7.2.10

Custom Haute Couture for your Feet



Llorraine Neithardt teaches a shoemaking workshop, titled “The Art of the Shoe: Bewitched, Bespoked and Bewildered.” Starting at $1,620 one can learn the intricate craft of hand-making footwear, unleashing, as Ms. Neithardt put it, “the shoe within.”



Kristina Saljanin, a recent student, hoped to recreate a much-loved pair of pumps she used to own - a vertiginous design involving a chain, gilded heels and animal prints. In so doing, she also hoped to reconnect to her younger, less-inhibited self, the one who stayed out dancing till dawn in five-inch heels.

Read the full article:
A Veritable Vision in Five-Inch Heels
By PENELOPE GREEN
Published: February 3, 2010

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