The Shoe Girl's Blog: My TV Debut on RHOBH!

11.29.2011

My TV Debut on RHOBH!

Did you guys watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills last night!?
I'll be totally honest, I've been waiting all season to see if I made the cut and I'm super excited that I did! Even if it was for mere moments and I barely said a word.

We filmed a total of 4 times and it was cut down to these few shots, but I got my name up there which was beyond cool!

I'm glad there were shots of the runway show and party at Adrienne's house where I wore my Miu Miu dress that I am OBSESSED with. (Perfect LBD!)

My mom is there taking a sip of champagne 4 people to the right of me on the screen up there. Hi mom! Your cleavage looks great! hahaha

It's funny that I was sitting next to Brandi and didn't know who she was yet since the season hadn't aired. She was really sweet and friendly and if you watch the show you'll see me laughing hysterically at something she said.

I'm so stoked to have been a part of this process. Adrienne is amazing and easily my favorite housewife! They didn't really show the shoes we made for her, which was weird and kind of a bummer, but here's a quick shot...

As for Lisa and her "Vander Pumps"... stick to Giggy and maybe a line of doggy clothes. Adrienne's got the shoe thing covered. ;)

I hope you enjoyed my TV debut, and possibly also my TV retirement. I don't know how these ladies do it week after week. I truly have a new respect for them. I was nervous and sweaty and over analyzed every shot and hated my hair and thought I made funny faces and on and on... it's all too much! Kudos to you girls that do it on the reg.

XOXO,

16 comments:

anorexicescapades.com said...: PROMOTION!!!!!; November 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos said...: I caught the ep. halfway through and saw the shoes at the end - utter hotness! As for the "Vanderpump" - I'm so not impressed with her shoe stylings *LOL*

Congrats!!; November 29, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Loqua57 said...: I caught it yesterday - so exciting!! That was awesome you made it on there! Congrats :); November 29, 2011 at 11:59 AM
CC said...: Congrats!! :); November 29, 2011 at 12:06 PM
crayola actually said...: Congrats Celine! :)

xoxo,

Janet; November 29, 2011 at 12:09 PM
lizzie said...: ohmygodddd! amazing!! i'm so sad i missed it i hope it's on on demand soon. you looked adorable:); November 29, 2011 at 12:17 PM
alison*elle said...: What a great opportunity! I think you look great in the screenshots :)

xo, alison*elle; November 29, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Mary said...: CONGRATS !! COMPLIMENTS DARLING!!!

MUCH LOVE FROM ITALY
Maria Onorio
www.thelastillusion.blogspot.com; November 29, 2011 at 12:27 PM
socialitedreams said...: how totally cool! congrats. love the shoes of course; November 29, 2011 at 5:58 PM
Angela said...: Congratulations! Those shoes are beautiful!; November 29, 2011 at 7:18 PM
Anonymous said...: I was watching and remember you mentioned designing the line. Then I saw you and said "oh there's The Shoe Girl! I read her blog!" to my husband. I'm a dork that way. Congrats! And it was weird how they hardly showed the shoes.; November 29, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Hannah said...: So fun! I wish you could figure out how to post a video clip of it. You look amazing!; November 30, 2011 at 7:57 AM
Anonymous said...: you looked beautiful. 1212; December 2, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Jennifer said...: Wow, the shoes you made for Adrienne are BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely love them!!!

You're so beautiful! I'm glad that you got to be on tv! :D; December 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM
Anonymous said...: I am watching the RHOBH and thought someone sitting at the table looked like the shoe girl. Decided to do a quick search "shoe hirl (typo) girl on RHOBH" and looky here. CONGRATS!!; December 4, 2011 at 3:16 PM
House of Milk said...: I totally saw this a few weeks ago with my mom and I shrieked, "OMG MOM! I follow her blog!!!!!"

You looked fabulous!; December 14, 2011 at 3:40 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. :)

11.29.2011

My TV Debut on RHOBH!

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