JCREPORT: ITALIAN FOOTWEAR TRIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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 […]

KATIE HOLMES WEARS MY SHOES

I wore them first — Sept 2008 to be precise. don’t they look fabulous on her? love them with the stirrup leggings! meow! we heart jerome!

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MILAN DISPATCH: DAY 4.5

Headed down to Gianmarco Lorenzi’s showroom on Via Montenapelone for lunch, got out at Cadorna – the completely wrong metro stop, hailed a taxi and was very proud of myself carrying on a full conversation with the cab driver. All week I have been SO LAZY with my Italian – have been around so many […]

MILAN DISPATCH: DAY 4

Ciao bellas! It is sunny and warm(er) for my last day here a Milano. I saw the gorgeous Swiss alps today on my way into the fair and it is truly a breathtaking sight. Yesterday we did the international press conference and together with Vito, awarded Alessandro Meucci and his partner Rose Holger from Tokyo […]

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JCREPORT: PETER PILOTTO + JEROME

Peter Pilotto Trots Out On Jerome Rousseau’s Shoes After being featured on the same page in the August 2008 issue of UK Vogue, Peter Pilotto and design partner Christopher van Dos met up with shoe designer Jerome Rousseau in Paris. The trio found an immediate synergy, resulting in a bespoke shoe collection that caused quite […]

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MILAN DISPATCH: DAY 3

Buongiorno! I am in the press room preparing my remarks for the international press conference. Presenting the ANCI Creativity Award with Vito which I am very proud to do. Yesterday was a whirl! I woke up a bit late due to an extra late night of enjoying Italian vino and headed into the show. Checked […]

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MILAN DISPATCH: DAY 2

Yesterday was chock full of discoveries and excitement here in Milano. Started the show with the customary cappuccino and a look over the show books to make maps of where I wanted to check out. Keep in mind that MICAM is about 72,474 square meters of SHOES. It’s at least a mile from entrance to […]

MILAN DISPATCH: DAY ONE

Ciao! Arrived in Milan Monday afternoon at the Sol Melia, the epicenter for all things ANCI this week during the shoe show. Enjoyed the best pizza I have ever had, and then tucked in to try and catch up on sleep from the 16 hour journey from LA. Tuesday had a wonderful lunch of the […]

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