Stuart Weitzman – just doing my homework part #1

At the end of July, in two weeks from now, http://www.bamoda.co.il are sending me to interview Stuart Weitzman. As in THE Stuart Weitzman, not his PR people, no messengers, no spokesman or anything but THE Stuart Weitzman himself.

As I go on writing, I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it – I’m very excited.

As I got the invitation email, I was very happy. Soon after, I realized that my happiness is of the shallowest kind exciting – all I know of my buddy Stu is how lovely his shoes are, and how much I love his amazing boots, which I got on sale many many years ago (=4 years are ‘many’ when you count shoes years of yours) and never stopped admiring and brag about, and how lovely his stores are, and… that’s about it.

I can’t go interview Stu like that!

So I’ve decided to do my preparations here, as a blog post. This way it’ll be more fun for me and much more informative for you

Visuals. I need visuals to get me started. So I looked him up to find his picture. Finding out how he looks like feels important.

Here’s Mr. Stu for you -

Alright, that was easy. And very comforting – you’ve got to admit it, he looks like the nicest guy on earth. When you come to think about it, he has to be. He enjoys making beautiful shoes for women every day for many years now. I can’t think of anything nicer than that. (I can, but I’m trying to calm myself down now)

His logos are always beautifully designed. Check out this one for example -

Here’s how lovely he designs his stores – this one is in Hamburg, Germany:

Now going back to Stu himself. According to his website, the official one (http://www.stuartweitzman.com/), he understands that shoes are meant to make women feel beautiful. He also understands the meaning and importance of making comfortable shoes, and has been creating them for the last 30 years. He makes about 600 different styles a year, and as a New Yorker, he is constantly inspired by his local customers and creates his shoes accordingly.

For his designs, he uses all elegant and fabulous materials available – from acrylic and bamboo through cork and wood to lace and silk. His fanciest evening shoes contain 24 karat gold and crystals.

Ok, that was part #1 of my homework. Now that I know how he looks like, a little about his designs and a little more about his stores design, I can rest. But not for long! Stay up to date with my upcoming next part.

Hilla