The Shoe Girl's Blog: A Return to Outfit Posts

1.23.2012

A Return to Outfit Posts

I've been sans camera for a long time so my outfit posts have been lacking big time. But now's as good a time as any to get back to it! It felt weird, taking pictures of myself again. I always feel like my pics are kinda low budget cause I take them myself and use a tripod instead of a person. I'm always super jealous of bloggers like Gala or Jane or Jennine or Emily who have the most perfect, beautiful photos. I'm just not good with lighting or setting up the shots or whatever...
Anyway here I go. I'll bet better as I get more practice. Check out my beginning blog posts to see when I used to use my laptop as my camera ;)

I had a meeting with Adrienne Maloof about her upcoming line and I wore...

(Top and skirt- Zara, Socks- Betsey Johnson, Shoes- Jeffrey Campbell, Watch- Michael Kors)

(Necklace- Van Cleef & Arpels)

XOX,

21 comments:

STYLISED DIALOGUE said...: Love your top and leopard (cheetah?) Litas. You look great, your blog is fast becoming one of my all time faves.

:D keep up the brilliant work!!

Daphne @ stylisedialogue

http://styliseddialogue.blogspot.com/; January 23, 2012 at 6:54 AM
Donna said...: I love the colour of your skirt, and those shoes are just amazing! <3

http://borrowedwardrobe.blogspot.com; January 23, 2012 at 7:36 AM
lizzie said...: missed your outfit posts sofuckingmuch!!; January 23, 2012 at 7:54 AM
Justalazymorning said...: so lovely!!
xoxo; January 23, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Catalina said...: Yay!!!
Beyond the outfit (which I love of course, missed these!) I must say you look so so so pretty here. I love how your hair has soft waves, and the natural make up compliment it so well.

Also, I sort of want to steal your chair and live in it.; January 23, 2012 at 11:39 AM
Gina said...: i have always loved your outfit posts;) bring it on lady! :)gina; January 23, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Amanda said...: Cute outfit!

Amanda
http://amandagrisham.blogspot.com/; January 23, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Lesli said...: I love your shoes!; January 24, 2012 at 1:55 AM
StyleScoop said...: Yay! Glad these are back
And your photos are great!; January 24, 2012 at 6:32 AM
Rocksana said...: I love that you are back. You were very much missed. Love your outfit as always....

Don't worry my pictures suck big time I use the tripod and my dog as a stand in to try to figure out the shot..lolol

Rocksana; January 24, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Heel, Body, and Sole said...: I feel the same way about taking my photos!! Usually my husband takes them and I don't even have a camera, I use my iPhone. When I don't have him my "tripod" aka vacuum cleaner box comes in handy. They're not that bad but if you compare them to a lot of other blogs then well... lol Don't compare yourself, I love your blog, you're very relatable and inspiring. and I think you did a great job with these shots (although in your first one you look morbidly petrified lol) But I'm saving up for a nice camera and tripod... in between shopping trips and shoe purchases... I believe I have $2.35 saved lol I hope your meeting went well.

Anay
www.heelbodyandsole.com; January 24, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Rebecca June said...: I totally thought that was the same green Forever 21 skirt that I have. Also, completely jealous of your Van Cleef necklace...Im hoping I will get my own someday soon.

xoxo

Rebecca June; January 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Anna K.outure said...: Love the shoes!

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BagServant Lenka said...: I love your shoes. So cule.; January 28, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Lavanya said...: the leopard print can neer go wrong....so pretty..

http://doyouspeakpurple.blogspot.com/; January 31, 2012 at 10:19 AM
WendyB said...: Don't worry, your pix can't be worse than mine! :-D; January 31, 2012 at 4:28 PM
ROMA AGSALUD said...: i beg to disagree! your photo in your next entry is just lovely..the light loves you :); February 1, 2012 at 10:51 PM
Olya Baileys - fashion kuraga said...: I like the colors of look!and shoes are great!*))))

http://fashionkuraga.blogspot.com; February 2, 2012 at 3:38 AM
Denise said...: I love your place!! I want to live there :); February 15, 2012 at 9:09 PM
Christina said...: Love your necklace and skirt :); August 14, 2012 at 6:11 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. :)

1.23.2012

A Return to Outfit Posts

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