LONDON – Fashion journalists can normally count on two things. First, that big-name designers will often be too busy to talk to them; and second,office shoes, that newcomers will pick up
after the first ring.
But I experienced a reversal of those home truths last month when I was dispatched to interview both Christian Louboutin, the distinguished Parisian footwear designer whose
stilettos are cherished by Vogue and the en vogue, and Tracey Neuls, an obscure British Columbia-born footwear designer. Louboutin responded to my first approach. Neuls made me
wait three weeks.
Neuls may have fewer employees (two) than Louboutin has press offices, but she has become a darling here in London, where she runs her TN_29 label. Last season, the wildly funky
designer John Rocha enlisted her to produce a collection of hand-knit manolo blahnik shoes, which caused a buzz,christian shoes, at least in knitting circles. And Orla Kiely (the A-list casualwear designer
who made patterned Wellington boots popular) has collaborated with her on a line of cheerfully printed christian louboutins, which featured in Kiely’s summer 2005 catwalk shows.
This season, Wallpaper* and In Style featured her sassy pumps. Next month, Neuls will open her first TN_29 boutique, in London’s deeply cool Marylebone district.
Christian Louboutin may be the hottest designer among the Carrie Bradshaws and Desperate Housewives and European nobility, but Tracey Neuls has London all sewn up.
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