The Shoe Girl's Blog: Gaga Cookies...

1.19.2010

Gaga Cookies...

Just wanted to share with you 'cause it's just too amazing not to.

17 comments:

natasha's view said...: ohh my, I love this, so sweet/funny :-)

N.; January 20, 2010 at 12:49 AM
Lan Tran said...: haha i wonder if they taste good ;); January 20, 2010 at 1:31 AM
Lisa Grace said...: These are fantastic!!; January 20, 2010 at 1:40 AM
SoCalFashionista said...: You're so right, we do melt in the rain!!!! Every channel has "Storm watch 2010" plastered on the screen!; January 20, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Jacqueline said...: Wow, these look tasty and so awesome.

www.FashionSnag.com; January 20, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Ancia said...: They look delicious!
P.s: I love your blog and Style!; January 20, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Jessica Ly said...: What a army of gingerbread men!hehe; January 20, 2010 at 2:21 PM
dagna. said...: have You already seen Iris Schiefferstein "Gun Hofs" Shoes?

hahaha
so amazing

love the blog1 fan!

cheers!; January 20, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Christen said...: So fun! Thanks for sharing!; January 20, 2010 at 5:27 PM
The Sound of Lace said...: YUMMY!!!

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thesoundoflace.blogspot; January 21, 2010 at 12:17 AM
Maya said...: KAWAII!!!

FROM TOKYO WITH LOVE!

http://mayasagenda.blogspot.com/; January 21, 2010 at 1:19 AM
Shandi said...: I really want to make these...what a fun project that would be!

http://www.intotheninth.blogspot.com; January 21, 2010 at 5:59 AM
Yvonne said...: lol those are awesome. nicely done; January 21, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Celebrity Catwalk said...: You've combined two great loves of ours-cookies & Lady Gaga-incredible!!!; January 25, 2010 at 7:55 PM
foxcmada said...: oh my u gotta luv 'GAGA' ;" mwah

I spent 3 hours last nyt googling all ur old bloggs bck 2 2006 (i thnk... it was 3am giv a grl a break)

how kool r u?!!; January 27, 2010 at 11:54 AM
RAC ATTACK said...: Ahh, love it! :); February 4, 2010 at 9:10 PM
YellowStar19 said...: ooh i want some so badly would make a great gift for my sister... i feel a summer project coming on :); April 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM

Bio (blah blah blah...)

So, a little about me and why I think I can call myself The Shoe Girl.

My name is Celine and I grew up in Huntington Beach, California. I like to joke that I was born in high heels, and although that's obviously not true, I was born with the love of shoes in my blood.
My father, a former professional soccer player, came to the US from Morocco in the 70's. He started off as a shoe salesmen and had a natural talent for it. He worked his way up and eventually co-founded a company called French Follies. They made cute little espadrilles and ballet inspired shoes. From there he went on to Guess and Charles David footwear, where he eventually became President of the company and brought it to its height of popularity in the late 80's.

I was so lucky to grow up around shoes. I was the only girl in the 8th grade wearing the kick ass ankle boots Guess was famous for... and remember those Guess jellies?? Yep. I had those too. And at a whopping hundred bucks a pair, let's just say I made a lot of new friends when I came to school in those! That's the first time I felt the power of a hot shoe.

In the 90's, my dad left Charles David/Guess Footwear to pursue a new venture... Bebe Footwear! It was his first shoe license, and it was super successful. Soon after he started his own line with his namesake, Joey O. Since then his company has held the exclusive licenses for L.A.M.B. Footwear, Harajuku Lovers footwear, Charles Jourdan footwear, Laundry by Shelly Segal footwear, Antik Denim footwear, Playboy footwear, Zinc foowear, Hale Bob footwear, Badgley Mischka footwear, Mark and James by B.M. footwear, Betsey Johnson footwear, Betseyville footwear, Jill Stuart footwear, JLO Footwear, and True Religion Footwear. Awesome, right!? :) did I type "footwear" enough?

So... like I said, shoes are in my blood! I realized this at an early age, when I would go into my mom's closet and pull out her shoes and clear off my book shelves, fill them with shoes, and put a sign up that said "Shoe Show". I didn't really know what it meant, other than that was where my dad was always flying off to. Shoe shows. I wanted to be a part of it!
I went to design school in Milan, Italy when I was 20. My professors at Ars Sutoria taught me all about making shoes, including sketching, pattern making, leather tanning, and lots of technical shoe stuff. It was intense.

From shoe school to designer! After graduating from my shoe program I went back home and started working as the assistant to the designer of my dad's company, Titan Industries. At the time, we were only making bebe and Joey O Footwear, and were about to go after our second license, JLO Footwear. I was a part of that project and I loved it! It was so exciting putting what I had learned to use. I was off to China and working my butt off. I was the assistant to our head designer for a little over a year when I got offered the job of taking over as the designer for Playboy. It wasn't anything I had ever thought I would do, but it was a chance to be my own designer! No more assisting!!! I took it! Then, a few months after accepting the position as designer for Playboy, I was offered another line; Zinc footwear! I took it!!! I loved working with Zinc. The clothing was cute and the shoes were much more "my style". Later still, I was given the job as designer of JLO footwear.

I launched the debut collection (and every collection thereafter) for Harajuku Lovers in August 2008, and in May of 2009 I took over as designer of Betsey Johnson footwear until Steve Madden bought out the company in October of 2010.

Currently I'm designing for Bebe footwear and just launched my own line, Cece L'amour, which I am very excited about.

I love my job! I get to work with shoes every day. It's my job to look at shoes in magazines, online, in stores, and on the streets. It's a dream job honestly, and I feel lucky every day. My obsession is my job... So cool!

So anyway, here I am. Here's my blog. I hope you've enjoyed reading it so far. It's been fun for me and I hope that shows. :)

1.19.2010

Gaga Cookies...

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