“Flavorwire: The media has largely slept on your city. What’s different about Detroit?
Finale: I grew up on the east side, where the landscape is very different from other cities. It sounds crazy, but when I travel to other places and see whole blocks of houses, that’s like the weirdest shit to me. In Detroit, you [...]

Wayne sent me this from New York Mag and I loved the idea of flirting with your Stilettos.
“The Stiletto
Christian Louboutin and Diane Von Furstenburg on the Stiletto
It sticks in subway grates, snaps when you are walking home, late at night. And yet the stiletto is the shoe of New York: towering, a bit frivolous, elegant, [...]

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

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 the [...]

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 a [...]

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 in [...]