Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Bettina Dorfmann’s 18,500 Barbies now look weirdly on the money and artist Madelon Vriesendorp’s acquisition of wonderful kitsch souvenirs inclines towards installation rather than collection....
...I recommend visiting Ryszard Baryliński, who makes traditional handmade brushes for all different sorts of things – shoe brushes, shaving brushes....
...Isabel Marant never fails to produce on this front — see her Dewina boot for a lesson in French insouciance (£480, 24s.com) or, for an even lower cut, LK Bennett’s Elle shoe boots (£320, lkbennett.com)....
...“And then I do a very modern shoe, and it doesn’t sell at all.” Blahnik famously loathes sneakers, though he likes an old-school tennis shoe and does those too (the Semanado is £525)....
...“We’re a community — which is wonderful. You feel in touch with something that people have done for centuries. A mosaic that fits in to its environment will feel almost eternal.”...
...Citi’s law firm group started in 1971 after two of its private bankers had the idea that partners at so-called white-shoe law firms in New York could help with referrals to ultra-wealthy clients....
...I’ve always loved a quirky shoe. The beauty staples I’m never without are Augustinus Bader’s The Cream, The Face Oil and The Cleansing Balm....
...For all the centrifugal spinning, fashion is “still a wonderful industry”. Nicolas Ghesquière: Hair, Pierre Saint Sever at Artboard. Grooming, Min Kim at Streeters. Production, Louis2....
...As the dress is so impactful, go with a simple silver, grey or black shoe or just wear black tights with boots....
...Soon afterwards they were sitting with some friends in the girls’ dorm kitchen when he unthinkingly stroked her shoe. For a time, after university, they squatted in north London....
...(According to Hoban, the shoes might have been a reference to Warhol’s commercial illustrator work for shoe manufacturer I Miller.)...
...Painted in distinctive Cornish saffron yellow, the cosy pub-with-rooms is replete with roaring fires and simple seasonal food, and a bar full of local characters who often have wonderful stories to tell....
...Have a wonderful weekend and we’ll find each other again next week. [MUSIC PLAYING]...
...Manolo Blahnik, who offers a fine selection of brogues and loafers, recommends that “a colourful shoe such as the Witney is key to dressing up an already wonderful outfit”....
...But like all businesses, if you can grit your teeth through the financial pain and come through the clouds, it’s a wonderful thing. It gives me great pleasure.”...
...And isn’t it wonderful that they can turn bamboo into lovely soft eco-friendly socks; and how much less wonderful that they thereafter turn steadily back into bamboo?...
...(Not to mention the basket of freshly baked focaccia to fare la scarpetta — ie, to mop it all up with a “little shoe”.)...
...“I fell in love the first moment I saw the nature here, the wonderful beach, dunes and rice fields, and felt the mildness of the climate and the kindness of the Portuguese.”...
...But the existence of the fluttersome footwear must be kept secret from Wendy Wedge, the evil shoe-factory owner who rules Shoe Town with an iron fist and will stop at nothing to win the coveted Golden Shoe...
...They sell wonderful thick knitted socks, made in Austria by Huber....
...A recent “find” is [London shoe- and handbag-repair service] The Restory. The work I’ve seen on Instagram is amazing....
...His little, spare shop is a wonderful place full of the small sculptures he makes, as well as his incredible ethnic music collection.” non-project.com Paul Andrew, creative director of Salvatore Ferragamo...
...Feet and shoes feature in many of our most powerful myths and fairytales, from Cinderella and Puss in Boots to The Red Shoes and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz....
...“When I was 19, I became obsessed with the book Take Ivy by Teruyoshi Hayashida, who travelled to American campuses in the 1960s and took these wonderful, off-duty pictures of the students.”...
...They’re a wonderful symbol of pleasure, and with their scuffed soles, bear the traces of all the things I’ve done in them. Blahniks are undeniably high-end....
International Edition