Sneak Peek: Tracey Neuls + Sanderson shoes
Chintz has never looked so chic since London shoe designer Tracey Neuls got her hands on Sanderson's reissued vintage textiles.
This somewhat surprising collaboration between the British heritage wallpaper company, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, and one of London's more avant-garde shoe designers will coincide with London Fashion Week next month.
Neuls' gallery-like Marylebone Lane shop (read my shop tour here) will be transformed into an eccentric English tea party, complete with a large-scale installation by sculptor Nina Saunders. And apparently birds will be involved - I await with baited breath!
Admittedly, I've got a soft spot for Neuls' rubber-soled shoes, as her mid-height heels are about as high as I can go with my rotten old arthritic toes. It hasn't been easy finding anything attractive I can actually wear, with season after season of increasingly vertiginous heels. So I can't wait to see what she's done with Sanderson's prints - her signature sculptural silhouettes combined with her penchant for dramatic contrast piping will give the chintzy florals a quirky edge.
'Most Curious'
Footwear from Tracey Neuls
Sculptural installation from Nina Saunders
To celebrate Sanderson's 150th Anniversary
From 17 February 2010 to 30 June 2010
Tracey Neuls
29 Marylebone Lane
London W1U 2NQ
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Birds...shoes...art...I can hardly contain myself!
Posted by: Kate erbe | January 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM
I love your sneak peaks, and this sounds very exciting! What an intriguing collaboration.
Posted by: skirmishofwit | January 22, 2010 at 01:47 PM
Wow - I love that shot! An emerald parrot head-first into an emerald shoe! Wow.
Posted by: Helena | January 22, 2010 at 03:30 PM
Looks fabulous xxx
Posted by: Make Do Style | January 22, 2010 at 04:08 PM
i love these shoes- i like those heels as well- that is about as high as I go unless i have my husband to lean on. for work- these are pefect- there is a shop in Rome which I used to frequent every summer called Fausto Santini on the via frattina, they make shoes a little bit similar to these ones- concentrating on the qulity of the leather- some people say they look like shoes a nun would wear- well, whatever the analogy, they are gorgeous, and am sure you would love them,too. only hitch is that in the whole of Rome, they are the only shop (along with LV) who do not put anything on sale. bonkers, but well worth it. x shayma
Posted by: shayma | January 24, 2010 at 05:39 PM
oh i think i am in love with teh green shoe and the little birdy : )
gorgeous shoes!!
Posted by: handmade romance | January 25, 2010 at 11:23 PM
Shoes + Birdy = Happy Top Bird!
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