The Shoe Girl's Blog: Welcome Back Spring! I Missed You!

3.18.2009

Welcome Back Spring! I Missed You!

Ah, glorious Southern California sun, how I love you.

Today is so beautiful I had to wear something to celebrate! ;)

I picked up this little jumper whatever you call it thingy at- you guessed it- Forever 21. It's becoming my favorite place to shop, especially with our household budget squeeze.

"Budget" is absolutely my LEAST favorite word. Yuck.

I'm thinking of doing a little mini DIY and switching out the buttons for something cuter. Like maybe some bubbly red heart buttons or some nautical looking buttons or something.

Anyway. Here's my outfit for today. I wore these new Dolce Vita sandals for the first time. They're super comfy and a little sassy. Though I am now in my new black bikini and will be laying out until the sun goes down. You don't get to see that though. Ben would get super jealz.

I love this Marc Jacobs hair bauble. It reminds me of being young and it such a cute little accent without being too obnoxious.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...: now this is a super cute outfit!! i love all of it..and ben might get jealz from that butt shot too haha

do you have a tattoo on your foot. i didnt think so but it looks like it in the second pic; March 18, 2009 at 3:36 PM
TheShoeGirl said...: No foot tattoo... its the little tie on the ankle of the shoe ;); March 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM
christie walker said...: it totally looks like a tattoo Maybe you should get one there ;) LOVE the hair bauble; March 18, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Fashion Garden said...: Nautical button !! :P Your Marc Jacob hair bauble are soooooo cute :P !
alice
xoxo

www.thefashiongarden.blogspot.com; March 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Jajababy said...: I love Dolce Vita. They make the cutest sandal flats.; March 18, 2009 at 7:20 PM
talarose said...: I absolutely LOVE the marc jacobs touch. Very cute. And when I first saw those shoes, I thought they were these Chinese Laundry sandals I have. They look JUST like them! Very cute though, I love love love Dolce Vita.; March 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM
What Not & I said...: I thought it was a tattoo too! I definitely think you should switch the buttons - maybe something really big and baubly and bright - like bright yellow bauble buttons?

http://whatnotandi.blogspot.com; March 19, 2009 at 1:40 AM
Jodine said...: Love the hair thingy! Soo cute.; March 19, 2009 at 7:23 AM
elaine said...: yay! marc jacobs is engaged LOL; March 19, 2009 at 12:03 PM
LightStealer said...: I want-want-want the MJ "hair bauble" now! So cute!!

L.
http://lightstealerwear.blogspot.com/; March 20, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Imelda Matt - The Despotic Queen of Shoes said...: Budget is a filthy and offensive word but your j suit is super cute.; March 20, 2009 at 4:40 PM

Bio (blah blah blah...)

So, a little about me and why I think I can call myself The Shoe Girl.

My name is Celine and I grew up in Huntington Beach, California. I like to joke that I was born in high heels, and although that's obviously not true, I was born with the love of shoes in my blood.
My father, a former professional soccer player, came to the US from Morocco in the 70's. He started off as a shoe salesmen and had a natural talent for it. He worked his way up and eventually co-founded a company called French Follies. They made cute little espadrilles and ballet inspired shoes. From there he went on to Guess and Charles David footwear, where he eventually became President of the company and brought it to its height of popularity in the late 80's.

I was so lucky to grow up around shoes. I was the only girl in the 8th grade wearing the kick ass ankle boots Guess was famous for... and remember those Guess jellies?? Yep. I had those too. And at a whopping hundred bucks a pair, let's just say I made a lot of new friends when I came to school in those! That's the first time I felt the power of a hot shoe.

In the 90's, my dad left Charles David/Guess Footwear to pursue a new venture... Bebe Footwear! It was his first shoe license, and it was super successful. Soon after he started his own line with his namesake, Joey O. Since then his company has held the exclusive licenses for L.A.M.B. Footwear, Harajuku Lovers footwear, Charles Jourdan footwear, Laundry by Shelly Segal footwear, Antik Denim footwear, Playboy footwear, Zinc foowear, Hale Bob footwear, Badgley Mischka footwear, Mark and James by B.M. footwear, Betsey Johnson footwear, Betseyville footwear, Jill Stuart footwear, JLO Footwear, and True Religion Footwear. Awesome, right!? :) did I type "footwear" enough?

So... like I said, shoes are in my blood! I realized this at an early age, when I would go into my mom's closet and pull out her shoes and clear off my book shelves, fill them with shoes, and put a sign up that said "Shoe Show". I didn't really know what it meant, other than that was where my dad was always flying off to. Shoe shows. I wanted to be a part of it!
I went to design school in Milan, Italy when I was 20. My professors at Ars Sutoria taught me all about making shoes, including sketching, pattern making, leather tanning, and lots of technical shoe stuff. It was intense.

From shoe school to designer! After graduating from my shoe program I went back home and started working as the assistant to the designer of my dad's company, Titan Industries. At the time, we were only making bebe and Joey O Footwear, and were about to go after our second license, JLO Footwear. I was a part of that project and I loved it! It was so exciting putting what I had learned to use. I was off to China and working my butt off. I was the assistant to our head designer for a little over a year when I got offered the job of taking over as the designer for Playboy. It wasn't anything I had ever thought I would do, but it was a chance to be my own designer! No more assisting!!! I took it! Then, a few months after accepting the position as designer for Playboy, I was offered another line; Zinc footwear! I took it!!! I loved working with Zinc. The clothing was cute and the shoes were much more "my style". Later still, I was given the job as designer of JLO footwear.

I launched the debut collection (and every collection thereafter) for Harajuku Lovers in August 2008, and in May of 2009 I took over as designer of Betsey Johnson footwear until Steve Madden bought out the company in October of 2010.

Currently I'm designing for Bebe footwear and just launched my own line, Cece L'amour, which I am very excited about.

I love my job! I get to work with shoes every day. It's my job to look at shoes in magazines, online, in stores, and on the streets. It's a dream job honestly, and I feel lucky every day. My obsession is my job... So cool!

So anyway, here I am. Here's my blog. I hope you've enjoyed reading it so far. It's been fun for me and I hope that shows. :)

3.18.2009

Welcome Back Spring! I Missed You!

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