12 Shoes // 12 Lovers

Scrolling through the internet sometimes can be a massively huge waste of time, until you find something that stands out and catches your eye and this is exactly what I found when I came across

// 12 Shoes for 12 Lovers //.

Being such an unsual project as it is, Sebastian Errazuriz looks at his past relationships and women creating something brilliant with his past as a concept. What I love is the way each shoe captures a certain characteristic of a person or their connection to you and he brings that to to a completely different point and makes a shoe as if to define her or a time by a shoe. 

 

I think this is a brilliant example of how people can mix art and fashion, creating such a diverse massively conceptual idea but then it being produced to make a wearable work of art. Obviously not all fashion is art and vise versa but 12 shoes makes you question where does the line lie here? Is this fashion or art? 

They way each shoe's presented with a line or passage about the girl it's meant to represent and their something about their relationship or even sex they'd had it just captures so many different women at different stages of their lives.

 

 

Another massively brilliant thing about this project is the fact of  with certain shoes 'Gold Digger', 'Ice Queen' or 'Heart Breaker' Sebastian may not be looking back on a good time or a poistive person although the imagery he choosed to create is still massively wonderful and seems positive. If you don't know the back story then they still seem beautiful and I think it'd be so easy for him to perhaps create something visually negative but he doesn't he just holds onto a good part and stays positive.

 

 

Twelve Shoes for Twelve Lovers is definitely a massively interesting project, perhaps now as an art subject but possibly highlighting a special DIY element; shoes for mood or individual shoes who capture just you. It's almost like someone having you analysed and then creating the perfect shoe for you?

 All I wish is that we had more shoes out there like these and some for guys too, I think the fact this has come from a guy is an interesting topic too proving how men can break that cold emotionless stereotype. Sadly the shoes aren't avaliable to view in England right now but are on show in Miami December 6th til Jan 6th if anyone happens to be able to check them out!