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Welcome to our shoe world!

High heel shoes are not a modern inventions, Ancient Egyptians have been depicted with high heel shoes in their murals. However, the earliest men and women wearing elevated shoes has come from ancient Persian riders.

While others state that the first heels were worn by Catherine de’ Medici in 1533, which were made in Florence, Italy for her wedding to Duke of Orleans, a reference that may not be 100% accurate. Because high heeled shoes began development in the 1580’s.

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By Giselle Trujillo

Leather vs. PU
Leather is a natural material that comes from animals, mostly cows, created by tanning an animals rawhide and skin. Leather shoes coming from China, are usually pig skin leathers. Thus, leather is not animal friendly, leather has been in use for thousands of years and it’s used for many purposes, bookbinding, shoes, boots, instruments, decorations, garments, handbags, jewelry, furniture and much more. Because leather comes from animals, the rest of the animal usually does not go to waste, every part of that animal is consumed, from it’s meat to bone crushing for medicinal uses to even the blood may go to use. The truth is that many slaughter houses are ruthless and it’s up to the leather buyer to investigate the conditions in which these animals are being treated, but many animals in many countries are treated with respect. Leather starts to decompose within 50 years but if well preserved can last for a as long as you treat it, leather must never be washed. Light does affect leather with discoloration. Leather has pores, therefore it’s breathable, it’s expensive due to it’s natural, complex process and requires maintenance.

Polyurethane (PU) is a synthetic man-made material made to look, feel like leather and easy to maintain. For those who don’t know how to distinguish PU, you will be fooled, because PU is being perfected and passed as leather. PU is cheap material that decomposes in 500 years, making it, a not so planet friendly material. Thus, a man-made material, just like leathers, PU also has it’s downs, they treat their workers horrible just to keep the factory running and meeting production and delivery terms. The footwear industry has taken a huge advantage of this material, not so much because they are concerned for animals, but more so for it’s abundance availability in mostly China. China has impacted the footwear industry immensely. So many companies will go where their money stretches the most. Cheap materials, cheap labor with great styles, equates very high profits, and i’m talking about over 100% return on their investment for the fashion house and retailers.

I’ve been in the footwear industry for over 15 years and being behind the scenes working directly with manufacturers, you see a whole different monster. The difficulties from horrible conditions in factories to poor quality shoes passing inspections, to going on consumers feet. That is why i’ve become more conscious and concentrate on quality goods. One day i will share my behind the fashion industry experience.

As you can see both materials have it’s pro’s and con’s. It’s always up to the consumer to make their final purchase decision.

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STUART WEITZMAN

American footwear designer, Stuart Weitzman is the founder and talent behind his own name of the reputable and successful shoe label Stuart Weitzman. During his 20‘s, Weitzman’s designed shoes for his fathers shoe business during the early 1950‘s, his father owned a shoe factory in Massachusetts and operated his two shoe labels. When Weitzman’s father died, him and his brother took over the business and thus they sold it to a company in Spain in 1972, Weitzman continued designing shoes for them. However, in 1994, Weitzman bought the business back and continues to manufacturer his designs in Spain. Stuart Weitzman shoes are of high quality, comfortable with elegant styles. Below are my personal favorite styles. Visit his website for more great styles.

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