Looki, Looki…Snooki at FN Platform
by JULIA
Snooki was at Platform yesterday debuting her slipper collection….OH man….Considering she was arrested in her slippers at least we know she truly believes in the product! Thanks to my girl Gina for texting these pics to me so I can share!
Twitter Action of the Day @msshoebizness!!
by Mary Krajick
PaversShoes Pavers Shoes Just four pairs of shoes needed for business travel http://bit.ly/b8gQt1 My favorie tweet of the day!! It goes along with my article on Candice Cabe and her Day 2 Night Convertible Heels…Check it out! redfootshoes Redfoot Shoes Zippyboot featured in Woking Observer on how to keep warm this winter: http://www.redfootrevolution.co.uk/pages/blog/?p=1379 Also going along with…
The Daily 5 – It’s All About the Good News!
by Jillian Heiner
Under Armour is stepping up their game. Image from Footwear News As predicted, sales of the NBA banned Concept 1 shoes skyrocketed. “We sold more shoes the day they were banned than we did in the previous month, and that repeated daily for the rest of the week,” designer Adam Goldston told The LA Times . They completely sold out of size 13s and had a higher than projected sales numbers due to the marketing. Th…
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…
Twitter Action of the Day @msshoebizness!
by Mary Krajick
The Twitter Action of the Day is back! For those of you who haven’t see it, Julia started it last year to share her favorite tweets of the day and post her favorite as the winner. As a twitter newbie I can’t believe how much fun it is to see what everyone is up to via tweets!! I’m so excited to be starting this up again since social media is a vital part of any industry today. Honestly, I thought this was go…
Tony Hsieh’s NYC Book Launch
by JULIA
Congrats Sheena! First off I would like to say that I am not the best event journalist or photographer…actually I am pretty terrible. haha. I think I get caught up having fun and forget to do my job, so please forgive me. Last night was the launch party for Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh’s new book, Delivering Happiness…I wasn’t even sure I was going to make it, but when my good friend and sometime…
Miami Fashion Week – Jacinta Ligon and Stuart Weitzman
by JULIA
Model – Dashil Hernandez My good bud Leon Frager is a well known stylist here in Miami and NY who was involved with several of the shows this past week that I attended. One designer in particular was exciting for me to see for a couple reasons. One being that we were able to connect her with Stuart Weitzman for shoes which looked amazing and two because she will be showing a full collection at my upcoming show at the Se…
Sergio Zelcer-Swimwear Show
by JULIA
Okay Okay…if you are easily offended by beautiful girls in little bikini’s, then you probably don’t want to continue to read this post. I do live in Miami as you know and swimwear is something we see a lot of here! For the month of October we chose to go with a swimwear show….mostly because while the rest of the country is cooling down…Miami is just heating up! We are heading into the s…
UPDATES From FFANY SOS-Hope to see you there!!
by JULIA
Click ABOVE!! Check out all the recent updates from FFANY Shoes on Sale!! Only a little over a week away! I can’t wait to go and I hope to see you there!! If you are going, I would love to meet you….email me and let me know!!
Soles4Souls, Delilah Johnson and Purple High Heels!
by JULIA
Me and some of my favorite girls representing for S4S! I don’t even know where to start in regards to this past weekend’s show. To say it was perfect is an understatement because it far exceeded my expectations of what perfect would have been…..First off I have to give a HUGE thank you to all of the supporters for this event. They are getting bigger and better every time and I am so humbled by the response fro…
Shoebiz Trivia
by Jorge the Intern
SHOEBIZ TRIVIA What Shoe Designer, didn’t want to be one initially as his father “Mr. Seymour” was, was studying for Wallstreet but at age twenty sketched a design that sold so well it set him down the designer path? The answer is Stuart Weitzman! His father proudly added it to the Mr. Seymour line, where it sold very well – so well that his father had “Stuart’s first shoe” bronzed. Goodbye Wa…
Shoebiz Trivia! -ANSWERS!
by JULIA
What was the total revenue for the US footwear industry in 2008? -$64 billion!! That’s a lot of shoes! Source: www.greatamericangroup.com The word “Moccasin” can be traced back to what year and what language? -The word “moccasin” can be traced back to the year 1612 and originated from a Virginia Algonquian language. Source: www.shoeguide.net What is the most expensive shoe in t…
