Yesterday we shot the Fall 2011 Lisa for Donald J. Pliner line in LA. Lisa paired the shoes with a lot of chunky knit sweaters, glammed up Kardashian esque curls and ocassional ripped men! It's so fun seeing the shoes come to life from a sketch to a shoot and how much work and people it actually takes for that shoe to get there. Have you ever thought about how your shoes were made? I have a feeling some people think they just come out of a giant machine. But that is seriously not the case! Someone is sitting there marking up patterns, sewing the shoe, lasting the shoe, gluing the shoe (it goes on)...there are hundreds of hands that have touched your shoes before you bought and opened them out of that shiny little box. That might sound kind of weird.. but really its amazing and sometimes an unaknowledged art. So next time your sitting at your favorite shoe store (cough*Donald J. Pliner/Lisa Pliner*cough) comtemplating... are these shoes really worth paying for? Think about how much work and love went into making it! :)
xoxox
-Annie
