Remember Lindsey Thornburgs capes? This is what could be the matching shoes. Created by Osborn Design Studios, the shoes are handcrafted in Guatemala. (more…)

This is pure sculpture perfection. “The Invisible Shoe” is one of four stunning conceptual shoes by Andreia Chaves, a Brazilian footwear designer. On Yatzer, you can find more and on today and tomorrow, Pieter tells you, for which fashion designer collection The Invisible Shoes would be the perfect match. (more…)

Indeed, Raphael Young`s creations are the opposite of clothing items. His artwork called shoe is beyond all characteristics of an accessories. It´s nothing that completes an outfit – it`s the outfit maker itself. And so I dare to state, that instead of “urbanising haute couture shoes” – like Raphael Young himself considers his design attitude-, he´s “couturizing urban shoes”.
Platform, architectural and geometric shapes as well as material-mixes have been seen multiple times in shoe design. But the way, the Seoul-born designer courageously forces up those attributes to a uber-pointed scale, is beyond prêt-a-porter, it`s shoe couture and true master class. Compared to what we´ve seen in his first collection, Raphael Young´s autumn/winter pieces push the level of shoe design out of reach for a standard fashionista but into the scale of the superior fashion. I am curious how far the designer will go with his third collection.

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Company are Aamu Song & Johan Olin and together, they make the world not neccesarily a better, but definitely a more playful place. The designer duo does art, product design, shops, events, exhibitions and every time i visit their website it looks like they de never sleep. (more…)

No doubt, Helsinki-based shoe designer Minna Parikka loves shoes more than anything else. In the age of 15, she designed her first pair of shoes, today, more than 10 years later, the Finnish woman leads a small shoe brand for exclusive and elegant footwear.

With her shoe fetish masks, Minna Parikka presents for the first time her ability to transfer the foot accessoire in a more artsy discipline and i am pretty sure, she will turn heads with this unconventional translation of shoes into the fetish discipline.
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When a graduate project becomes a sneaker brand it´s Flaek.  Sven and Oliver, two German media-design students aimed high when they came up with the idea to create nothing less than „the best sneaker. Ever“. While their fellow students hustle pixels on their monitors, the pals who consider themselves as sneaker-holics go for real stuff.

Being “neither product designers nor brand-strategists”, the Flaek-Duo faces quite a challenge with not only making the brand, but also, making the shoes. (more…)

OK, OK, OK – A foldable shoe is not the freshest idea ever. But thankfully, the “to be first” criteria can be beaten with a “i did it the best”.
Marc Illan´s foldable sneaker – a student degree final project – definitely is a great example of how innovative functionality and design can go together in footwear. (more…)

Sorry for the delay of posts – It´s Berlin Fashion Week, so much to see, so many people to meet. I am having a great time, enjoying the sunny weather and the massive amount of input and inspiration. More about Berlin Fashion Week, Events, Shows and Designers will come, here a quick starter with shoe impressions, shot by photographer Robin Kranz. (more…)