At the entrance to the Tents - my PR guy Matt acted as my paparazzi. I think I was channeling a mix of Lady GaGa, Beyonce and Anna Wintour.
Talking shoes with the Fashion Editors at
Footwear News. Or course, I had to point out my Pluto Peep-toe pumps in all black and how they were a perfect choice for the Dennis Basso's runway show as they are clean and classic with a fiercely high and edgy heel. I mean, even the "ladies who lunch" need a little edge.
The pic is not so good, but I was sitting in the front row on the runway and it was a little hard to take a pic with the Vogue editors directly across from you, Ivana Trump on your right and Mary Louise Parker on your left.
My favorite look in the show were Dennis's gorgeous midnight blue dresses paired with my Plutos in cashmere taupe with platino heels and baby ice blue outsoles. It was just so fresh!
Backstage after the show, one more paparazzi shot in front of the wall of Looks from the show. Matt and I celebrated with a couple of glasses of champagne. Ah, the life of a fashion designer....xoxo
I have to go to a different factory for each part of what makes up a shoe. These are raw unfinished buckles at my buckle factory in Italy.
This is the mold that houses a custom designed buckle shape. The hot metal material is then poured into this mold to make the buckles.
Here is the vat of very hot hot hot metal...
Big blocks of metal are melted down to make the buckles.
People have this image of big factories with lots of people in an assembly line making things, but it is really more like a small group of craftspeople working on specific things to perfection. I have separate factories for making my heels, outsoles, zippers, leathers, etc. It's my job to coordinate all of these people to put their work all together into one Ruthie Davis shoe....xoxo
