November 15th, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

Dereon expands to the Middle East. Picture from WWD I would like to give a special shout out to Puma and Timberland. Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine named them the top 2 “greenest” companies at the 2010 Green Supply Chain Awards. Tinygreenbubble.com wrote an article entitled “Shoe companies lead the way for sustainable supply chains”, highlighting the awards. They were recognized based on their over su…

 
October 25th, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

The purrr-fect pair of kitten heeled Louboutins from The NY Post Style.com is calling all fashionistas! They are casting for “NY’s most creative voices, minds and points of view.” In the new show, North of Madison, they are looking to display the reality of the fashion industry and how to stay on top and at the forefront of the trends and style. All applicants must be between the ages of 21 and 28. Email your name, photo, a…

 
October 18th, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

Saks 5th Avenue and FN Sexiest Shoes Winner from allvoices.com A few days ago, Saks 5th Avenue announced the winner of their sexiest shoe contest. It’s no surprise that Christian Louboutin takes the cake with his $2,445 Swarovski encrusted Maralena Flame Sandal. According to allvoices.com, in an interview with Vanity Fair Magazine in May, Louboutin earned double-digit increments in 2010. We can tell why! It’s no…

 
October 15th, 2010

The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner

NFL gets pretty in pink. Image from Just Judy If you watch football at all, or even if you have walked past the TV while a game was on, then I’m sure you have seen the players outfitted in pink cleats, gloves, etc. It’s hard to miss it. The NFL is doing this to support breast cancer awareness. This popular idea is trickling down to high school as well. Most women are already involved with supporting the cause by participating…

 
October 12th, 2010

Twitter Action of the Day @msshoebizness!!
by Mary Krajick

WayneElsey Wayne Elsey New Blog Post: Look Out the Windshield! http://ht.ly/19pdNl Excues, excuses. It’s really strange how easy it is to focus on the reasons NOT to do something. Wayne Elsey, as many of you know is the founder of Soles4Souls  and it’s great he has the right attitude to “look out the windshield” because of all the people he has helped by doing so. Thanks to WayneElsey for tw…

 
July 22nd, 2010

The Daily Five, It’s All About the Good News!
by Mary Krajick

During one of the biggest sporting events around the world personalized footwear is showing up on everyone at the Tour De France. According to BikeRadar.com, the footwear the riders wear is the most important piece of equipment next to the bike itself. Many individuals and teams have custom styles and colors to help them during the long and strenuous race. From Footwear News today, the Ked’s project in the Bloomingd…

 
April 21st, 2010

If Shoes Could Kill – Fun Site!
by JULIA

OUCH!! I wouldn’t want to get kicked in the shin  with these bad boys!! My good friend Doug Peterson sent me a link to this website and I found it to be quite entertaining, so I thought I would share! The site is www.ifshoescouldkill.com and it definitely looks as though some of them could! Members of the site send in pics of crazy shoes they find and it features designers such as our love, Christian Louboutin, Nina R…

 
April 16th, 2010

Matisse Sheena’s Weekly Rant – CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN – WHAT THE F@$%*??
by Matisse Sheena

Wackadoodle!!!   When Sheena told me that she wanted to write about the Christian Louboutin article featured in Vanity Fair magazine  this week, I had not read it yet. She said it was controversial, which for Sheena to say meant it must be good, er uh well bad. Well as I was traveling this week (sorry for the hiatus from writing during this time) I decided to pick up a copy in the Miami airport heading back to NYC and let me t…

 
April 1st, 2010

THE DAILY 5 – ALL ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS!!
by Richard Salmon

The Daily 5 All About the News!! Christian Louboutin claims a good pair of shoes help transform a woman’s attitude. Find out why Leading luxury brand Sandals has made a move into lifestyle products by announcing a new range of footwear. See what else A recently held study shows that the Vietnamese footwear industry is looking forward to mark this year with sizeable increase in its exports. Read more New Balance…

 
February 9th, 2010

Video of the day
by JULIA

Video of the day!! Comments about Christian Louboutin Shoes! Who doesn’t love them?  

 
January 26th, 2010

PrettyBOY’s Sneaker Picks of the Week
by JULIA

The PrettyBOY’s Sneaker Picks of the Week is back. Now I’m responsable to chose my top 5!! Yes, Brandon… There are some very ‘DOPE’ stuffs and they are not just sneakers! Enjoy! ‘Electra Montana’ Thigh High Sandals. Since 2007, Natalie Elhalrrar has been designing her LeRare collection. Definitely super cool…     A look that fits into the streetwear maket foe 2010 is the  Do…

 
January 25th, 2010

The Daily 5 – All about the good news!!
by JULIA

The Daily 5 – All about the good news!!   Looking for some architectural shoes? In Guo Pei’s Winter 2010 shoe collection there are pieces of footwear that are truly works of art, but might be better on display than actually on feet. They’re a combination of wedge/platforms with a geometric design that makes architectural . They’re great to look at, and innovative in their design, but wal…

 
November 11th, 2009

Trivia by Celo
by JULIA

Says Marcelo, “A former Dynasty footwear colleague (Natalie Repp) did it a while back… supposed to be me juggling shoes!”      -I love it!! We have a new master of trivia!! Marcelo Schmidt has been answering all the trivia questions almost as fast as we can put them up for a few weeks now. He comes from generations of shoe peeps and has a knowledge of the footwear industry that I am sure could give any vet a run…

 
October 23rd, 2009

PrettyBOY’s Sneaker Picks of the Week!
by JULIA

  CLICKE ABOVE   Now that Brandon is permanently making his home here in Miami, you should expect to see more of his influence here on Shoebizness. He has spent the last few days sharing my office…. and I have to give it to him, I have seen him in action and this guy knows how to find the coolest new stuff the fastest.  He has taught me a few tricks over the past few days….and I believe he has learned a few from me!   So…

 
October 15th, 2009

The Daily Five, It’s All About The Good News!
by JULIA

      Let Me Upgrade You ! Congratulations to Michael Spillane for being named new CEO at Converse. He’ll be taking over after Jack Boys’ retirement this year. Converse has been around for a while. Nike made the decision on Monday and know that Michael is the perfect candidate. He had been working with Jack for over two years and knows all duties very well. Read more about it HERE.   Shoes 4 Kids… Payles…

 
Trivia by Celo
November 11th, 2009

Says Marcelo, “A former Dynasty footwear colleague (Natalie Repp) did it a while back… supposed to be me juggling shoes!”      -I love it!! ...

The Daily Five – It’s All About The Good News!
April 21st, 2011

Flip Flop Shops is heading north! Very exciting news for a small Atlanta based company, at the moment they have 40 stores. Their deal states the businessman...

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