Trend Shoes

Remember our intrepid shoe explorer? He went a-wandering this All Hallows Eve, while deciding what to do about his half-size relationship with the Penneys Pumps.

While clearing his head, he noticed a very sexy pair of Topshop* wedge lace-up heels sticking out her tongue at him. Not one to shy down with his newly found confidence, he digged in his heels and went to talk to her.


On closer inspection she had fangs. This sexy shoe was a vampire.

Not the kind of shoe you want to give your sole to.


Unless you are like that muppet in Twilight.

Happy Halloween y'all from the SOS Team!
xx
*shoes curtesy of Kate.

Have you ever come across "Girls who draw"? I discovered their "Girls who draw: Misfits" series of postcards in Analogue in Edinburgh.

I adored illustrations by one particular artist, Gemma Correll. Subsequently, I ended up purchasing a Gemma Correll notebook and stickers in another arty shop, The Red Door Gallery, in Edinburgh. It was then I discovered her website and blog. As you may have noticed a lot of us Fashion bloggers tend to love to talk about how great our outfits are and post pictures of it. (I am raising my hand guiltily). Gemma illustrates hers.
Gemma kindly took time to answer a few questions of mine. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did asking them.



How did you get started into illustrating?

I've been drawing forever. I knew that I wanted to be an illustrator from a very young age (before I knew the word "Illustration"). I used to collect old notebooks and then fill them with stories and drawings. I also published my first comic at primary school. It was called "The Chatterbox", cost 20p and had a free penny sweet taped to the cover. I had a brief lapse into teacher training aged 18, but ended up back at Art school, studying graphic design and Illustration.

Where do you get ideas from? Inspiration?

My inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere... mostly the world around me; the people I see, animals, vintage children's books, places I go...


You do a lot of work with great stores like Lazy Oaf and Fredflare, how did they come about?

I met Gemma from Lazy Oaf after I graduated from college, I was making zines and took some into the Lazy Oaf shop (which was off Brick Lane at the time) to show her. Since then, we've kept in contact and she often asks me to be involved with Lazy Oaf exhibitions and projects, like the "Lazy Oaf's drawing club" exhibition. I bought some advertising space on the Fred Flare blog and got chatting to Keith, the creative director there. He's keen to get more illustration on the FF blog, so I ended up producing some E-cards for them and becoming a guest blogger. Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with?

There are lots of people I would love to collaborate with... Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Bubi Au Yeung and Erin Hanson (of Recovering Lazyholic) to name just a few (or three, to be exact).

Oh I have to say this.....I love love love my new shoes. Jen got me these as a birthday gift, thanks Jen! kiss kiss hug hug.

Jen and I have an addiction to ASOS, or atleast an addiction to browsing it. The "Save for later" option does not help things however. I have items piled up at the moment and saved for a month. As part of Jen an I's browsing sessions, we tend to link each other the stuff that we like. I linked her these beautiful pearly pink plastic brogues by Melissa. A day or so later, they were out of stock. I was a bit devestated. And today I found out that Jen was the sneaky one who bought them.


Anyway.. That's the story behind these brogues. I can't wait to wear them tomorrow. And if it rains, great cause THEY ARE PLASTIC.

SO, TAKE THAT STUPID RAIN.

AND!! They smell of bubblegum. Delicious.

AND!! Love you Jen.

xx-LJ

**EDIT**: These over the knee socks (with a white ruffled edge not shown) are from Primark (Penneys)

Got these two Kobe shoes in today. They are available ONLY
at our Inglewood location.

234 W. Manchester Boulevard
Inglewood, California 90301
310.590.1244

For prices please visit www.millenniumshoes.com.

Zoom Kobe











Big Nike High (Lil Dez)

A little SOS! revamp was done over the weekend. Do you like it? Do you love it? Do you hate it? Any suggestions?

xx-LJ

Got a whole mess of new Jordan's in today so
here we go!

The two Air Jordan 1 Retro Phat Premiers, Boston
and Cleveland will debut sometime in November so
keep an eye out on these. They retail for $110.00
and will be available at all three stores (Inglewood,
Slauson, Hawthorne). These will be available in
adult sizes only.

The other two are Air Jordan 1 High Straps (black
and yellow) (silver and blue), and will also be
available sometime in November. the black and
yellows will have grade school and adult sizes, and
the silver and blue will be available in grade school,
pre-school, and toddler sizes. b&y's are $110.00,
and the s&b are $75.00

We got new Emerica's in today which will be
available Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Please call
our Slauson and Inglewood stores for pricing.

The Laced sneaker features a colorful shoe
design, plus, a colorful lace design to match. it
Also features backwards Emerica logos on both
shoes, and spotted rubber sole.

The Collaboration sneaker is a collaboration
between Emerica (of course) and the
experimental rock group, No Age. The No Age name
appears on the tongue of the sneaker which
also features a very colorful sole.

Collaboration









Laced

Hello, welcome to Millennium Shoes! We've got
some new Supras for you which are available
today, 10.06.2009 at our Inglewood, Slauson, and
Hawthorne stores. Both are red and black color
-ways. These shoes are nothing less than what
you would expect from supra as far as quality and
design, so you can bet these will fly off our shelves
very quickly so get to our stores as soon as you
can! in the meantime, enjoy!

Supra Thunder (Death Wish)







Supra Vaider