The Shoe Girl's Blog: Greetings from Irvine!

10.26.2011

Greetings from Irvine!

Hello friends! It's your favorite queen of the disappearing act... ME!

;)

I'm about 90% better from my eye surgery and about 49% moved in to my new apartment. Yippee!

My cozy girly living room is coming together nicely. I'm waiting on some pretty turquoise upholstered chairs to finish her off...

(from Urban Outfitters)

Bags and boxed all over the place!

Shoes litter the floor

My future shoe room!

boxes and boxes and boxes of shoes!

My favorite place. This couch is so soft and comfy <3

Once I get all this crap cleaned up I'll be enjoying this space a lot.

19 comments:

Sabina said...: You haven't even finished packing and your house looks that good? Damn. Nice job. And I love that you're going to have a shoe room--so exciting.

I also hope your are healing and feeling ok-post surgery.

http://mystylecanvas.blogspot.com; October 26, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Kaitlin Mattingly said...: it looks like it's going to turn out so great and darling at that.
the couch is so sweet!

Kait xo
kaitgirl.blogspot.com; October 26, 2011 at 6:05 PM
Melissa said...: Ahh! It's beautiful!; October 26, 2011 at 6:49 PM
Anonymous said...: GOD, it's gorgeous! do you read me? GORGEOUS :D; October 26, 2011 at 7:23 PM
anorexicescapades.com said...: Let me know if you need help decorating!; October 26, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Gio Marie said...: what did you get done? blephoraplasty , lasik??? I'm curious because I'm getting lasik and considering blepharoplasty myself.; October 26, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Matter Of Style said...: i love those fluffy pillows and the carpet!
I have the very same eggshell chair!; October 27, 2011 at 2:51 AM
Carlotta said...: your house looks gorgeous!

http://thefashionbambi.blogspot.com/; October 27, 2011 at 5:21 AM
lizzie said...: oh my goddd! look at that sofa and THOSE WINDOWS!! looks amazingggg!!; October 27, 2011 at 6:12 AM
ebev said...: Looks great already! I am so excited to see the finished product and I love the windows and the fireplace in the living room...amazing!! Keep the updates coming I love reading about everything you have going on :)

xo, Erin
http://www.fablifeincalifornia.blogspot.com/; October 27, 2011 at 11:58 AM
talktomyshoes said...: Loving your skull in sunglasses!; October 27, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Jennifer said...: Where did you get your sofa? I need a new one.; October 27, 2011 at 3:53 PM
footman said...: The place is awesome...I'm sure when it's all said and done it will look lovely. Last but not least (and how could I forget) your feet are sexier than ever? Great arch and toe nail color! My love, from all that moving, would you like a foot massage?! LOL
Seriously, you are a beautiful woman!; October 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM
wale said...: So far liking what I see!! good choice of colors, bright, girly but classy!; October 27, 2011 at 6:22 PM
little petite said...: Your place is looking so cute already! Please share photos once it is all set up & I am dying you are going to have a shoe room!!!!! I want to see it:); October 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Tammie said...: it is looking wonderful, chairs look magical. heal well.; October 28, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Life's a shoe said...: wow hope you can show us your shoe room once its all set up! would love to see all your shoes!!!; November 3, 2011 at 1:59 AM
Anonymous said...: Celine, I love your sofa. Where'd you find this gem? Jknopp; December 4, 2011 at 9:04 PM
TheShoeGirl said...: Thank you! I got it from this amazing place in Brea, Ca called City Life. They have a website where you can order it. It's super comfy- I love it!

xo; December 4, 2011 at 10:34 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. :)

10.26.2011

Greetings from Irvine!

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