Tag: shoes
How Cobbler Union is disrupting the luxury shoe industry
Handcrafted in Spain in small batches, Daniel Porcelli’s “bespoke-inspired” men’s shoes retail for a fraction of the cost of most luxury footwear.
May market minis: Oka-B’s new designs, Earl Pardon’s jewelry at the High Museum, and more
Local shoe company Oka-B has launches new designs; Earl Pardon’s jewelry, on display now at the High, makes for a great Mother's Day trip; House Account lets you shop Atlanta boutiques; the Atlanta Artist Collective provides an online gallery of affordable artwork by locals.
Prada made-to-order pumps come to Lenox Square
A swoon-worthy traveling display of made-to-order Prada pumps has landed at the store at Lenox Square. Through Thursday only, the “Made-to-Order Decolleté” collection will be on view for customers to create their own personalized kicks.
2015 Spring Style Guide
Atlanta’s fashion new guard showcases the season’s trends. Interviews and style tips from Camryn Park, Keisha Noel, Kirk Stafford, Mandy Kellogg Rye, and Mike Mast, plus our favorite funky platform shoes, cool shades, bitty bags, and jaunty pocket squares.
Atlanta-based Ukies reaches new heights with comfortable high heels
When I first slipped on the Arianna, a nude patent pump with a gently pointy toe, it was clear it wasn’t your average heel. It had shock absorption, a roomy toe box, and stability.
Christian Louboutin store arrives in Buckhead Atlanta
The iconic (trademarked) red soles were made famous by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and, lately, Kim Kardashian. The brand—status symbol, really—has been available locally at Neiman Marcus and Jeffrey, but now we have our own jewel box of a store at Buckhead Atlanta.
Atlanta artisan: Cord Shoes and Boots offers handmade footwear
Sarah Green is surrounded by old machines in her workshop, a collection of rooms at the back of her parents’ house in Morningside. There’s a Fortuna splitter and a Landis auto-soler. Many of the heaving mechanical beasts date to the 1940s.
Sneak attack: LVL XIII takes on Louis Vuitton
Nope, that’s not a Louis Vuitton sneaker; it’s the work of Atlanta-based LVL XIII (pronounced “level thirteen”). Its founder, Antonio Brown, has slammed the luxury brand, a part of the LVMH conglomerate, with a lawsuit.
Southern-wear guru Winter Hodges opens new accessory shop, William Wren
Winter Hodges, Southern-wear guru, has opened his third shop in Virginia-Highland in as many years. Like the two that came before it—310 Rosemont and Winter Wren—Hodges’s newest venture, William Wren, sits at the neighborhood’s eponymous intersection.