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June 11, 2015

Gordana Dimitrijevic Bosnian Shoe Designer Conquers Paris.

Source: www.gordanadimitrijevic.fr

I am always inspired by beautiful stories of women resilience, power and creativity. Today I am excited to share a story about Bosnian lady, a shoe designer Gordana Dimitrijevic who now lives and designs shoes successfully in Paris.
The story starts in 1995 in the war blasting Sarajevo.

Gordana as a young student leaves her hometown, her family and her studies in Economy. Suitcase in hand, her will and talent packed, she sets for Paris. She finds work as an au pair, and quickly becomes a distinguished student at the famous Parisian fashion school Studio Bercot.
Poached right out of school, she begins designing for Charles Jourdan, where she stays four years. With this experience, she accepts a new challenge and goes to work for then emerging brand, Mellow Yellow and divides her time between France and China. Subsequently, she designs two collections for Stéphane Kelian before becoming artistic director for Accessoire Diffusion, a role she carry on today.

"Gordana makes her wishes come true. She has willpower, pleasure and incredible intuition. Throughout each stage of her life, she has inspired trust and exposed her creative universe, gathering confidence and support along the way."

During this time, Gordana’s desire to create her own brand and place of expression continued to grow. To make this dream a reality, she joins the French Institute of Fashion in September 2009 and enrols in the Global Management MBA, aimed to train future leaders of fashion companies. There, she built a team around her project.
Today, Gordana's gorgeous name brand collection has been featured in Grazia, Cosompolitan, Elle, Marie Claire, Madam, Figaro to name the few. Famous fashionistas, bloggers and fateful clients in fashion capital of the world can't get enough of her gorgeous shoes. Here are some of my favorites, is this a true #shoeporn or what? :)

Scroll over each image to see the price and link to shop.

How do you like Gordana's shoes and which one is your favorite style? :)

XoXo

May 5, 2014

Shoes worth starving for.

Photo source: Sophia Webster website

I am sure you have all seen the girls (and some boys) wearing t-shirts saying 'Will work for shoes'. Well, for these ones you will have to work and starve but it will all be worth of it as they are indeed a little pieces of art.

As a proud member of shoesoholics anonymous club and passionate shoes lover who never ever has enough shoes, and not just any shoes, more like 'can't live without, love at the first sight' kind of shoes I must say that I am head over heels (literary) in love with shoe art designed by Sophia Webster.

“If shoes are uncomfortable it means the pattern’s been incorrectly cut. I keep heels simple so they fit well.”

Sophia Webster studied at the Royal College of Art and Camberwell Art College, then trained at Cordwainer’s College; which may be why she prefers to hand-draw her prints. Sophia was mentored by Nicholas Kirkwood for two years, mentioning him as the reason for developing her own shoe collection. She debuted her Spring 2013 “Welcome to the Dollhouse” collection in September 2012.

My favorite thing about Sophia's design is the functionality, beautiful feminine design and playfulness. These babies are made to stand out and not to blend in with the rest of the clothes you are wearing so rock them with attitude and pride! :)

Which of these beauties would you starve for? :)

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