How To Get The Perfect Pins

To get great legs takes commitment to exercise and good nutrition – but the great news is, just wearing your favourite footwear can help tone up your pins.

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Milly J - The Shoe Artist

We were recently contacted at Footwear & Accessories Recruitment by a young shoemaker offering to make us a bespoke display shoe for our office. Further investigations led us to discover more examples of her work which were far from being mere shoes but could be more accurately described as works of art. We think they're quirkily unique and rather charming, and we'd like to share them with you here...

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2012 Drapers Footwear Awards to include accessories categories

Nominations for the 2012 Drapers Footwear Awards which, for the first time, will now include categories for accessories, are now being taken.

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Drop-A-Dress Size Shoes

Debenhams has announced its formula for how to drop a dress size in seconds. According to the retailer, if chosen carefully, a mere pair of shoes can have a dramatic slimming effect on the wearer - creating the illusion of having dropped a dress size.

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Shoes as vehicles

What's that, you want to see a gallery of vehicles made to look like shoes? Well, okay then...

 

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Announcing the Winners of the Footwear Friends Annual Awards 2011

Last night, the Musical Museum in Kew hosted the 5th Footwear Friends Annual Awards, aimed at spotting and rewarding British talent in the Footwear Industry. Here's a list of the winners...

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Footwear & Accessories Diary Dates for 2012

Here’s a list of all your diary dates for 2012…

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Shoes That Create Electricity Whilst You Walk...

Researchers at UW-Madison have created a means of harnessing the energy used whilst walking, which can then be used to power your electronic devices.

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How to tie your shoelaces - a tutorial

We all know how to tie our shoe-laces, right? Wrong. The vast majority of people use the 'weak' method of shoelace tying. Here follows a short video tutorial on the 'correct' way to tie a lace.

 

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Drapers Footwear Awards 2011

The best UK footwear retailers, brands and students were recognised with a coveted Drapers Footwear Award at the 2011 gala dinner at Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel in London last night, with comedian Alun Cochrane hosting the event. Here’s a full list of all the nominees and winners….

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