSwi7kMjAJUQ3tiU2sw2WQ/s400/9+LUXO+ARTWORK+2006.jpg)
the Jardins du Luxembourg...
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