One in a Million
by Alan Lugo
Happy New Year everyone!!! I hope everyone is easing back into the work grind with fond memories of the holiday season! I can personally say that I am truly looking forward to 2011!! We haven’t heard from Alan Lugo who a designer for Hush Puppies for a little while, but I absolutely love this article! The design process is very fascinating to me and I have so much respect for designers since as an artist, I understa…
When Will It All End?
by Alan Lugo
Alan Lugo is an old friend of Shoe Bizness and we’re happy he’s back! I love hearing different perspectives on the hottest topics in the footwear industry. Toning sneakers have been such big hit and there has been so much buzz around all the different brands that carry them. But what about the first person to come up with this innovative idea and the designers who create something new only to have ten other p…
Give it Time
by Alan Lugo
It’s been a little while since we have heard from our friend Alan, but worth the wait! What a great article with a great message for us all!! Sometimes we can forget that things don’t just magically appear out of nowhere and it is so important that we take the time to ask the question, “what was your inspiration?” or simply a “why”. If we remember to do this rather than simply react…
Where is technology taking shoe design? A Commentary.
by Alan Lugo
Okay…I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I know I did, but I am happy to be back in action here on Shoebizness! This is going to be a crazy week as the FFANY show is just two days away! I also have 4 exhibits this week for the art project I have been working on here in Miami….Like I said, CRAZY! Speaking of art…Alan paints a great visual on the advances of shoe design and technology. I personally tend to…
Sources of Inspiration and the (overrated) Importance of Trends
by Alan Lugo
Sources of Inspiration and the (overrated) Importance of Trends I realized that I would be a good shoe designer when I recognized that I could sketch shoe after shoe without struggling to find ideas for a new design. They would just come naturally, almost like someone who is a good writer or speaker; the words, or in my case designs, would just come naturally, or at least it seemed that way. These days that skill defin…
Why Footwear? By Alan Lugo
by Alan Lugo
I would like to introduce our newest Shoebizness.com contributor, Alan Lugo. Alan is a designer at Hush Puppies/Wolverine World Wide and he stumbled across Shoebizness thanks to William Weiss. He sent me an interesting email asking me “where are my men’s designer contributors”? Well, I had just finished discussing with someone how I wished designers were as outgoing as sales reps because I de…
