The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Oopsy! Cleanups are never fun, but honesty is the best policy and fixing your mistake is the right thing. Brown Shoe Co Inc. said it will voluntarily recall eight styles of its children’s shoes shaped to resemble a car on concerns the footwear’s decorative wheels could detach, posing a choking hazard. The company will recall a total 1.4 million of its China-made Buster Brown & Co clog children̵…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but new ones can learn from the old. Shoemaker and pattern engineer Tim Noonan walks the line between the handcrafted ways of the Old world and the high tech world of sports footwear. As the owner of Noonan Custom Footwear, the Fall River resident handcrafts shoes using methods that existed for hundreds of years. He specializes in making custom shoes that range about $1,300-$1,40…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Not just in government and finances are the people wanting transparency! Monday’s show by Calvin Klein, half the clothes were super light, see-through and frequently translucent due to designs by the talented Italo Zucchelli. Zucchelli, crowned Menswear Designer of 2009 at last week’s award ceremony of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, has been a hit with his new fashion. Read more into it here! More po…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Ladies buy one pair of shoes and get all the colors you want! Yadong Yin, a chemist working at the University of California Riverside has developed a new polymer that changes color. Yin plans for practical applications in rewriteable signs, paper, and labels. All such applications would reduce pollution and the need for paper products. Women’s shoes that change color on demand with a variable magnetic field…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
More jobs being filled! Three months after Richard Beckman took over as CEO of Conde Nast-owned Fairchild Fashion Group, he has made his first big hire. Beckman has brought on former Men’s Vogue publisher Marc Berger as publisher of trade publication Footwear News. Read the rest of the article here! Everybody was so excited to get the final results for this! Looks like men’s footwear fashion has a new cover! Fo…
Daily 5, It’s all about the good news
by JULIA
Want to slip into shoes handmade just for you? A decade ago, if you wanted a pair of Aurora Shoe Co. shoes, you went to the pole barn factory on Route 90 south of this Cayuga County village. While a resident cat looked on, you climbed a platform just inside a garage door, sat in an old church pew or lawn chair and were fitted for a pair. The quirky business model worked well for the owners and employees. The shoes — based o…
The daily 5, it’s all about the good news
by JULIA
Good job Brown Shoe! As everyone knows by now, our friends from Brown Shoe have been going through a rough patch but that won’t stop them. Brown Shoe Company on Thursday opened a 350,000 square foot Famous Footwear Distribution Center, which will be able to accommodate 32 million pairs of shoes a year. The new Tejon Ranch, Calif., center will “add time savings and cost efficiencies to the process of shipp…
Shoebiz Trivia
by Jorge the Intern
Today’s trivia is a designer guess who! Jorge is so clever! What shoe designer’s boutiques are characterized by orange lacquer doors, mirrored walls, and Lucite fixtures – which are in all her boutiques? The correct answer is Tory Burch, if you want to read more into this click here What New York native spent her early years as a competitive ice skater and ice skating instructor, graphic designer, shoe model…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Still have gladiators in the inventory from last summer? Style expert Katrina Szish spotlighted some summer styles Monday on The Early Show that are sure to kick your summer into gear. Szish said gladiators are back — and not at the Coliseum. “The gladiator shoe is something we saw last season, everyone said (gladiators) are not gonna last,” Szish said. “Well, they’re back again an…
Shoebiz Trivia
by Jorge the Intern
Of what type of shoe did Mr. Gunn from Project Runaway make this remark? ”I have to say, I think they’re much more than a trend,” Gunn says, “and I think that they are so fully embedded into the culture that they’re not going anywhere, and if anything, the number of wearers will expand. Once one experiences a certain degree of comfort, one doesn’t want to go back to anything that…
The daily 5. It’s all abut the good news!
by JULIA
Hello everybody! Ready for a new week? Well lets start with positive energy and good vibes! So what do you think about last night’s fashion at the MTV Movie Awards. Most of our favorite celebrities nailed it but some mmmm…not so much. Jimmy Choo’s shoes were a must as well as Chrisitian Loubotin’s. It is so fun to see what everyone rocks for these award shows. To get the full scoop, check th…
The daily 5, all about the good news!
by JULIA
Are you sure you are using the right shoes for exercising? There are some really smart exercise physiologists who suggest lifting weights and running in really flat shoes with minimal support and cushion. That may work for some more advanced exercisers and the relatively few runners who are very light and biomechanically perfect – however for the average person trying to be active and healthy – it is wise to invest in…
Shoebiz Trivia
by Jorge the Intern
What color ballet shoes are typically worn by women and men dancers? Heather answered this correctly when she said girls, pink and boys, white. These are the typical colors. Nude and black are also popular. The dancers typically select colors that do not draw attention to their feet. Introduced in 1982, what was the name of the first shoe to use “air technology”? The correct answer is the Air Force 1 by Nike. According t…
The daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
I’m more than sure that by now you are all familiar with the Walk a mile in Her Shoes movement against domestic and sexual abuse. Well this is getting bigger and bigger and also international. Check out the updates on this awesome cause at www.walkamileinhershoes.org and have fun with the pics and video above! Just as Julia mentioned yesterday…this is amazing. :) I’m glad to hear that one of my f…
The Daily 5, All about the good news!
by JULIA
Puma named a new SVP of North American Sales this week. Congrats to Curtis Charles for landing the top spot! Curtis has a long history in the fashion and footwear industry. His last position was as the CEO of Kemistre 8. In an article from Footwear News he talks about his goals joining the company and where he sees the brands success going….read it here! Consumer confidence is up and it’s showing in the stock markets! Yest…
