Remember NDEUR, Europe´s most famous shoe customizer?

He´s causing quite a stir with his new discipline: paper folding. With this stunning heels and some more paper artwork you can see here, the French artist promotes a new design studio, he founded together with the Make a Paper World Duo. Purpose: bringing the do it yourself culture together with professional communication. More infos have not been revealed yet. Stay tuned. (more…)

By ld tuttle, seen at OAK. (more…)

While my boyfriend´s praying that my love for „chunk shoes” will die down, i have to admit, that there hasn´t been a more joyful revival than the comeback of the platforms.
And how could i turn my back to the super heels when summer promises to bring even more platform fun? Thankfully I am not alone with my love for the fake body height shoes

Already in the middle age, … (more…)

Shoe designers and their hallmarks? Easy to think of red soles and the mascot Carry Bradshaw. Reversed spoilers haven´t been yet the first thing that´s coming into my mind. But, what do I blabber – Nicholas Kirkwood would shudder if being confronted with my uncouth way of talking.
What reminds me of reversed spoilers is called “slanted sole” and this is, besides vertiginous stiletto heels and the courageous play with shapes and materials, the young designer´s hallmark.

Nicholas Kirkwood is an exceptional talent. With only 28 years of age, the Central Saint Martin´s graduate hasn´t only made his mark in fashion and design industry, he also developed very unique and unprecedented design handwriting. Keenly, the London-based designer mixes provocation and aggressiveness with female- and sexiness. Slickfully, Kirkwood unites clear shapes and avant-gardistic forms with rare material-mixes and highly self-confident he admits, that his shoes indeed aren´t for everybody but the forward (more…)

Beeing on an art show together with Michel Gondry at an age of 26 – that happens only to the great, the talented, the exceptional. French artist NDEUR is that kind of guy. As a shoe-customizer, he conquers the world and is dealt as Europe´s hottest customizing artist. Rightly! Look at his stunning creations.

For more, check out NDEUR´s MySpace profile or his website. (more…)