Oh. My. God.
I can learn how to make my own shoes.
I ordered this book so fast it would make your heads spin.
So I guess in a couple of months I'll be able to crank out a pair of these:
(Bottega Veneta)or these, that I've been crying over for months:
(Manolo Blahnik. Called the Pangala, I have since discovered.)I know, I know... But think of the money I could save!! This is a definite step up from tying flowers to my shoes. I'll let you know how it goes.
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That's crazy! Let me know how they turn out.
wonderful! don't forget to update us :D i was looking for testimonials of some sort to see if the instructions were indeed simple enough, but to no avail. so i shall wait for yours instead.
Thought you might be interested in this -- it's the required reading for a shoe construction course a friend teaches. It includes the book you linked to!
http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/17959.html
Laura -- ::thud!:: You have a friend who teaches a shoe construction course?? Amazing! I will pay very close attention to all this material. I got my book from Mary Loomis today and I am pretty sure I can make shoes after reading it. Can't wait to get started!
hi! i'm really curious about how it turned out. care to post an entry about your trials? (:
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