Well, after a slight hiatus, I’ve just finished the pair of espadrilles I’ve been working on. The design brief was for bright bricks/tiles, and some skulls. Caro found some shoes online that had a colourful skull & crossbones pattern, but not wanting to rip them off, I decided to take the same elements and go in a different direction with them.

All in all, I like the way the espadrilles turned out a lot; the colours make a nice contrast to the natural off-white of the canvas, and the skulls aren’t too realistic (that would be a bit weird), but also not too “fun” (so they don’t look stupid).

These are also the first pair that I’ve written “Le Shouvre” on, and incorporated into the overall design. In the past I’ve usually put a little cube somewhere in the design, but this time round I think the white speech bubbles work well amongst the rest of the design. In the future, I think I’m going to incorporate the brand name into the designs more, to link all the shoes together.

More pics here