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

Anastasia Radevich - "Taking from my mind all what I have seen, looking for what has never been…"

I get easily obsessed about shoe designers and shoes, in general. I love them or I hate them with an ease that only passion can give. When Ioana from Fashezine introduced me to the shoes I am about to show you, I was abosultely blown away: I have never seen such shoes, such creativity, such originality. Therefore, thank you, Ioana, for introducing me to the most amazing shoes ever!

Anastasia Radevich is a Canadian footwear designer of Belarusian origin. She lives and works on both continents. Sponsored by Foundation de la Mode de Montréal, Anastasia has completed a diploma with distinction at London College of Fashion in footwear design- one of the world's leading colleges for footwear design that has been the ground for learning to such names as Jimmy Choo, Patrick Cox and Georgina Goodman.

Her first hand-finished collection ‘Biofuture’ has been exhibited at the LCF gallery on Carnaby street in June 2009.
Anastasia has been selected by art-s-talker to be featured in the "e-Creative: London 2009" directory for London's best emerging creative talents that was launched at the London Design Festival in September 2009.
She has extensive experience in footwear and accessories design: she has previously worked at Aldo Group for 2 years in Montreal, designed for Bolongaro Trevor (the founders of All Saints), as well as gained work experience at Alexander McQueen and Nicholas Kirkwood.

Anastasia's moto is "Taking from my mind all what I have seen, looking for what has never been…". What better words to describe her out-of-this-world work? She is one of those genius designers the world meets once in a while. I am sure that she will be so big that students will want to study footwear design to become like her.

 

Her Biofuture 2010 collection is beyond amazing. I have never thought this is possible, that shoes like this could be real. Inspired from nature, the shoes mix suede, fur, patent leather with cage chunky heels or heels in the shape of a claw. The shoes are very feminine in a natural way, but urban at the same time. The cage heels make me think of steel skyscrapers or of mettalic scaffoldings. The turqoise suede algae inspired sandals are so gentle and leave me the impression that they are made of real algae that they just make me miss the sea.

Anastasia has decided to share with her fans some pages of her inspiration/work notebooks. These pages themselves are pieces of art that translate the passion this designer has, her amazing artistic nature and, most of all, her commitment to transforming everyday inspiration into pure art.

I have saved the best for last. The Kinetik 2011 collections is her best, so far. It features elements that I have literally never seen before in another shoe: platform and heels made of some type of very attentively melted  and molded metal.
As pumps, ankle boots or sandals, these shoes are made of suede, patent leather and what seems to be a mix of lace and leather. The suede ankle boots feature an amazing futuristic technology: they have mesh inserts with leds that creat an original accessory to the shoe and give personality, without making it cold, impersonal or too technologic. Actually, they speak of frailty, femininity, smoothness and sensibility. They are the perfect metaphore of the modern woman.

 

Anastasia is currently travelling for work and she isn't available for interviews or extensive discussions. However, she has promissed me that once she settles down, I will get to ask every question I have about her work, her inspiration and everything my mind will come up until then. So around Christmas, expect an extensive article on the creator of these pieces of art, Anastasia Radevich!


photo source:  Anastasia Radevich, Luxirare.com