The Shoe Girl's Blog: Delicious Spring Footwear

3.07.2012

Delicious Spring Footwear

I've been browsing through some of Spring's most amazing shoes and there is a definite theme here. Candy colors are HUGE and I couldn't be happier. So girly and pretty and downright delicious!

Yummy.

Here are some of my favorites...

(Sergio Rossi)

(Pierre Hardy)

(Brian Atwood)

OBSESSED!!!! Obsessed with these minty green suede pumps. They're ridiculously high and super sexy and I need them in my life...

(Giuseppe Zanotti)

(Lanvin)

(Rupert Sanderson)

17 comments:

Mary said...: GOSH THE ATWOOD SHOES ARE WONDERFUL !!! G R E A T BLOG !!

MUCH LOVE FROM ITALY
Maria Onorio
www.thelastillusion.blogspot.com; March 7, 2012 at 2:07 PM
GirlieBlogger@Seattle Beauty and Fashion Blog said...: What gorgeous heels.; March 8, 2012 at 1:02 AM
kelly said...: Those Zanotti's heels are to die for. I also love this pair in blue and the pair (also from the anja rubik campaign) - mint & blue!; March 8, 2012 at 1:22 AM
BougieHippie said...: ohhhh la la yummy!; March 8, 2012 at 5:01 PM
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most of the ladies like high heel shoes.; March 8, 2012 at 11:28 PM
LoveE ♥ said...: OMG to the Brian Atwood's and those Giuseppe Zanotti's!!! LOVE!

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x; March 9, 2012 at 12:33 AM
Anonymous said...: The ridiculously high Zanottis were one of the shoes in my sketch/scrap book when I applied to Cordwainers a couple of weeks ago. The little extension at the back of the heel makes them work. Without it they are merely lovely stripper heels!

Love the candy colours post!

Thanks, Ben; March 9, 2012 at 6:33 AM
Mes Amours said...: I could have them all! :D

http://blogmesamours.blogspot.com/; March 9, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Minx Malone said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; March 11, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Minx Malone said...: I just discovered you through your Instagram pics!! I'm going to add you to my blog now. The new line looks amazing. Congrats!; March 11, 2012 at 8:45 AM
primigi shoes said...: Avoid shoes with pointy toes. All high heels can be hard on your feet, but cramming your toes into shoes that are too pointy can be extremely painful. Many of the women who do this repeatedly for years end up with foot deformities.; March 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Merrell Barefoot said...: As with any new shoe, there is a “get to know you period” especially when it comes to running, but, for everything from jumping rope to box jumping to hiking outside with the kids, I can honestly tell you these shoes feel fantastic.; March 14, 2012 at 3:49 AM
daisymay aka Chantele said...: Love the rossi ones!
Daisy Dayz; March 16, 2012 at 11:32 AM
J. said...: I am so loving all the colorful shoes right now! I want to get some of those Lanvin flats myself!; March 18, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Ros.E. said...: so great post
full of color
amazing shoes!!!

xxx Ros.e.; March 30, 2012 at 4:05 AM
Anonymous said...: Well, Islam can be a pretty offensive ideology...as well as Christianity. So, why not call a duck a duck, here?; April 9, 2012 at 12:27 AM
Janan Leo said...: Love the candy colours post! thanks for this post Ballerina shoes; April 9, 2012 at 12:29 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. :)

3.07.2012

Delicious Spring Footwear

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