New Look announced the launch of the London College of Fashion Master’s collection which is expected to hit stores mid-May. The collection features six unique styles designed by four MA Fashion Footwear students. Winner Chang Seok (Ralf) Ko took top honors, producing three of the winning designs including a gladiator-esque sandal, a high-heeled slide and strappy mid-heel sandal with cute
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French brand Kitsuné introduces their next capsule collection for classic French men’s shoemaker J.M. Weston. The collection includes a preppy mix of resplendent suede duo-tone penny loafers, traditional brogues with brick colored soles and handsome gentleman's lace-up boots. Available at Kitsuné’s Paris store and J.M. Weston boutiques in early May.
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The first J. Artola S/S 11 collection delivers this month at www.endless.com and DUMBO's NOS Boutique in Brooklyn. Inspired by the beach, designer Jury Artola used soft pebbled leathers and canvas in rich neutral hues like sand, bark, clay and denim constructed on genuine leather or natural crepe soles. The beach boot and sandal features J.Artola's signature double-stitched outsole with
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Sydney-based SENSO has revved up its US expansion for S/S 11, rolling out to 12 specialty retailers (and more for F/W 11) — including it's first major US hub on Solestruck.com. Known for wearable styles in eye-catching materials and a knack for pushing proportional boundaries, SENSO is sure to resonate with forward-thinking fashionistas around the world. Stylesight gives you a
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We're loving Lanvin's use of tactile cloqués and the dimensional digital camo motifs from the S/S 11 runway translated to the label's signature mid-top sneaker. Available at Aloha Rag for a steep $975 USD.
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Hong Kong-based CIPHER is the latest brand to hit the luxury sector with a balanced collection of luxe contemporary lifestyle footwear. Launched in 2008, Canadian-born designer Collin Thompson's describes his vision as "bringing unique designer-driven products that echo fluidity of modern cosmopolitan living". The forthcoming AW11 collection includes a progressive offering of high-top sneakers that are part indie-punk, part electro
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The Stylesight materials and footwear teams just finished up an intense three days at the 25th edition of Linea Pelle S/S 12 tradeshow (Bologna, Italy) — analyzing and confirming leather and textile trends from our S/S 12 Materials Forecast as it relates to footwear, bags, accessories and garments. We were excited by pale and abstract palettes presented at the trend
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Stylesight's Youth Culture team recently returned from the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas and uncovered some of the coolest emerging trends in fashion. Keeping within true Texan spirit, the "dust-bowl darling" attendees were outfitted in cut-off denim short shorts grounded by authentic western boots. Be sure to check out our SXSW Streets report for a complete wrap.
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This week, New Balance will be getting into the custom shoe market for the first time. After similar initiatives by Nike (Nike iD) and adidas (Mi adidas), the company's US574 Custom Program treats sneakerheads to a Made-in-the-USA pair of the basic 574's, produced to customer specifications through a simple web interface. Employing their Norridgewock, Maine manufacturing facility, New Balance hopes
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Designers Silvano Arnoldo and Massimiliano Battois, the duo behind Venice-based high-end footwear label Arnoldo & Battois, pride themselves on hand-crafted architectural footwear and handbags. With emphasis on luxe materials including soft nappas, exotics skins and signature pleated cloths, the S/S 11 collection impresses with intriguing expressions of form, volume and texture.
Check out the Arnoldo & Battois F/W 11 collection here
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The TC Supply Shop - located on Sixth Avenue and the corner of 41st Street- is the answer to every midtown business guy's dream - who dreads the downtown-trek in search of manly must-haves. An unexpected gem in the midst of skyscrapers, banks and delis, the three week-old shop resembles an old American lodge and features timeless basics that fit
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Jeffrey Campbell's "Lita" has become the single, most recognizable shoe amongst the fashion and blogger-set since its launch in Fall 2009. The blogger-endorsed shoe recently got caught up in quite the firestorm when famed Sartorialist's, Scott Schulman expressed his admiration for "curvy" blogger, Angelica Ardasheva and made mention of her "strong" Lita shoes in relation to the "sturdy" proportion of
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For all the footwear fanatics, Stylesight celebrates the launch of Footnotes - a blog "solely" dedicated to footwear. We will bring you up-to-the-moment updates on news, events, inspiration and product as it unfolds in the blogosphere and drop notes along the way as we travel the globe.
To kick off the season, we present our F/W 11 Runway Classifications
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