Vico – Footwear Design for the Movement

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VICO is a new brand that has emerged from Holland, highlighted by a friend of mine Louis Tremblay on his trend blog www.komfortzone.ca a few weeks ago, I just wanted to reiterate what a fantastic brand this is. Its a great brand and it really back’s up what’s coming out of europe today. Read more after the jump……..

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Interview with footwear designer Louis-Martin Tremblay

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I wanted to start the day by sharing an interview I was lucky enough to gain from footwear designer & trend specialist, Louis-Martin Tremblay.  Louis is responsible for the extremely popular and well read trend blog, www.komfortzone.ca.

Here what Louis had to say about how it all started after the jump…….

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Footwear designer trend alert

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Footwear design trend alert – The much loved and re-worked Camo print is resurfacing as an outsole & lining based trim. There are some fantastic examples coming thru from the likes of DelToro shoes of Miami , who have used a multi colored EVA outsole to 

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Add contrast to footwear design

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During my daily routine I crawl many trend websites, blogs, twitter accounts , instagrams and general fashion magazines in a constant quest to find out what’s new and happening in the footwear 

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Chelsea boots – footwear design

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The one thing The Stones  and The Beatles agreed on in the ’60s was that the Chelsea boot is a king among boots & footwear design. You can dress it up, down and back again with ease and it’s almost impossible to get wrong. A man who wears this

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Footwear designer : Scott Wills

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How to find a footwear designer?
There are many things to consider if you are planning a footwear collection. Firstly you must find an experienced footwear designer. Someone who can take your ideas and turn them into production drawings. A footwear designer that can design and produce technical footwear designs for your factory. Someone who can offer guidance on how & where to Manufacture your footwear designs and, how to find a footwear factory to make your samples. A footwear designer that can communicate with your chosen footwear factory remotely or directly on site. A footwear designer that can build a footwear range from initial sketches to sales samples.
My name is scott wills and for the last 12 years I have been helping to design & develop footwear for various clients such as those who are looking at starting a footwear business from scratch, to  leading retail & fashion brands.
In 2008 I started the tailored last footwear design consultancy, a one stop shop for all your footwear design & development needs. We offer a very competative pricing structure offering a full design & development service, from initical sketches to complete design & production including visiting factories and arranging all of your production needs.
Contact us today to find out how we can grow your business. info@thetailoredlast.co.uk

 

@thetailoredlast we offer a full footwear trend research service for your brand or private label. Please contact us directly to see how we can tailor a package to suit your needs. We also post here to our blog with images / footwear trends that have inspired us on a daily basis, here you will find examples of mood boards & research from various fashion/trend blogs we are following. You can visit all the report extracts directly by clicking on the highlighted text. We also offer a full footwear design service on a freelance design service or project based. We also offer a very competitive pricing structure.

Footwear design

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Research / Process

•  Project direction & range building guidelines
•  Create client brief
•  Retail/trade & trend reports
•  Footwear trend, colour and material directions

Design

•  Initial sketches & research review
•  Out-sole designs
•  Presentation of concept ideas
•  Range review – Range selection
•  Design renderings used in conjunction with sketch work

Technical

•  Factory technical packages and specifications
•  Review and modifications for out-sole samples
•  Prototype and pattern modifications
•  Overseas factory and development centre visits

Rates

@thetailoredlast we offer a full trend research service for your brand or private label. Please contact us directly to see how we can tailor a package to suit your needs. We also post here to our blog with images / trends that have inspired us on a daily basis, here you will find examples of mood boards & research from various fashion/trend blogs we are following. You can visit all the report extracts directly by clicking on the highlighted text. We also offer a full footwear design service on a freelance design service or project based. We also offer a very competitive pricing structure. Please contact me for a full footwear design CV - info@thetailoredlast.co.uk

 

 

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