Christian’s Couture: Shoes of Project Runway, Special Edition
posted by: nicksmom03 in Celebrity Shoe Style, Designer Shoe Déja Vu, Fashion Week, General, High heels, Platforms, Shoes of Project Runway, Spring 2009 Shoes on September 18th, 2008
I had the luck to be working backstage at the Christian Siriano show at NY Fashion Week. What a madhouse! In addition to the regular melee of cameras, models, makeup/hair folk, and stylists, many of Christian’s friends and family were backstage helping the man himself prepare for the show. Among them were Jack Mackenroth and Sweet Pea (who seems to have picked up a gig reporting for MTV news) from Season 4 of Project Runway.
So let’s talk shoes:
Each of Christian’s models wore a pair of 4-inch stiletto heels in gray, acid green, or neon orange. Several had charming flower-like fabric appliques at the front or the back. These high fashion shoes bore no name, so this girl did a bit of detective work. Want to know how to make high fashion runway footwear?
Step 1: Go to Aldo. Purchase 30 pairs of heels in a light color.
Step 2: Go to an Art Supply store and purchase some heavy duty paint.
Step 3: Whip out the hot glue gun and some bits of leftover fabric.
Step 4: Mix well.
Here are the before pictures in Taupe ($69.98) and Black ($84.98):
And Voila! Here are the the end results:
Pretty cool, no? That right there is a true PR innovation challenge.
Here are some photos of the backstage ruckus just for fun:
Christian makes some adjustments
A Model waits to go on.
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January 18, 2012 at 1:10 am, 3d ultrasounds said:
Great blog. All posts have something to learn. Your work is very good and
i appreciate you and hopping for some more informative posts.
thank you…
December 03, 2008 at 4:26 pm, Christian Siriano for Payless | Shopping Chihuahua said:
[...] The collection will be unveiled during New York Week next February 2009 and will be available in Payless stores and Payless.com in the Fall of 2009 with prices in the $25-$49 range. For those of you who can’t wait until 2009 to get your hands on the shoes, find out how you can easily re-create these shoes seen on Christian Siriano’s Spring 2009 fashion runway. [...]
December 03, 2008 at 3:42 pm, Christian Siriano for Payless : Prada,Gucci and Fendi Blog said:
[...] The collection will be unveiled during New York Week next February 2009 and will be available in Payless stores and Payless.com in the Fall of 2009 with prices in the $25-$49 range. For those of you who can’t wait until 2009 to get your hands on the shoes, find out how you can easily re-create these shoes seen on Christian Siriano’s Spring 2009 fashion runway. [...]
December 02, 2008 at 3:01 pm, Christian Siriano for Payless | ShoeBlog said:
[...] The collection will be unveiled during New York Week next February 2009 and will be available in Payless stores and Payless.com in the Fall of 2009 with prices in the $25-$49 range. For those of you who can’t wait until 2009 to get your hands on the shoes, find out how you can easily re-create these shoes seen on Christian Siriano’s Spring 2009 fashion runway. [...]
September 23, 2008 at 9:37 am, shoe-addict-mom said:
FIERCE is the word! i love Christian.. he’s very brave and bold in his designs!
September 19, 2008 at 5:47 pm, treds UK online shoe said:
Nice and love to ………………..?
September 19, 2008 at 5:39 pm, treds UK online shoe said:
oh hoo whats going on man why are you so jealous. just chill ok. and be happy . and Nice hat.
September 18, 2008 at 3:00 pm, abouttheshoes said:
Nice hat.
September 18, 2008 at 1:14 pm, Shoes of Project Runway 5.10 | ShoeBlog said:
[...] OK, so my Shoes of Project Runway isn’t nearly as exciting as Twinkletoes’ up-close-and-personal tale. [...]
September 18, 2008 at 7:58 am, kaley said:
Jack Mackenroth….swoon. Love him lucky.
September 18, 2008 at 2:59 am, Jones said:
Holy crap, I am SO jealous you got to meet Christian–my favorite PR contestant ever. The shoe idea is fabulous; I am now inspired to go purchase a hot glue gun and make my own couture footwear. If it's good enough for Christian, it's good enough for me. Thanks TwinkleToes!