Jimmy Choo’s Tamara Melon to lecture at London College of Fashion
January 5, 2009
The Sunday Times Style Lecture has announced a date with Tamara Mellon, founder and president of Jimmy Choo, for Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 6.30pm.
The Sunday Times Style Lecture has announced a date with Tamara Mellon, founder and president of Jimmy Choo, for Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 6.30pm. Held at London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London, W1.
As a shoe lover you’ve paid attention to Mellon’s rise, along with the label of Jimmy Choo. TimesOnline offers a quick synopsis of her story. What it doesn’t say is that Mellon is speaking at Mister Choo’s alma mater and should you find yourself at the London College of Fashion on January 29th, surely you’ll read up on both.
The cruise collection is cropping up on JimmyChoo.com or shop Jimmy Choo at NET-A-PORTER.COM.
Shoe News Travels Fast…
January 2, 2009
Having just returned home from a post holiday shopping spree, I quickly nestle myself with my laptop. The “shuzmuse” sends me a link to a NYTimes mention about several thousand pairs of shoes that were mysteriously dumped on a Miami expressway. No one had stopped to claim them.
I immediately think of the good people at Soles4Souls and send Founder and CEO Wayne Elsey an email; “Happy New Year… And BTW there’s some shoes in Miami you may need.” Within one minute, from Wayne’s blackberry comes; “Thanks. Check out our site. We are on the way there.” Soles4Souls has a team on the way to Miami to pick up the shoes, and will distribute them to needy people in Haiti.
For more on the story and how YOU can make a difference, check out Soles4Souls website.
And now a video clip of the footage…. footage. LOL.
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Stuart Weitzman and Zappos challenge you to a ping-pong game…
December 30, 2008
It wasn’t long ago that shuzsociety’s Shoe Professor Anthony Cady let us know he’d gone to Manhattan’s Saks Fifth Avenue to challenge shoe designer Stuart Weitzman to a round of ping-pong. Apparently Mister Weitzman is not only a wiz in shoe biz, he’s also a master ping-pong player.
Now, zappos.com is challenging YOU to a game. If YOU think you have what it takes to beat the tenacious designer at a round of table tennis, you could win a trip to NYC to challenge him to a one-on-one match!
For details, check out the official rules at zappos.com. You’ll find a link to the Zappos YouTube page through ours: youtube.com/shuzsociety. Hurry, there’s just 10 days left to make your mark.
Corso Como opens second boutique in Brazil
December 22, 2008
Corso Como, the newish women’s shoe brand, expands its retail reach with a second boutique in Brazil, its country of origin. The brand, which launched in spring 2006, quickly developed a loyal following of women who desire style, innovation, comfort and value supported by eco-friendly packaging (by using recyclable paper on all packaging they save about 2,000 trees per year).
The 450 square foot boutique located at Barra Shopping Sul in Proto Alegre City designed by local architect Stella Coelhon, is beautifully modern and clean. The native Brazilian wooden fixtures, hand silk-screened wallpaper and palette of grays, gold and crème act as a backdrop for the wonderfully colorful and textured collection of Corso Como footwear, bags, belts, jewelry and eyewear.
“Corso Como’s first boutique opened in Spring 2008 in Sao Paulo and has been
thriving from day one,” explains Carlos Kray, CEO of Strada, the parent company of
Corso Como. The brands’ philosophy is to provide beautifully crafted shoes that exhibit fresh innovations in style, impeccable detail and luxurious comfort, and retail from $98 for sandals to $310 for boots.
President Bush victim of shoe throwing…
December 15, 2008
After I’d logged into my account at one of other online social networks this afternoon, I noticed a friend who’d made a reference to throwing shoes at GWB. Too? I’m well aware of her political opinion and that her zest for expressing it will NEVER wane. But it wasn’t until I’d later passed the TV that I realized the relevancy of her comment.
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As mentioned on The Huffington Post, “A shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi, a reporter with Cairo-based network Al Baghdadia Television, had experienced first-hand the brutal violence that consumed Iraq last year.” It is purported that he was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen, then released. Three years later.
This was the reporters’ way of insulting president Bush during his visit to Baghdad. “This is a farewell kiss you dog,” reports MSNBC of the message Zaidi intended. It was just three weeks ago that tens of thousands of Iraqis gathered in Firdous Square and pummeled his likeness with their shoes.
In a statement Bush-supporters may resonate with, Bush quipped, “So what if the guy threw his shoe at me?” “Let me talk about the guy throwing his shoe. It’s one way to gain attention. It’s like going to a political rally and having people yell at you. It’s like driving down the street and having people not gesturing with all five fingers…”
And with that I look forward to my friends five finger comment tomorrow.
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