Maloles

Ok, my list of favourite Spanish shoe designers/brands is growing bigger by the moment. First there was Camper and Wonders, then Japanese-born-yet-living-in-Spain Chie Mihara, then Vialis, and now it's another young woman of Spanish origins, who has stole my shoe-loving heart. Her name is Maloles.

Some info first:

The French shoe and accessory brand was founded in 2004 by Spanish shoe lover Maloles Miracosta-Antignac. Growing up in Alicante, the heart of Spain’s footwear industry, she often raided her grandmother’s vast collection and ardently browsed flea markets for 1920s tap shoes.

The Maloles shoe line is feminine, fun and comfortable. The shoes are crafted in Spain from the finest Italian leathers. Maloles make you smile every time you look at them because they are so sweet, cute and girly. It is luxury that always remains affordable.

[via Finnish boutique My o My]

Some obligatory eye candy:






Maloles may mostly be famous for her ballet flats, including models Georges and Zoé, which are now considered classic, but she delivers amazingly comfy and stylish heels too!


Anyway, as you might remember, the model I recently got from second-hand designer boutique BOHBO was a version of the Zoé ballet flat, which is made by gathering the leather on top of the toes in small pleats, to create the front of the shoe. Maloles' most iconic design till today.


Women with wide feet might be particularly interested in this model, as the ribbon that holds the pleats together can actually be re-tied a bit looser, to make a more space in the front of the shoe for tootsies. As they weren't soft enough already. (Personal opinion: They are.)

And why am I bringing all this up now? Don't worry, I'm not trying to sell you anything! I'm just trying to justify my ordering another pair of Maloles Zoé flats online a few days ago...

So that's just a teaser. Newly received shoes will be posted soon!

Iconic DKNY mural painted over

You know I'm a sucker for anything that puts graffiti and fashion together in the same sentence, but this is just sad...


[photo by me, April 2006]


[photo by BoweryBoogie, June 2009]

The iconic DKNY mural on the corner building at Houston and Broadway is now sadly gone.

The mural was created back in the early 1990's, during the golden years of Donna Karan's fashion empire. It showed a striking New York landscape featuring the Statue of Liberty, the Twin Towers and works by veteran graffiti writes REVS and COST incorporated into the landscape pictured. It has been photographed by millions of tourists these past 20 years (yours trully included) and was considered more of a city New York landmark than a simple advertisement. The mural was painted a greyish brown after the building was purchased by Abercrombie & Fitch to be turned into a Hollister store.

For a more detailed view of the now gone mural, check this picture by wallyg in flickr, in size large. Has some really nice trivia, too.

You know those New Yorkers are totally pissed about this. Especially since Hollister is considered touristy and redneckish...


[photo by woodwood]

[via Fashion Addict Diary]

Sis got a new bag

Yesterday, sister Efi overcame her well-known inhibitions and actually went shopping! She got a new canvas bag from Azadé in Maroussi, perfect for - what else - carrying her laptop around.

She does a lot of that lately, as she is doing a very important experiment for her Master in Cognitive Science final thesis (she's a smartie) and she is always on the run to find people to participate. She actually asked me to mention it here because she needs more people willing to help her.

So, if you are between 18-30 years old, your mother tongue is Greek, you live in Athens and you have about one hour to spend for the good of science (and help my sister get her degree) you can contact her on peirama.info(at)gmail(dot)com

Today is the day

...to wear your Fashion Targets Breast Cancer t-shirt, like we said last time! Are you wearing yours?

Skirt, H&M. Ballerina flats, Maloles. Blue obi belt, shop in Volos.
Don't forget t-shirt, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer Greece