Openhouse Gallery in SoHo – My new favorite venue!
by JULIA
OPENHOUSE Gallery I thought I would share this amazing spot with all my industry PR and Event shoebiz peeps in NYC. OPENHOUSE is located in SoHo and has been the home of my past two pop-up shops in the past month (I know, I know…when did I start doing that?? Well don’t worry about that for now. ). I am such a big fan of the space and the crew who manage the gallery! They host everything from original pop up…
Launch of first studio series by designer Andreia Chaves
by Elizabeth Snoddon
I am a new contributor to Shoebizness.com and one of my first tasks was to go through a collection of emails of cool product that Julia has saved. She was especially excited to share an email sent by Andreia Chaves who is a Brazilian footwear designer. Andreia recently launched her first studio series ‘Invisible Shoe’ during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week last month. Looks like design really does…
Video of the Day – Trends for NY Fashion Week
by JULIA
There were some hot shoes on the runways this season! Check out the video above and be inspired!
Professional Girls Night Out – November 3rd NYC!!
by JULIA
RSVP@pearlandcompany.com!! Can’t wait to see everyone! J Next Wednesday is Pearl & Companies 2nd monthly event for women in the fashion industry at Whiskey Park near Central Park here in New York! Last month was really fun and we met a lot of great girls (and had some yummy wine!)! If you are in the city please come join us!! Please help us spread the word!! I would love to see my NYC shoe friends there!!
210 YP’s Christmas Party in June!! Can’t wait!
by JULIA
I am soooo excited about this event! Especially because I will be designing 2 of my Julia Veli paper couture dresses, one for 210 and one for DSW! I am so flattered! I am going to make something extra special! You don’t want to miss this event, so if you are coming to FFANY or are in NYC, you better be there! More details to come!! We’ve already sold just under 100 tickets to our event in just three days! There are a limit…
Shape-Ups at the International Beauty Show
by JULIA
Shape-Ups at the International Beauty Show I got to meet Julia’s great friend Rebo McFadden in Vegas a few weeks ago and I can now say is a friend of mine as well. Rebo who works in Promotions and Marketing for Skechers and in my opinion, the most optimistic, positive person in the footwear industry. I had the opportunity to see him again this past week as he was in New York for the International Beauty Show and…
Weekend Wrap-Up
by Richard Salmon
Weekend Wrap-Up A recap of SHOEBIZNESS and the best links from around the web this week William Weiss rants about “wat” or “what” in his Notes From the Field… 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!! Give It Time… Ahhh picking the right partner…yes definitely not the easiest thing…
1 year anniversery!! Let’s celebrate this week!
by JULIA
A bottle of Champagne from on a dress I made! haha Seems appropriate for our Happy Anniversary! Wow, I really cannot believe it has already been one year since the launch of shoebizness.com. I remember walking the floor at WSA last year attempting to explain to people what my little site is all about. Honestly, at the time I didn’t even really know yet, but I knew I was on to something! At WSA I met Sheena and then in…
Video of the Day – Julia Veli Fashion show (that’s me!)
by JULIA
Check out the video from my show this past weekend! Pics to come soon!!
Exciting News!
by JULIA
Model – Elize Tomas Photographer – Doug Peterson As a few of you may know….Apart from running this website, I also do several other things which recently includes developing my own fashion brand, Julia Veli in which I make all the peices out of recycled materials, including paper, newspaper, canvas and whatever else I can get my hands on! I want to share this with you because I have some really ex…
Video of the Day – My Show!
by JULIA
So cool!! Thanks to my friend/partner Tomas Loewy who not only worked with me hand in hand on this project but documented it so well!! Please check out the video/slideshow he put together for www.miami.com. LOVE IT!!!!
I’m Back!
by JULIA
Triton Models – Amanda Rockwell and Alyssa Schwartz rocking their paper dresses! photo by Tomas Loewy Last week was easily the busiest, craziest and possibly the most exciting week of my career! I think I had an average of 3-4 hours of sleep per night. I had my big event plus 3 additional events during Art Basel and I somehow managed to wedge a trip to NYC in as well!! Tired?? Yes….but it was totally worth it! M…
Les Arts Vivants – What I have been up to….
by JULIA
I have to apologize for taking a little time off….I promise we will get back on the ball starting this week, but definitely in full swing next week. Below is the project that I have been working on! I can’t believe it is almost here!! I am not only the executive producer of the event, but also the lead designer for the show. Crazy!~ I have only a few days to go and a trip to NYC in between!! I would like to also thank a…
Les Arts Vivants
by JULIA
For those of you who don’t speak French (I don’t haha) the phrase, “Les Arts Vivants” means living art, which is the concept and name for a fashion show/event I am producing and lead designer on, coming up in less than 4 weeks here in Miami during Art Basel. I am sharing this with you because I am asking your forgiveness in advance if I am not as prompt with my postings. This show is an amazing opp…
A Party About Shoes = Fun!
by JULIA
If you are in Miami and love to show of your shoes, you should join me at Q Lounge in Aventura on NOV 14th! Check out the email that Agustina from KOA PR sent me below. Hi Julia, The idea for the event was sparked when my friend Tami (@TamiFromMiami) and I were gushing about our new shoes. We decided to have an event where locals can come show off their sexy shoes – both man and women. I’ll be taking pictures o…
