Feit‘s silent protest to keep the craft alive is note worthy on so many levels. Since 2005, the small team of shoe makers dedicated to the art of hand-sewn shoes have been catering to individuals and retailers with a taste for customization. After two years of an exclusive online presence as artists of traditional shoe making, Feit is partnering with one key retailer per city to introduce its first luxury retail collection.

Feit’s Hand Sewn Spring 2012 Collection features a combination of traditional handmade constructions with natural, vegetable leathers to tailor shape, fit, comfort, and flexibility while maintaining a refined aesthetic. It is a beginning to end process at Feit:(...) Read More about FEIT Reconnaissance : Hand Sewn S/S 2012 Collection (219 words)

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When you’ve won an award together with Jimmy Choo and have been recognized by The British Footwear Association, you pretty much know it’s time to start your own footwear label. This is exactly what Joanne Stoker did in 2010, and already, she’s being touted by Vogue as London Fashion Week’s “Ones to Watch”. Describing her style as “architectural innovation meets futuristic glamor”, Joanne pushed the boundaries of avant-garde in her latest collection, “Empire States”.(...) Read More about Joanne Stoker’s Empire States Collection (46 words)

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Shoe love: The Wingtip Brogue by Grenson for Tenue De Nimes.

Tenue de Nîmes enjoyed such positive reactions after the release of the first Grenson x Tenue de Nîmes brogue that a second interpretation had to follow soon.
This shoe has been part of English shoemaking heritage for well over 100 years. The wingtip brogue was originally a country shoe. (...) Read More about Grenson for Tenue De Nimes (98 words)

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At Trendland we are all about finding cool/new products. We are always searching through graduating students portfolio’s for upcoming talent and original/fresh collections. So when Kongyiu Cheng, a recently graduated product designer from Artez institute of Art (Netherlands), with a major in footwear contacted us to introduce his Mister Cheng footwear collection, we could not resist the review.(...) Read More about Mister Cheng Footwear Graduation Collection (112 words)

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Nearly two years after their first collaboration, Peter Lippmann and designer Christian Louboutin worked together again to present the new lookbook for Fall/Winter 2011. Inspired by classic portrait paintings, where in each of the pictures you can (...) Read More about Louboutin F/W 11 by Peter Lippman (33 words)

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Last year we introduced you to our Parisian friends shoe brand Rivieras, since then their brand has had great success, selling in the best stores across the world and spotted on the feet of every shoe lover looking for comfort and style. Introducing a lot of new styles like their ‘Hot Rod’ or ‘Jeans’, they just sent us some (...) Read More about Rivieras Shoes SS 2011 Collection (21 words)

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We reviewed the amazing Louboutin lookbook by Khuong Nguyen last year, here is now for first time on the web, the beautiful Spring/Summer 2011 Lookbook entitled Louboutin Spring Summer Tour by Khuong Nguyen. See hi-res images after the jump
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Last week we where invited to the opening of the first Pierre Hardy store in the US, the 1400 square foot flagship store located at 30 Jane street in the west village has been chosen by Pierre Hardy as his favorite because of its intimate yet chic and lively atmosphere of this downtown neighborhood.

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Made from a 100% recyclable, non-toxic thermoplastic, here is the BowWow, a ballet flat collaboration between Moschino and furniture maker Kartell. A 100% Italian collaboration, who might be little bit inspired (or copy) by Brazilian shoe brand Melissa…(...) Read More about BowWow Ballet Flat by Moschino for Kartell (3 words)

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