For my Textiles AS exam project, based on the art nouveau movement, I researched an amazing shoe designer, Kerrie Luft, as a critical study to help me with my design ideas.
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| Art Nouveau inspired collection |
Luft is a Luton born British
footwear designer and a London College of Fashion and University College
Northampton graduate, who in 2011 won the Fashion Fringe Accessories Platform
which allowed her to embark on a 6 month internship at Roger Viver’s head
office in Paris. While she was studying for her degree, she spent much of her
free time at the Northampton Museum of Shoes while working on probation at Lulu
Guinness and Patrick Cox.
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| How amazing are these? |
Luft is said to gain her design ideas
through her love of fusing technology with nature, and likes to incorporate
architecture, furniture and 3D elements into her design. For all of Kerrie
Luft’s shoes collections, her sole influence has been stylised floral and
natural form imagery in the style of art nouveau. This is seen in the main feature
of her shoes is the heels, where her designs can be seen to be heavily
influenced by the Art Nouveau floral designs and style of drawing. This results
in a very feminine yet modern design. In
an interview with Vogue magazine, she tells them how she creates her delicate
titanium heels.
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| Kerrie Luft (left) |
"I create the heels using computerised technology - it's a prototype that's previously only been used in aerospace and dentistry" she tells us. "I use a 3-d software package which creates a design through layering the titanium heel. I came across the process while at university, and it made me realise the potential of using it in footwear. I wanted the design to look fluid and elegant and the technology helps to achieve that".
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| Who could resist these? |
I don't know about you but I would die for a pair of Luft's heels, that were previously on sale in Selfridges (18th Birthday present maybe?) as I love the unique take on a classic pair of court and occasion shoes. Let me know your thoughts!
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| Luft's fashion drawings |
Information collected from links below.
Pictures are not my own.
http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/04/28/kerrie-luft-shoe-designer-interview
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