“Architecture and footwear are similar in that the construction houses people and carries people. If you think about a high-heeled United Nude shoe, it carries a human being (the wearer) and houses part of her person (the foot). Because of the smaller scale, a shoe is more mobile, while most architecture remains stationary.” – Rem D. Koolhaas, shoe designer and architect and nephew of the creator of the greatest building this decade. His “porn toe” shoes are my obsession, much more comfortable then they look. He adds, “women’s footwear you can make a lot of women happy with your products, whereas in traditional architecture you are working with one client for several years. I guess making many women happy is part of the reason I’ve become a shoe designer—and it’s part of the fun that sets shoe design apart from architecture.” Perhaps that also explains Zaha Hadid’s collaboration with the Brazilian plastic shoe house Melissa. Silver in size 41, please.
New Vivienne Westwood for Melissa shoes. I wasn’t too found of her earlier designs for the Brazilian vegan shoe company (and Zaha Hadid’s designs just confused me,) but if someone can say for certain the “10″ fits a 41, the black patent three strap sandals will be mine.
“According to a recent study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Sports Physical Therapy, the annual injury rate at classical ballet companies ranges from 67 percent to 95 percent. And those are just the injuries in which (dancers) had to take a day off,’ says Dr. Nancy Kadel, an orthopedic surgeon at the University of California, San Francisco… unlike professional sports teams, many classical ballet companies don’t have the money for on-site doctors and physical therapists.” – Hartford Courant. (via.)
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