wishlist

Nicholas Kirkwood AW11 via fashionising

dam.. i like

damir doma "fidor" via hypebeast

twisted

shoes by gabriella marina gonzalez via kingdom of style

Bare foot

Very excited to see Terra Plana's new product range judging by this background image on their site at present (sorry for cropping!). Transparent moulded cut-away sole - yes please!

morphogenesis

3D printed polyamide shoe by pauline van dongen

shoe review

Some favourites from the new season.. Proenza Schouler (top 2), McQueen, Chanel, via vogue.co.uk

play doh kicks!

core77 design competition..gutted have only just found! some awesome entries..

MMM

maison martin margiela paper shoes on jak jil

earily good

katie eary x nike lunar glide customisation via highsnobette

krak on

Reed Krakoff SS11 beauts via garance dore. So excited by some of the new season shoes from fashion week, especially the Nicholas Kirkwood collaborations.

heh

Lernert & Sander Selfridges window installation "shoes" - "A humorous take on fashion as an ideal escape from the daily grind." via blinkart

cute boot

See by Chloe boots £330 new on net-a-porter, liking the mix of velet with tumbled leather.

Chau for now

I was put in contact with Chau Har Lee recently and having a root around to see what I could find about her work, discovered this sample which was developed as part of the Camper 2009 workshop: Natural By Design. It's a simple but interesting take on more sustainable construction whilst also remaining commercial, camper, and I think really wearable. It's also my favourite of the bunch and I think the girl done good! Nice to see some work which is different to her signature range as well.

"This shoe is made up of three interconnecting parts: the uppers, made up of two pattern pieces, moulded to shape and attached to the sole with a few stitches, the opening cut out of the middle becomes the backstrap. The foot bed slots into the sole and moulds to the wearer’s foot providing support for the arch. The sole shape provides protection where the foot has most contact with the ground. All 3 parts can be made of different materials and interchanged as required without the need for adhesives. All the pattern pieces tessellate ensuring minimum waste of materials."

simple perfection

celine on jak & jil

alaia love

Desperately in need of some new sandals and I've fallen hard for these alaia beauties..a snip (ha) at £1,085 on net-a-porter.com. sigh. I'm currently reading Luxury Online: Styles, Systems, Strategies and the author is keen to repeatedly point out that luxury needs to move online, and that azzedine alaia is a prime example of a brand with no company website. Yet they are able to sell seriously pricey products, maintain a cult following without a website and are one of the few who I think really do produce timeless, luxurious products season after season. It'll be interesting to see if they do branch out online though and if so how it's done.

lust

Beau Coops "plateau boot". Damn you for selling out I can actually afford you

another to add to the wishlist

Dior FW10/11

Earthkeepers 2.0

Just discovered the Timberland Earthkeepers 2.0 products which are a really interesting example of more sustainable shoe design in a commercial mass-production context. One of the most wearable product offerings in the "green" category that I've seen, and whilst not 100% cradle to cradle, still really interesting to see how a company with the muscle to be developing stuff like this is really doing it. And also how they're communicating it to the consumer. Seems the industry is moving in this general direction. So I'm on the right track!

I wonder how they did that sole unit..

Balenciaga sandals on jak & jil

(bit late but) rip

looking at wedge shapes: still so fresh..mcqueen fw06