The Shoe Girl's Blog: Thank You!

10.19.2010

Thank You!

I just wanted to show you guys this awesome sketch that reader and fellow blogger Rachel made of me for her blog, VisualBasic
It's really cute and I like how she made my legs longer and skinnier ;)

Cool huh?? Here's the original photo and post...

Benjamin wanted a go at it too. He's so cute :)

Thank you Rachel! This was really cool of you :)

23 comments:

samantha said...: I am so proud of this sketch. I think you earned a good points from your readers because of this cool gift. Good job Ms. Celine. Take care; October 19, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Emma said...: It's lovely! ^^; October 19, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Closet Fashionista said...: LOVE IT! :D
http://aclosetfashionista.blogspot.com/; October 19, 2010 at 6:27 PM
FASHION SNAG said...: The sketch is fab and you have great legs Celine! x

www.FashionSnag.com; October 19, 2010 at 6:36 PM
hiyaluv said...: wow! thats awesome:)
gina; October 19, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Jasmine Lee said...: wow i love this! rachel has some amazing sketches!!

xoxo, jaz
fashionstatement101.blogspot.com; October 19, 2010 at 7:21 PM
Shamini said...: oooh! really nice illustration!!
lucky you!
xoxo; October 20, 2010 at 2:38 AM
Anonymous said...: Have you considered the fact that this might work another way? I am wondering if anyone else has come across something
like this in the past? Let me know your thoughts...; October 20, 2010 at 5:40 AM
Soho500 said...: Lovely sketch...and great legs to boot!; October 20, 2010 at 6:13 AM
Dexter said...: This is lovely :) I can't wait your Euro-trip posts!; October 20, 2010 at 7:56 AM
Ebony said...: That's so cool and such a nice thing for her to do.

http://xoxoebony.blogspot.com; October 20, 2010 at 8:08 AM
janettaylor said...: Super cooool!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ; October 20, 2010 at 8:48 AM
BarelyVogue said...: That's a great sketch and i love your look in the original post and those miu miu are to die for
xx
Sahi
www.barelyvogue.com; October 20, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Danielle said...: Great drawing - I LOVE the shoes!!!
xDanielle
www.deathbyshoe.com; October 20, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Vivian said...: Art comes to life. Great Look.; October 20, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Dhalia said...: Cute Celine...

Dhalia; October 20, 2010 at 7:24 PM
Immigration Law Firm said...: great illustrate work. it catchs the style just so right; October 20, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Divorce Lawyers Melbourne said...: this is the first time i have seen red miumiu love them; October 20, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Anonymous said...: I can not take part now in discussion - there is no free time. Very soon I will necessarily express the opinion.; October 20, 2010 at 11:31 PM
Amie Walton said...: i <3. Big Love <3; October 21, 2010 at 3:48 AM
Lori said...: Great sketch but it helps to have a good model in the first place

Lori
http://www.womensdesignershoes.org.uk; October 21, 2010 at 8:27 AM
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 at 11:51 PM
JillianEve said...: I love both the sketches, but i also love the shape of your legs naturally! i think you have an awesome bod! and you can wear ANY shoe because you have the shape for it. I have stick legs, so i look like a JERK in certain shoes. boo urns!!; October 29, 2010 at 5:33 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. :)

10.19.2010

Thank You!

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