The Shoe Girl's Blog: Mellow Yellow

10.21.2010

Mellow Yellow

The weather is gross and the lighting is bad so no outfit posts with my new shoes yet.

BUT! This is one of my favorites from YSL. I call her mellow yellow.......

They remind me of a banana!

I love them.

22 comments:

Lys ~ Cooking In Stilettos said...: GORGEOUS! It's amazing how cheerful a fab yellow shoe is and how it can perk up an outfit!; October 21, 2010 11:31 AM
Kayla said...: They look great on. I was skeptical in the first few pictures but when I saw it one a foot I was obsessed.

Ramblings of a Small Town Girl; October 21, 2010 11:55 AM
janettaylor said...: YAY! I am crazy for these. :) Great buy!; October 21, 2010 11:59 AM
Tariro said...: love!!; October 21, 2010 12:02 PM
Ebony said...: They are gorgeous.

http://xoxoebony.blogspot.com; October 21, 2010 12:21 PM
Ebony said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; October 21, 2010 12:21 PM
Poochie said...: OMG! I just got the black ones with the fringe down the back. But I'm still debating if I will keep them or not.; October 21, 2010 12:31 PM
FASHION SNAG said...: oh my, I really love them! I Never thought I would like such a bright yellow shoe but now you got me hooked. That spells trouble for another shoe lover like myself =)

www.FashionSnag.com; October 21, 2010 1:26 PM
Anna at ShoeHunting said...: I swear before I scrolled down I was craving a banana! lol they are so hot and cute at the same time, I'd love a pair! :); October 21, 2010 2:11 PM
AlexValensi said...: i just love the shape of the platform and heel!; October 21, 2010 5:31 PM
hiyaluv said...: they are delish!:0gina; October 21, 2010 5:43 PM
What Was I Thinking? said...: Aww great post!; October 21, 2010 6:13 PM
Jessie P said...: How in the WORLD did you take that photo of you wearing it?!

Really cute. How fun with jeans and a camel blazer or something~ Neutrals with yellow! Love; October 21, 2010 7:43 PM
silviasiantar said...: absolutely stunnning!; October 21, 2010 8:02 PM
emu boots said...: left for Europe we had a reality show filming at work. It was really fun actually, and though I can't tell you everything about it, I can tell you that it is a show created by the super talented Sam Mettler of Intervention and it's produced by Ryan Seacrest's RSP. It will air on A&E, though I'm not sure when.; October 21, 2010 11:49 PM
Chia May said...: yellow heels!! banana's are good for you! :); October 22, 2010 1:38 AM
Nienke van Duinkerken said...: You have a great shoe collection!!!
lpapulljetaime.blogspot.com; October 22, 2010 4:38 AM
Nienke van Duinkerken said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; October 22, 2010 4:38 AM
Aileen said...: I love this post! So happy and hilarious :); October 22, 2010 6:21 AM
Sara Evans said...: I'm going to have to get those yellow ones. They're very stylish. Great post!; October 25, 2010 12:38 PM
Alice said...: Hahaha! I was thinking the same thing! :-D Its color is the same as a real banana... not just yellow-ish. :-D Great shoe, though.

Shoe blog; October 26, 2010 12:52 AM
landel said...: very impressive. Like the shoes, like the color. It adds my obsession, shoes are in my blood too. In love=); October 27, 2010 10:39 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. :)

10.21.2010

Mellow Yellow

22 comments:

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