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9.18.2011

My Life in 30 Seconds or Less...

I haven't done a photo roundup in a while. Here are some photos from my Tumblr and Instagram from the last month or so.

Cheetah Lita's

Super high Céline's

Shopping at TopShop

Chloe Sevigny x Opening Ceremony

Glittery Steve Maddens

Bebe glitter wedges in Vegas

The shoes I packed for a weekend in Vegas

Black on black home manicure

I don't know who makes um but I love um!

Interesting handbag from the MoMA store

An image I found that stopped me in my tracks

Flower power!

Ahh!! Me with a French fry shoved up my lip to fake lip injections.

LAMB runway shoes

Charlotte Olympia for Peter Som runway shoes

Maison Martin Margiela

Shopping at Alejandro Ingelmo. Bottom right is a new member of my shoe family.

The best carrot juice I've had in my life. Organic Avenue ♥

Hope you're enjoying your weekend!

XOX,

20 comments:

anorexicescapades.com said...: My fav is the fry in lip....I like it!; September 18, 2011 at 10:38 AM
talktomyshoes said...: Those Chloe shoes are to DIE for. What season?? Do you remember?; September 18, 2011 at 10:54 AM
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Bye Bye take care and good night.; September 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Call me M said...: Loved the LAMB and the Chloe for Opening Ceremony shoes!
Also, wow, so many shoes for a weekend in Vegas? haha
Oh and the black on black french manicure is amazing. I want to try it too!; September 18, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Sabina said...: How funny that the whole shelf was for a weekend trip. No wonder I love this blog.

Also, I got so inspired by the Burberry creepers you posted the other day I made an illustration of them. As soon as it dries, I'll post it.

Hope your juice fast is going well!; September 18, 2011 at 1:55 PM
Tariro said...: I am in LOVE with those litas!
xo,
peppermintandivy.blogspot.com; September 18, 2011 at 2:19 PM
Sabina said...: Ok here's that illustration.

http://mystylecanvas.blogspot.com/2011/09/imagine-view-from-these-high-heeled.html; September 18, 2011 at 2:47 PM
Kaitlin Mattingly said...: seriously this post is so fabbbbb...love that pic of the colorful nails!

KaitGirl.blogspot.com
xo kait; September 18, 2011 at 3:29 PM
NikiMaait said...: I love your ring in the nails pics! Amazing. Do you mind telling me where you got it from?; September 18, 2011 at 6:57 PM
TheShoeGirl said...: @Sabina- That is so great! Thanks for sharing :)

@NikiMaait- Thank you- it's David Yurman; September 18, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Matter Of Style said...: Alejandro Ingelmo! OMG!
They look insane! Fantastic!; September 20, 2011 at 10:40 AM
IsabellasMommy said...: Have The Bebe Glittery Wedges Came Out Yet?? I Love Love Them!!!

♥stephaniebridget.blogspot.com; September 20, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Anonymous said...: OMG thank you, love these sneak peeks into whats coming!!

I cant believe it but yes that neon sock makes the shoe!; September 21, 2011 at 7:11 AM
Hisa said...: The red peep toes are from Schutz, it's a very famous brazilian brand :); September 21, 2011 at 10:41 AM
shoe-radar.com said...: OMG Those LAMB runway shoes!!! Killer! and the BEBE of course =) xx; September 22, 2011 at 1:10 AM
Life's a shoe said...: i love your glitter sheos! and wow you pack a lot of shoes for a trip! I try to but there's always a weight limit and i want to save up a lot of space in my luggage for more shopping!; September 23, 2011 at 12:54 AM
Miilodie said...: Puisque tu parles français je vais éviter de me ridiculiser en anglais. Les chaussures rouges avec un noeud viennent d'une ancienne collection du chausseur français "André", voici l'article de la blogueuse en photo : http://www.paulinefashionblog.com/article-i-hearts-2-ma-tenue-full-effect-61856806.html; September 27, 2011 at 10:35 AM
angelindisguise said...: I love your style!lol fake lip injections; September 28, 2011 at 4:11 AM
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afi; October 3, 2011 at 11:38 AM
L'Iconoclaste said...: Great blog I just found ! You have a new member ;)
I love sooo many things in this post, from the crazy pink heel of the topshop shoes to the keyboard handbag, not to mention the MESMERIZING black Alejandro Ingelmo (that you now own, lucky you I am SO jealous !!!!) and the runway C.O heels ! Crazy good !; October 6, 2011 at 12:30 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. :)

9.18.2011

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