United Nude creative director and co-founder Rem D. Koolhaas and fashion designer Iris van Herpen teamed up to create this black laminated bootie with an amazingly curved-heel for van Herpen’s show at Paris Fashion Week. United Nude is planning to launch a limited-edition leather version of the shoe that will sell for $990, starting this February at select luxury stores, United Nude boutiques and on United Nude’s website. This will be the third Iris van Herpen x United Nude runway to retail collaboration. (Footwear News)
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Here’s yet another reason to shop at H&M. David Beckham’s ads for his H&M bodywear line are now appearing everywhere. Make sure you take a napkin to wipe your drool as you shop. (Fashionista)
For the denim and travel snobs, there’s a new line of luxury luggage to keep your jeans looking fresh. Luxury furniture brand Method Design and denim brand Denham have created ‘a solid-ash wood steamer trunk lined with hand-stitched leather seams, and furnished with a denim supply carousel (spare buttons, rivets, thread spools), garment-securing methods, stacking shelves, and a tiny work station‘. There’s only one though, and it’s not currently for sale. Bummer. (Refinery 29)
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The Fashion Group International named finalists and presenters for its 15th annual Rising Star Awards, to be held at Cipriani 42nd Street on Jan. 26. Finalists include fashion, accessories and jewelry designers like Nary Manivong and Alexandria Hilfiger of Nahm, Elene Cassis, Norman Ambrose, Luis M. Fernandez of Number: Lab, Adriana Castro, Jessica Kagan Cushman, Wendy Brandes, and more. (WWD)
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[…] our fair share of funky, chunky footwear, but these really take the cake! Dutch fashion brands United Nude and Iris van Herpen collaborated to create these amazing, and slightly scary, “Thorn” booties, so named for […]