Candlerella

You may have noticed how creative I have been with my blogpost title (NOT) and those of you that are familiar with the FW10 Rodarte collection will know what I'm talking about...yes, the Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte shoes. I sometimes believe that I'm in heaven when I see stuff like this. Although I do find it kinda sad that his crossover collections seem to be better then his mainline collection. Regardless, he's still a genius and I ain't complaining.

Pics courtesy of Jak and Jil blog

I think I might prefer the full cream version, there's something very romantic about them.

You see me, you see me not

Oh dear lord, please tell me these 'The invisible shoe' by Andreia Chave will go into production and will eventually be mine! Just as I thought shoes couldn't possibly get any better, this is what I find...speechless.

Andreia Chaves is a Brazilian footwear/graphic designer, which probably best explains her visually overloading shoe designs. To sum up her designs, she says, 'If you grew up in a chaotic metropole like Sao Paulo, being in diary contact with different realities and exposed to thousands of visual inputs all the time, you can understand the why of my research of textures, particular forms, and visual effect, as the use of unusual materials.' Well, since I've never lived in Brazil, I guess I'll never understand...but who gives a fuck, surely knowing that I want them is enough of an understanding.

Her final collection will be presented in February 2010, I can't wait to see what wierd wonders she comes up with!



Images via Yatzer

God damn it Goldin

Nooooo......not another collaboration, just as I was planning on a new year's resolution of saving up next year, Louise Goldin had to go and do another collab with Topshop, didn't she? Her clothing line is already available on the Topshop website, though I'm not crazy about it, it's no where near as good as her own collection. The shoes though, which are not yet released and so far have no release date (most likely spring 10), are ridiculously amazing, I repeat, ridiculously AMAZING! They are quite literally killer heels, I'm pretty sure if someone pissed me off enough for me to take my shoe off to throw at them, they would result in some serious injury. I'm seriously hoping I get my hand on these. Enough talk, check these out.

They come in three shades: black, white and silver. Bonus: seriously spikey.

Are you in love? I am.

Jigsaw Puzzle

Just found another one to watch on I Don't Like Detours, which is a site similar to Not Just A Name, introducing new and upcoming designers/artists etc, his name is Maurice Vandestouwe. M.Vandestouwe is still a student at the Design Academy of Eindhoven, but there'll definately be a lot more coming from this shoemaker! In all honesty, I'm not sure about his shoes comfort-wise, but concept-wise, they are fantastic. His graduation shoe collection was constructed by assembling pieces of wood together, kinda like a jigsaw puzzle (hence the post name), and are attched to the foot using straps and strings! The profile of the shoes are very architectural, and I've always had a weakness for things building-like, don't ask why.

Break a leg

If breaking my legs meant being able to wear shoes like this, go ahead and break them, PLEASE! Gwendolyn Huskens graduated from the Eindhoven design academy in 2008, her final collection inspired by the medical world opened my eyes, I don't know, I just never imagined that twisting your ankle, breaking your leg, etc etc, to be a cool thing, I was always pissed off whenever I had to wear a bandage and the only reason I ever thought a cast was cool was cos my mates could write and draw stupid things all over it, just never pictured it as an accessory. She used medical materials like synthetic plaster, bandages and stainless steel in white and skin tones, to make these shoes. Now that I've seen Husken's collections though, it all makes sense, I need these shoes in my life (those bandaid wedges would do me just fine)!

Shoes you need...

Badly!!

I've always had a weakness for shoes, and if I was ever restricted to buying just one thing out of a bag, clothes or shoes, shoes all the way! I don't know why it is, most likely got it from my mother, although I think she kind of had a weakness for anything you had to buy. I went through a phase in my life where I completely gave up heels and thought I'd never wear them again (trainers were just too comfy!), then came along Nicholas Kirkwood who completely ruined my plan (my height might also be a bit of an issue, damn short genes). But then again, the pain (and I promise you, no matter how many people tell you a pair of high heels are comfy, they are NOT), sore feet, blisters, bad posture and feet deformities for all that, are completely worth it for these beauties. The higher the better!

Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte (Jak and Jill)

left: YSL, right: Yohji Yamamoto

left: Vivienne Westwood, right: Viktor and Rolf

left: rm by Roland Mouret, right: Nina Ricci

left: Manish Arora, right: Balenciaga

Shoes will do

Nah, not really mad about Proenza Schouler's spring/summer 2010 collection, apart from these Shirt dress thingy-ma-jigs; am definately digging all the footwear though, shoes, shoes, shoes, can't live without them!!

Proenza Schouler ss 2010 (courtesy of style.com)