Now that I live in LA, I have had a chance to really check out the fashion scene here. It’s bubbling with lots of new, great designers, stores and people and I got to write about it for JCREPORT.

April 7, 2010
5FROM CALIFORNIA PROMISES A NEW KIND OF CALIFORNIA DREAMING
By Meghan Cleary
Fifteen years [...]

Hey guys, thought I would run one of my fave interviews that fabulous writer and cupcake enthusiast Rachel Kramer Bussell wrote a few years ago.
It popped into my head today when I was thinking about my journey of shoe and even though I obviously used way too many exclamation points in this interview [...]

Beatrix Branches Out
July 9th, 2009 | London
This fall, shoe designer Beatrix Ong is exploring new fashion avenues. Known for her sensuous ’30s-inspired platforms, signature asymmetrical high-heeled Mary Janes and chic flat sandals, the British designer will now debut an exclusive collaboration with luxury luggage company Globe Trotter.
Ong is a collector of vintage luggage—inluding a Globe [...]

Fancy Footwear
July 2nd, 2009 |
With shoe obsessions continuing to grow exponentially, venerated footwear instutions have stepped up to the plate with products that satisfy industry influencers as well as the consumer audience.
Footwear Plus, the footwear industry’s monthly magazine, just launched a new website with a Nylon-esque feel and decidedly downtown sensibility, a daily updated blog [...]

Retail Watch: TenOverSix’s Exclusive Appeal
June 11th, 2009 | Los Angeles
etail Watch: TenOverSix’s Exclusive Appeal
June 11th, 2009 | Los Angeles
Since its debut in the fall of 2008, the eclectic and airy TenOverSix boutique has warmed the hearts of Los Angelenos with its New York state of mind. Owned by NYC expat and shoe designer Kristin Lee, [...]

Radii Footwear Takes Big Baby Steps
April 22nd, 2009 | Chino Hills

California-based Radii Footwear is making a quick impact in the urban boutique market. Formerly a buyer for renowned action sports stores Beach Bums in Southern California, founder Casey Arisohn made the jump from buying to production just a few short years ago when he noticed [...]

JCREPORT highlighted the recent social media contest around Italian footwear:
“Italian Footwear Tries On Social Media
March 11th, 2009 | Milan
The internet has opened up an endless horizon of possibilities for the fashion industry. From the rapidly changing nexus of applications (video blogs, Twitter, online social shopping) to designers and stylists taking their Facebook pages into their [...]

My article on the fab new men’s shoe store, LEffot, from JCREPORT:
Leffot’s Footwear Fantasy
September 24th, 2008 | New York
While women vie for spectators elsewhere in the city, men’s footwear specialty shop Leffot has taken up residence in the West Village. Located just a few doors down from the exquisite women’s shoe and jewelry store Diana [...]