United Nude Men SS11 Collection

 

This summer, beside the enlarged ss11 collection, United Nude has premiered their men collection. You'll love them if you have always liked and craved your girlfriend's UN shoes. The United Nude men shoes keep to the original style of the brand. 

First up, there's the hollow heel, applied to a business type of shoe, which might be perfect for men with a little sense of humour, who are bored with regular men's shoes. It's like you have now your very own statement shoes!

 Hollow

For men with a more sporty style, who love abstract prints on a smooth simple lace up shoe, there's the men version of the Universal women style. They come in classic shades, therefore are easy to pair with summery pants, long or short, in neutrals.

Universal Mens

United Nude has also chosen to feature in their men's collection one of their hits: the fold style. Made of fabric in colourful rainbows, the shoes would go with the strong personality of a guy, who likes to stand out and wear shoes with strong designs.

 Fold mens

Like them, guys? Which one would you wear?

photo source: unitednude.com

Dreamfall - Anastasia Radevich's SS11 collection

Last year Ioana @fashezine.com showed me what would become one of my favourite shoe designers ever. She's called Anastasia Radevich and she's simply brilliant. Here's a reminder on her previous collections. 

What I appreciate most about her work is that she amazes with every collection. I find myself each and every time saying that this has got to be the best shoe collection ever. And this is what has happened with this one too. 

The SS11 collection is called Dreamfall. The inspiration comes from the seaworld, shells and fairies. The fabrics are all flowy and delicate with unfinished hems. To complete the fairy-like shoes, the colours are all delicate: a lot of nudes, blues and greys. 

What brings personality to these shoes, and you might also call it designer signature, is the sculpted heels, as if they're made of shells carefully stacked on each other. Also, the shimmery shades on both nude and blue pumps or ankle boots make them even more true to the theme.

Details inspired by the wavy sea or the elements that make it up, like ruffles, spiky platforms resembling rocks, nets and beads, add to the delicate femininity of the shoes.

 

 

 

She usually shares part of her notebooks with sketches that create her mood board. Here's one for Dreamfall:

And here's the rest of the lookbook photos, with such an etherial mood to them:

Do you like arty shoes and designers who are not at all commercial? But would you wear them?

photos: Anastasia Radevich Facebook page

United Nude - The Complete SS11 Collection

United Nude is a shoe brand that I, personally, respect and appreciate a lot. You might remember me going crazy over their Lo Res shoe in red which reminded me of Dorothy's shoes. Still, for Spring/Summer 11 they have outdone themselves: the collection is so diversified, with so many styles, colours and heights that it's pretty much impossible not to find something to fit your tastes and needs.

What I appreciate so much about them is that the designs are always very original and revolutionary, with a futuristic approach, but in a decent amount which makes them vary wearable. Besides this, it's rare for a shoe brand to take one design and make it in various heights and colours, so that any (pottential) customer would find a style that fits their personal style and prefferences. That's why you will find with United Nude the general design in 3 or 4 heights and various colour combinations. 

So if you're a corageous heel lover, than you might feel attracted to the high ones, with crazy colour combinations. If you preffer only to look at crazy shoes only, but not wear them, then you can always pick the low or mid version of the same shoes. 

Also, if you've fallen in love irreversably with a design, you can buy them in all heights, this way you can wear that design at the office, in the mid version, in the park, in the low version or at parties and fancy events, in the high version. Nobody gets frustrated, pretty genius, right?

The SS11 collection consists of some styles that are already famous, some re-designed in new colours or heights. But there are also some totally new styles with mind blowing designs: Abstract, Haiku, Spike, Tangle and Wedge. 

They are still very fresh and few people wear them. My guess is that when one of the elite fashion bloggers will sport one of these shoes, the same way they did with JC Litas or Finsk, the shoes will be sold out and on everybody's feet. So my advice would be to grab some while there's still time.

 Wedge, which comes in elastic and leather straps, in various colours

Tangle Hi, in elastic straps of various colours

 

Tangle Mid and Lo

 

 Abstract

 Haiku

 

Spike

Next, there's the Lo Res that I fell in love with last year. The design is very innovative and technology plays and important part in it. If you want the details, this is where you can read the story of the project. However, the colours are new: beige, pale blue, green, pink and black, of course. They're a little bit more summery. I love it that the straps which keep them steady on your feet!

Another type of shoe in yummy colours is the Mono. It comes as a Mary Jane wedges and as a flat shoe. The fabric is rubbery, but with a velvet-like finish. Coral has the about same traits, but with an extra design element: the cutouts on each side of the shoe makes them even more appropriate for hot summer days.

 Mono Jane

 

Mono Lo

Coral

Within the rest of the collection you can find ingenious pumps with a weird heel (Eamz), shoes made of elastic fabric in rainbow-like colours (Fold), out-of-this-world wedges (Cosmo and Frame) and mule shoes (if there's someone keen on this style) with an hollow wedge.

Block Pump Hi, Mid and Ballet

 Block Ankle Strap and Ballet

 Eamz Pump an Slip On

X Back and X Back Lo

Eamz Cross and Eamz X Elastic

 Loop Hi, Loop Slingback and Loop Buckle Hi

Frame and Cosmo

 Mobius Pure Hi and Mid

Mobius Slingback Hi and Mid

Universal Lo

Ultra Mobius, Mobius Hi and Mid

Frame Lo and Pure Lo

Fold Hi, Mid and Lo

 Elastic Sandal Hi and Mid

 Shark Mid and Lo

Cup Pure Hi and Mid

 Cup Hi Top and Cup Baggy Mid

Pin Buckle and Pocket Lo

The prices range from 50 euro to around 400 euro, depending on styles and they ship worldwide, Romania included.

So here you have it - the complete summer collection from United Nude! What do you think? Which would you wear?

photo source: unitednude.com

FINSK S/S 11 Collection and the Pop-Up Web Shop

Remember Finsk, one of the coolest shoes out there, responsible for all the frenzy that took over bloggers all over the world? We've feasted our eyes previously and now it's time to catch up on them.

The Summer/Spring '11 collection of the Finnish brand features shoes with those traits that made everybody fall in love with them to begin with, which have now become their trademark: wooden sole with geometric shapes, daring cuts and strong color accents.

However, don't expect to see the same shoes you've already seen before. The new collection brings some new styles and colours. 

First of all, there's the take on the classic pump. But they aren't you're ordinary pumps: in mint green or nude, the Finsk pumps feature a wooden chunky heel, in dark brown or with a yellow accent. The mild platform gives stability and comfort to the shoes, making them alltogether appropriate even for office hours.

 

Next up (and my personal favourite), there's the summer version of the wedge that made Finsk so famous. With bondage strips of two-toned leather, wooden sole and the signature spiky sculpted heel, this season's wedges will pop up in any scenary thanks to the original design and the splash of colour.

Another type of sandals featured in this season's collection, the sandals with crossed straps and low heel are perfect for those of you who want to keep things on a lower profile. The side detailing inspired by the boho-chic / 70s trend make them so very delicate and romantic. The cone heel strapped in layers of leather makes these sandals perfect for everyday wear, with a low (or even non-existant) pain level, even if you'll be running errands all day long.

And finally, the cut-out wedges with a gentler style. If I would have seen these somewhere over the internet, I wouldn't have recognized them as Finsk wedges. They seem to have few in common with the style that has blown away everybody's minds. However, they are versatile, due to the shades they come in - nude and black, and extremly wearable, due to the low wedge, with no architectural detailing whatsoever.

You can see more styles and study them thouroughly here.

Now, the good news is that Finsk has opened a Pop-Up Web Shop where you can buy shoes from the SS '11 collection. With prices ranging from £ 340 to £ 410, the shoes can be shipped WORLDWIDE. All you need is a PayPal account to pay for your order.

Of course, you can still buy Finsk shoes on Asos.com, where they're on SALE. However, you'll find there only shoes from previous collections. If you're interested in shoes from the current collection, you might want to check out the SALE on oaknyc.com, available over the weekend.

I'm curious, which one is your favourite? Dreaming of (or even planning) on buying some?

P.S. For those of you who haven't met me at any event I attended recently or who don't follow me on Facebook, the reason why I stopped posting (unfortunately) is that I finally got my dream job: I'm a Lifestyle Editor for Shoppingews.ro and Shopping Report magazine. I hope I haven't lost your interest and I hope we can get right back on track, just as I've been planning every five minutes over the past two months. Thanks a lot! :-)

photo source: finskshop.blogspot.com and fashionunited.co.uk