Here are some of his shoe designs.
Fashion Designer
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Tuesday 7 February 2012
Prue Acton the designer
Prue Acton, (born 1943) is an Australian fashion designer, and is often referred to as Australia's "golden girl" of fashion' during the 60's.
Acton was born in Benalla Victoria and educated at Firbank Anglican Girl's Grammar School in Melbourne. Between 1958 and 1962 she completed a Diploma of Art majoring in textiles at Royal Melbourne Royal Institute of Technology.
Prue Acton Designs
Monday 23 January 2012
Paco Jamandreu the designer
Paco Jamandreu (October 17, 1925 – March 9, 1995) was a well known Argentine fashion designer and actor. He was a personal friend of Eva Perón and participated as a costume designer in multiple Argentine films.
Career
Jamandreu made his debut as a movie costume designer in 1942, working for leading lady Zully Moreno in a movie named Historia de crímenes ("Crime Story"). He followed that by designing for El muerto falta a la cita ("The Dead One Missed the Appointment"), released in 1944, and in 1947's El misterioso Tío Silas ("The Mysterious Uncle Silas"). Jamandreu, who admitted his homosexuality to his father at age 15, became known among friend and clients not only for his talent, but also for his candor.
Friday 20 January 2012
Jimmy Choo the designer
Jimmy Choo's beginnings can be traced back to his workshop in Hackney, North London, which he opened in 1986 by renting an old hospital building. His craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and he came to the verge of international notability when his creations were featured in a record eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue. Patronage from Diana, Princess of Wales, from 1990 further boosted his image.
In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon.
Sunday 15 January 2012
Alan Faena the designer
Alan Faena (1965 - ) is a prominent Argentine fashion
designer and real estate developer. Faena was born to a Syrian Argentine family in Buenos Aires,
in 1965. His parents became prosperous textile manufacturers and in 1985, Faena
established Vía Vai (a casual wear design label and boutique).
Vía Vai prospered, and by the late 1990s, the firm's 40
outlets in Argentina and numerous others in Brazil, Chile, France and Italy
grossed around US$30 million in net sales. Faena sold the chain in the year
2000, after which he relocated to the resort city of Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Capital from the sale of Vía Vai allowed him to approach renowned French
designer Philippe Starck with a concept for the creation of a hotel,
residential and cultural complex in the newly renovated Puerto Madero docklands
of Buenos Aires. This association, in turn, secured the interest of New
York-based Russian developer Len Blavatnik, who made US$100 million available
for the development of the "Faena Arts District."
Gustavo Cadile the designer
Gustavo Cadile is an Argentine fashion designer.
Born in Junin, Argentina, he began his career in Buenos Aires at the age of 17, where he studied and worked with Manuel Lamarca. At 23 he was given a ticket to fly to Miami on vacation, a trip that would change his life. He is quoted saying "I fell in love with Neiman Marcus", and returned to Argentina to say goodbye to his family.
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