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A Sweet Treat For Your Feet. Karl Lagerfeld X Melissa Ice Cream Heels.






Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld teamed up with Brazilian shoe company Melissa for four new styles, one of which is this whimsical ice cream cone-heeled shoe named the Incense. Available in three color combinations, the black or white pump is embellished with a glittery ice cream cone in two colors.


above: Karl's initial sketch of the shoe

“This is one of the most exciting collaborations that our company has ever started” says Paulo Pedó, Marketing Director of Melissa. “Karl Lagerfeld, the most iconic designer of the 21st century, has widened his kingdom by joining the world of Melissa. Lagerfeld’s great talent, synonymous with couture, will be translated into a shoe line, expanding our consumer base and making his brand more accessible for all”, complements Pedó.

Black With Rasberry:




White with Pistachio:




White with Rasberry:




Very satisfied with the collaboration, Pier Paolo Righi, CEO of the KARL LAGERFELD brand, says “Melissa has been great in translating Karl’s inspirations and designs in genuinely fun and fashionable products that many women will be very happy to wear”. We are thrilled about the launch of the Karl Lagerfeld brand in Brazil through his collaboration with Melissa. He will produce mini-collections for four consecutive seasons.



Price $213.58 USD, Buy them here.

Learn more about the collaboration and see all the styles here

images courtesy of Melissa and ASOS

United Nude: Shoes With A Blueprint




In 2003 a Dutch architect from an architects family and an English shoemaker from a shoemakers family decided to start a brand. Disillusioned with fashion and not wanting to be yet another shoe brand or architecture firm, a design company was born – set on releasing specific, iconic products and rejecting broad seasonal ranges. The products evolve in projects from international teams (United) in an open way with direct recognition (Nude).


Above left; Rem D. Koolhaas and right, Galahad Clark

The company has several fabulous styles of shoes now and continues to grow in both styles and staff. It was originally co-founded by Rem D. Koolhaas (Rem D. Koolhaas is the nephew of better known architect Rem Koolhaas and distinguishes himself from his uncle with the middle inital) and English shoemaker Galahad JD Clark, who is a seventh generation shoe maker from the Clarks family in Somerset. Galahad took over the running of Terra Plana, an eco friendly shoe company, in 2003.

The concept of the company was and still is to meld architectural design and unusual materials with product design, creating unusual but functional shoes. United Nude is part of a creative collective, functioning as a hub of interaction between architects, fashion designers, magazine editors and photographers.

Each single pair of shoes is a reinterpretation of an architectural object or represents an exploration of different materials and colours: the first shoe created by United Nude was called “Möbius” and it was inspired by the Barcelona chair created by Bauhaus director Mies Van Der Rohe for the International Exposition in 1929. The uniqueness of this special sandal stood in the fact that it was characterized by a single strip that formed the sole, heel, foot-bed and upper of the shoe.


Above: the Barcelona chair as the inspiration for the Mobius shoe

Mobius
In the Ultra mobius, a single piece unites the sole, heel, footbed and upper, a revolutionary achievment in shoe construction and design.




The Mobius is also available in hi and mid heel heights as well as in other color leathers, below are a few examples.


Eamz


Ray and Charles Eames' famous aluminum office chairs inspired the “Eamz” series, featuring pumps and sandals, even a tech sandal, that integrate the chair foot into the heel of the shoe, a feature that seems to suspend it in mid-air.





Stealth


The “Stealth” is a dynamic platform shoe inspired by the straight lines and styling of the Stealth F117 Nighthawk fighter plane. It's available as a peep toe pump and as a sandal as well.



Porn
The Porn Toe and Porn Toe Buckle styles are made from molding the strongest plastics in the world so the floating foot bed can function and support all while appearing to defy gravity.



above: Porn toe in mirrored silver patent leather


Mono Jane
Molded from very lightweight EVA material, this shoe claims to be the world's lightest weight wedge and comes in tons of fun colors.



Mono also comes in a flat ballet slipper like version.

Cosmo
the Ultra Cosmo uses hand molded carbon fiber for the light weight construction, creating a high-technology piece of art with sex appeal.




The Cosmo Ultra has a heel height of 11 centimeters, and is limited to production of only a few hundred pairs.

Also new for Spring Summer 2009 are the No.2 and the Six strap styles.

No.2

The No.2 is made of a tech nylon heel and available in four bright patent leather colors or two striped elastic versions.



Six Strap
The Six Strap comes in four different elasticized variations, one in solid black and three striped variations.



To learn more, see prices or to purchase any of the above shoes shown, go here.


Be sure to see their other styles and other color variations at United Nude.

If shoes made with unusual and or eco-friendly materials interest you, be sure to check out

Melissa Shoes of Brazil here.


Don't miss this more recent post on United Nude's Spring and Summer releases:

Melissa: Shoes That Redefine Affordable, Stylish, Recyclable And... Plastic!




Melissa is a socially and environmentally responsible company in Brazil that employs sustainable practices, treats their employees well (paying them above average wages complete with benefits), collaborates with hip designers and fashion icons (like Karim Rashid, Zaha Hadid and Vivienne Westwood to name only a few) to churn out millions (over 50 million pairs in the past 25 years) of environmentally responsible shoes made with a special patented recyclable plastic compound called MEFLEX. A shoe begins as a large orb of plastic and takes a only a minute to produce.



Plastic shoes? Yes, but these are far more chic, varied and even come in a 'flocked' or 'velvet' versions. Collaborations with some of today's hippest designers yield everything from "couture" plastic shoes adorned with crystals by J. Maskrey to super sexy high heels by the Campana Brothers and Alexandre Herchovitch you'd find hard to believe are plastic.




J Maskrey


The Campanas brothers


alexandre herchcovitch


Stylist Judy Blame



Vivienne Westwood

The latest collaboration is with world renowned architect/designer Zaha Hadid:



The website(s), advertising and concept store in SaoPaulo, whose facade changes monthly with various artists' work, are all incredibly creative. The shoes smell like candy, look chic, come in every style from tennis shoes and sandals to ballet flats and boots with prices ranging from approx $46.00 to $60.00 USD





The shoe selections seem to vary depending upon which country's site you are viewing.

Below are some of their special editions for 2008, which were collaborations with well known characters from comics and cartoons.

Le Petit Prince /The Little Prince:


Wonder Woman:

Walt Disney's Tinkerbell:

Oswald:

And a few more of their many styles:

Above: Secret Love. Available in several colors.

Above: A 'velvet' MEFLEX shoe shown in black from Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania collection.



Above: Positive, shown in asch. Also available in several color combinations and with or without the ankle strap


Above: Hello, shown in in gold or black 'velvet'. Other colors available.

And a few styles from the Spring 2009 collection:








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