The Shoe Girl's Blog: New Betsey Johnson!

2.08.2010

New Betsey Johnson!

I just want to let you all know that all the new Betsey Johnson styles are finally the stuff I worked on starting almost a year ago. Yay! There aren't a ton of my styles out yet but they're coming and from now on all the new ones are the ones I did :)

These are on one of my favorite shoe websites, Heels.com

I love this new outsole we did. Cute and girly, yet almost subtle.

You can find these ones on Nordstrom.com

You cant really tell by this photo but there are big set stones inside the little rosettes. :)

You can tell better on the black one...

Well, I hope you like!! I'm really excited and honored to be Betsey's shoe designer and can't wait to see the runway show this weekend!!

Also, thank you all so much for your positive comments and emails. I love you guys.

25 comments:

Charles said...: i love the rosette ones in nude, totally gorgeous! i love the outsoles too, they are a nice variation from the usually shocking pink :) (which is also spiffy)
xx; February 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Jacqueline said...: I love the outsoles! Awesome. xo

www.FashionSnag.com; February 8, 2010 at 1:31 PM
stilettolover91 said...: I really like the first pair especially the sole!!

http://www.hottheels.blogspot.com; February 8, 2010 at 1:55 PM
wale said...: Congratulations girl! It's really exiting to see the"fruit of your labor". All the best for you!; February 8, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Shoegal1985 said...: The nude ones are amazing, i have to buy them!!; February 8, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Jenny Brewer said...: Love them! the outsoles are perfect! I love the nude ones!! Fabulous work!; February 8, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Sammi said...: Do you design/manage designing of Harajuku Lovers shoes? I just saw some the other day and I thought I remembered you saying somehting about them....anyway I thought of you!; February 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Destiny said...: I love betsey Johnson. I have the get the first one. :)

http://infashionrehab.blogspot.com/; February 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Katie Renee said...: So first i just have to say you have an awesome blog! CUTE stuff girl! & those nude color shoes have got to be some of thee most adorable shoes ive layed my eyes on! Im so in love.; February 8, 2010 at 5:17 PM
Christen said...: This is amazing - congratulations! I can't wait to see all of your designs!; February 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Jackie said...: beautiful designs!!!! i've been (im)patiently waiting for them!

i think that the majority of the newer styles/your designs are on zappos.

i can't wait to get the grey lavants!!!! gorgeous celine! just unreal!; February 8, 2010 at 7:57 PM
Imelda Matt - The Despotic Queen of Shoes said...: I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the collection xxx; February 8, 2010 at 8:03 PM
Imelda Matt - The Despotic Queen of Shoes said...: oooh and like, doh! Eyez iz so proud of u :); February 8, 2010 at 8:04 PM
bravegrrl said...: congratulations! they are both really cute!

xo
bravegrrl.blogspot.com; February 8, 2010 at 9:15 PM
WendyB said...: Congrats!; February 8, 2010 at 9:47 PM
holly in heels said...: woww amazing! we must be friends, missy, cuz I spotted these shoes online last week and posted them on my shoe blog! love it--good work!; February 8, 2010 at 11:47 PM
Faith J. said...: So great! Very different than any other shoes I've seen! Beautiful colors on the t-strap! And I love the mesh shoes with the rosettes. Keep up the great work!; February 9, 2010 at 8:31 AM
TheShoeGirl said...: Thank you all so much for the support!! <3

Sammi- YES! I've done all the Harajuku shoes so far :)

xoxox; February 9, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Rachel said...: omg! I've been looking for funky wedding heels and the white Betseys are TDF! <3; February 9, 2010 at 1:14 PM
{ aggie } said...: Your Betseys are one of Rachel Zoe's picks!

http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=43003&vid=1&pid=779208&scid=779208002; February 10, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Sister Wolf said...: My ex-boyfriend lived with Betsey with he was a young gigolo. So I feel we have a connection, ShoeGirl!; February 12, 2010 at 8:51 PM
kokostiletto said...: i love these ! can't wait to buy !; February 13, 2010 at 5:20 PM
Denia said...: The first pair are TOO FIERCE!!! I love Betsey Johnson ♥

I like heels.com too! Awesome site.

http://fdressing.blogspot.com; May 9, 2010 at 6:13 PM
The Left Shoe said...: What a cute sole with little hearts but how the other would see it while you are walking, LOLs. All shoes have different concepts and sober in colors.; June 9, 2010 at 3:33 AM
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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. :)

2.08.2010

New Betsey Johnson!

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