Mother NAYA – Brown Shoes Amazing Eco-Friendly Brand!
by Richard Salmon
Does your customers love Mother Nature? Well then they will surely love Naya Shoes! Naya by itself means renewal in Hindu. What can shoes renew? Well Naya stands to renew the body, spirit and the earth. With such Eco-friendly shoes, you might wonder who is the brains and team behind them. Well Naya, is the first internal Brown Shoe brand and they have put together an awesome team that will certainly help this br…
FFaNy 30th Anniversary Wrap-up
by Richard Salmon
FFaNy 30yrs Old…NYC newbie… It has been a busy few weeks for me, which is why I’ve been absent from Shoebizness for a little while. First it was a two week trip down to Haiti to volunteer for the relief efforts (more on that later) then five days after I landed in Miami from Haiti, I was in NYC exploring the burrows and getting ready for FFaNY. My must have for next year: walking shoes. We don’t walk this much…
YP 210 Christmas in June Party! 30k Raised!! :)
by JULIA
Rick Paterno, Model Dashil Hernandez, Debbie Ferree, Model and Shoebizness contributor Anedie Azael Dresses were made all from WWD newspaper….Hey at least I recycle! I am trying to get everything about FFaNY week up asap, but keep getting interuppted, so bare with me! Last weeks YP party was so much fun and I was so happy to hear that the event raised more than 30k for the charity. If you were unaware, I was one o…
Naya featured in Footwear Plus Magazine!
by JULIA
This article popped into my inbox last Friday right as I spent and evening hanging out with Erin Conroy the PR girl for Brown Shoe…She was telling me how wonderful the brand is doing so far and I am happy to hear it! Check out the feature below or visit www.footwearplusmagazine.com! Congrats to Kasey Gibbs…seems like she is a great fit! Earthy Chic Kasey Gibbs joined Brown Shoe Co. to design for Natural…
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…
FFANY Shoes on Sale – An Evening of Success
by JULIA
Two weeks ago I attended the New York for the FFANY Shoes on Sale event which was so much fun. I definitely had a good time and saw a LOT of familiar faces. The venue, Frederick P Rose Hall was a beautiful setting as shoe industry executives, designers, fans and representatives schmoozed and boozed for a great cause. I have a few pics to share of me hanging out with some of my favorite shoe peeps and meeting some new…
Barbie + Dr. Scholl’s = Awesome!
by JULIA
I am having a great time here in New York so far! Every one who did the Vegas show and is now here is a little tired but the energy of this great city is enough to keep anyone going! I was visiting with Erin Conroy at the Brown Shoe showroom and stopped by Dr. Scholl’s to say hi to Al Rivera and just fell in love with these super fun sandals. I just produced a Barbie inspired fashion show a couple weeks ago in Miami (will po…
Erin Conroy’s Funny Bizness!
by JULIA
As most of you can tell by now, I am buds with a lot of Brown Shoe folks due to my friendship with Geoff Green, their VP of Talent. Geoff introduced me to Erin Conroy who is their fabulous Public Relations Manager knowing that we would hit it off…..well it made so much more sense when we found out our birthdays are one day apart! Holla! Of course we are going to get along, plus we are both what I like to call “ICAC…
New York, New York!!
by JULIA
My new freind Lili and me….she doesn’t work in shoes, but she wears them! I am having a great time in NYC so far this week. To me the best Ffany show is this one. June is beautiful in this city….except for the rain today (booo). However, it’s only Tuesday and I have already visited with so many great people, including my friends at Brown Shoe who have been very nice to me. J Yesterday, I spent time with Christos D…
