So here is a little more about what I have been doing.
As 2010 is the year for my very best of friends to get married I was a little stuck as to what I could do for a gift and how I might contribute now that I live in Mallorca.
With my experience of footwear in design, retail, and trend I soon realised that my lovely friends were going to find it difficult to find fashionable, interesting bridal shoes that suited their age and style without spending a fortune on designer labels or going to dodgy department stores.
This brain wave enabled me to pull together my expertise along side the need of a gift (be it for the bride only). Then perhaps spread the word.
If my friends could find a lovely but basic shoe, that they knew fitted and did "the job" I could make it extra special by customising and making it unique and wedding suitable. So here is a picture of Emily's shoe with the embellishment designs I proposed to her.
Emily sent me the shoes, images of "the" dress and the accessories that she had in mind and I went shopping for trims.
I sent her a few options of embellishment designs with a mix of placement and trims and she choose the perfect piece.
I'm pleased to say she now wants me to do all her accessories! Bag and head pieces.
I think you've onto a winner! You ought to think about also designing shoes for other dress-up events, like proms, balls, dinner dances -- for long as well as short dresses!
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