Press Release-Ringstar, Inc. Secures Footwear Utility Patent….
by JULIA
Congrats to Chris and his firm! We wish them much success!! Chris also has a group on facebook which you should join…It’s actually called Footwear Professionals Network like mine on LinkedIN. RINGSTAR, INC. SECURES FOOTWEAR UTILITY PATENT FOR IMPACT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY Florida-based footwear firm cements it position as the martial arts footwear leader. LAKE WORTH, FL – Ringstar, Inc., an inn…
The daily 5- All about the good news!
by JULIA
Collaborations and partnerships are the trend for the footwear industry this year. This spring, Raf Simons updated classic Dr Martens, while Junya Watanabe put his own spin on Trickers kicks; for fall, several other designers are also locking step with well-shod partners including Duckie Brown for Florsheim, Rack & Bone with Gerson, Ralph Lauren and Puma, among others. Check this out THEMOMENT
Shoebiz Trivia-Courtesy of Jorge the Intern-Answers
by Jorge the Intern
How did Doc Martens get their name?-The correct answer is a German physician. A German physician, Klaus Maerten, invented the air cushioned soles of these shoes, supposedly after injuring his ankle skiing. When he later looked to license his product internationally, the British company which bought the patent rights anglicized the name. In the 1970s the shoes became the standard uniform of certain segments of th…
New POV
by JULIA
Jose sent me the following email late last week and I felt it was a good subject to put out there. He has a great point and I know that there is challeges for plus-sized women to find not only clothing but footwear. I remember last year, I was in NYC and there was a lady in a footwear boutique I was visiting trying on a massive number of shoes narrowing down choosing to buy not the one that she loved the most, but the one that fit.…
The Daily 5-All about the good news!
by JULIA
Hello everybody! Are you ready for a new week and a new month to start? I am! Hope all of you had lots of fun on the weekend, Julia surely did, and yeah me too, shopping and getting ready for my trip to Peru on Wednesday. I’m so excited!! I will keep you posted on my little adventures in my beautiful hometown. I’m more than sure that by now we are all aware of the buzz that the First Lady caused with her sneakers at Was…
Viva La Difference Part V
by JULIA
Wow Tom hit this subject spot on and what great timing! I am all about the networking and honestly if I look back at who I have met and how I have met them I laugh. Let’s take for example how I ended up producing fashion shows….I met a model in a Charlotte, NC airport and we began to talk. She wanted me to help her with a charity fashion show….fast foward 9 months later and here I am producing shows and because…
Shoebiz Trivia! brought to you by Jorge Santana-our new intern!
by Jorge the Intern
What is the name for the Japanese shoes which are thong sandals with a wood sole raised up on two wooden strips? -The correct answer is geta. Geta are noisy shoes to wear; the onomatopoeic term for the sound is “karan-koron”. It also takes some practice to balance properly on them. Zori are flat sandals without a separate heel. Tabi are the socks with a cleft between the great toe and 2nd toe to accommodate th…
The daily 5- All about the good news!!
by JULIA
Happy Friday everybody!! It’s the beginning of the first weekend of a new month! Awesome! With the summer right here and a lot of projects ahead I would like to start the news thanking God for all the good friends and supporters that help us be what we are now. Good weekend to all of you shoebizness fans!! And the first note goes to this awesome young man from Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Wes Tardy found the p…
Matisse Sheena’s Weekly Rant-Is Imitation really a form of flattery??
by Matisse Sheena
This subject this week came up in a couple of conversations Sheena and I had over the past couple of weeks and so I figured she might as well go ahead and rant about it! I see it all the time….the same shoe 20 different ways every season, but a lot of people are so protective of the competition seeing their designs. To me, I think that we all can be inspired by eachother and expand off the trends in a healthy way, but unfort…
