2003 was a busy year! With lots of juggling of parenthood and running a business and finding time to make shoes thrown in there somewhere! One of the highlights was a collection we made for the Brisbane Exhibition (Ekka) wool parade. I’d grown up going to the Ekka with my family and we would always make our way to the Wool Pavilion to see the annual Wool Parade – a fashion parade featuring local designers. This particular year we were invited to make our own designer footwear from leather given to us from the DPI (Dept of Primary Industries) They included feral goat, ostrich and crocodile. We also included some of our own designs in other leathers and wool. Here is a taste of some of those creations. We continue the skew toe and heel shape theme here and experimented with some Japanese inspired heel shapes.
Also in 2003 we made a few pairs of shoes for the film Swimming Upstream to be worn by the iconic Australian actress Judy Davis. We visited her in her trailer on set to measure her up. Always an exciting (and nerve wracking) moment. The film, set in Brisbane in the fifties and early sixties, is a family drama centring on the life of Tony Fingleton.
