The Shoe Girl's Blog: My Great Find

7.19.2009

My Great Find

Lookie what I found on sale! Yay! I've always loved these Stella McCartney espadrille wedges, but when I saw them on final sale at Intermix I had to get them! They are so feminine and flirty. Perfect Summer shoes.

While I was in LA I got this tattoo too! Do you guys like it!?! It's a "Holy Cupcake".

...gotcha! I'm totally kidding. I doodled that on my leg while I was sitting in the back seat of my friend's car on our way to LA. Did you believe me? I do love cupcakes though.

23 comments:

Karolinka.cy said...: Good that tatto was just a joke:) But seriously I have friend and she has cupcake with cherry on her back.; July 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM
WendyB said...: There are SO many cupcake tattoos online -- it wouldn't have surprised me one bit!; July 19, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Nataliexxx said...: OMG!!!! You had me going for like a second!!! Thank god you told the truth at the end of the post b/c that drawing is a cute doodle, but to have it marking your leg for life???? -now that's another story!!!

lol! Oh yeah, absolutely LOVE the shoes!!! <3
xxx; July 19, 2009 at 12:18 PM
stilettolover91 said...: Those wedges are pretty cute!! I like them! Nice drawing too! I thought it was a tattoo at first lol

http://www.hottheels.blogspot.com; July 19, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Lucy (The Fashion Setter) said...: Your new purchase is lovely!
You should post a photo of your entire shoe collection... that would be quite impressive I guess!
Love,
Lucy =); July 19, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Anonymous said...: seriously didnt believe you for a second there haha! but nice try!
man i havent been on your site in ages but im BACK!

cute shoes, great find! intermix is fab.; July 19, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Antonio Barros said...: Cute tattoo!! What does it mean for you????

Nice shoes!; July 19, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Mystique said...: OMG thank God it's fake hahaha! i actually said REALLY loud in my head "that is like the gayest tattoo ever. I really do hope it's fake" hahaha!! i mean i like it and all, its cute... but not for a permanent tattoo haha.

i really laughed out loud when i saw you were joking. i think it was a complete nervous relieved laugh. haha. :D

Lovee the shoess though :D!; July 19, 2009 at 1:51 PM
xtinagirl said...: I like the shoes! And I'd rather eat a cupcake than get a tattoo one :]

-xtina; July 19, 2009 at 4:33 PM
TheShoeGirl said...: haha- it does look totally fake, huh? I faked Ben out for a second though. You should have seen the look on his face.; July 19, 2009 at 4:58 PM
d said...: Love how you can just draw this cute little drawing with hardly any effort! I knew it wasn't real but admire how cute and amazing it is!

These wedges are so flippin' cute! What a great mid summer find! How much were they?; July 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Imelda Matt - The Despotic Queen of Shoes said...: I was almost fooled....almost!; July 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM
MsVeve said...: hahahahaha I TOTALLY believed you!! and I was thinking to myself.. "well it's not THAT bad":) good joke, beautiful wedges!

inyourfacefashion.; July 20, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Dexter said...: The wedges are very cool, definitely perfect for the summer! YOu always find great shoes on sale!; July 20, 2009 at 9:55 AM
polishedsense said...: I love these shoes, they look great with that pink from your toe nail polish. So different and unique. Great post!

xo,
Jessica; July 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM
chicfille said...: I was seriously worried about the tattoo!!; July 20, 2009 at 1:12 PM
ct said...: thank god it's fake, i was hoping it was henna. nice joke.but seriously, i see so many pretty girls getting tattoos and later getting sick of them, spending a fortune on laser removal.

bonbon’s vintage; July 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Stephanie said...: Phew!! I was thinking, "oh my god now she's ruined the way all her beautiful, beautiful shoes will look on!" SO glad that's not real....; July 20, 2009 at 6:25 PM
OswaldFam said...: u should post your skull cat tattoo! I'm sure everyone would love to see that one!!; July 21, 2009 at 10:45 AM
ewbetchgtfo said...: hahahahahah so cute. i am actually getting three little teeth in that same ~holy~ style, so of course i love it.; July 21, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Christen said...: These are really fabulous - so practical and yet so stylish!

I really enjoy reading your blog. It's always such a nice break to come over and see what shoe adventures are going on in your life! Thanks for posting!

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Sam said...: I adore the Stella's! I almost get jealous that you have them, even though I have them myself! Weird, huh? Maybe because of the fact that I think that they look better on you, than on me. Either way, I'm still happy that I have them!; August 1, 2009 at 4:55 AM

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. :)

7.19.2009

My Great Find

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