Friday 20 December 2013

Horse Hoof boots


Now here's a blast from my past ! I graduated in fashion quite some years ago (1991, for goodness sake!) and for my final show I designed some boots that looked like horses hooves, they were done beautifully by a shoemaker called 'Napoleon'. Isabella Blow picked up on them and at the beginning of an extraordinary career used them in a shoot she styled with Steven Meisel. It became an iconic shoot for Vogue as it put upcoming designers ( me , Husein Chalayan, Alexander Mcqueen etc. ) with new models and many went on to stellar success.
  The new exhibition about Isabella at Somerset House has those photos (mine is the one on the left, thanks to Aeshetica) . I have fond memories of Isabella and some mad cab rides around London. She bought me silk and tights and I gave her a velvet jacket ! My career has changed since then but I am still proud of this shot. I should also add that I no longer produce these boots for sale...........

Wednesday 11 December 2013

New shop opening


A new Etsy shop that is ! All my stumpwork pieces under one roof , to commission, including the scissors above. They are are detail from the large commission I did for the High Sheriff of Cumbria (see the links down the right hand side!) and can be made seperately for  £50 plus p&p. They measure about 2cm each way and can be made in ivory or the sepia tone above (which is actually just the photo but still....)
 New stuff is being made................

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