Louboutin has rightly said a shoe has
much to offer than just a walk a warm
good afternoon everyone I’m Libby
Bhandari her I hope all of y’all had a
shoe full week as I’m about to share my
journey from a shoe lover to a shoe coup
Thawra every women love shoes who
doesn’t even men do I’ve had like over
100 pairs of footwear me being a shoe
lover my mom grandmom
often asked me shoe related problems I
have to help them solve the problems in
it it made me realize that I had a keen
interest in understanding the product
that is the footwear it was difficult at
first but I wanted to use my creativity
in understanding what is put my
construction and designing as it’s very
important to follow your passion because
that is something you have to live with
24/7 and it’s just not a your 9 to 5 job
that’s what I realized and I went when I
was studying architecture in my fourth
year I went into my dad I wanted to
leave architecture and pursue food while
designing and you know like all fathers
he gave me that look and then he was
like you’ve come so far I think you
should finish your studies get a degree
and then go ahead and learn about
Footwear designing seeing my father
build his business with so much hard
work and dedication made me realize that
I wanted to be like him and do something
about my label he has been my strongest
mentor and my mom my biggest source of
inspiration as a young girl I was very
creative and at that time architecture
was the only way I could use my
creativity any architecture basically
taught me
the entire foundation of designing a
product
so starting architecture was not
completely a waste but it helped me
deploy the same rules and limitations of
designing I know everyone has a thunk a
person as an inspiration in their life
in their respective field for me
Christian Louboutin and disappears ah no
they are the top most Paris designers
they have been my true source of
inspiration being a shoe lover what a
shoe means to me
it shoe is a work of art and they have
created the most elegant and beautiful
work of art as it’s rightly said chase
your dreams in high heels
I always believe in if you focus on your
problems there will be more problems but
if you focus on your possibilities
you’ll have more opportunities he was
challenging at the beginning to get this
concept out to people in the niche
just to add on a little bit it’s a very
new and a personal concept but people
have been so they’ve adopted this
concept very well and it it was fun
designing these products because of such
people it was I wanted to learn more
about what is a well custom-made
handmade Footwear sure I’m about to
explain a little bit about what is what
a shoe is all about and what is made up
of one is the upper that is the part or
the top part of your Footwear where it
covers your foot your side of the foot
your back of the foot and that is where
the main design of so Footwear lies the
second is the sole that is the part
which gets in contact with the ground we
use different materials like rubber sole
the sole PVC sole third is the lining
that is the part which is between the
upper and the skin we have to use a
particular material which gives the
comfort and absorbs the moisture and the
last is the sole insole that is the part
that’s the footbed as you can say and we
use a we that is the major part which
takes the body weight so we have to use
like comfortable material there as well
a little bit I’m sure all of you want to
know that how do we make a collection
Indian art and culture has been my
biggest source of inspiration first we
create a mood board we conceptualize the
entire idea around it
we source out materials from China India
lot of sketches are created backing our
brains its shortlisted and the final
designs are created we do create a
sample first which is then approved and
then it goes into bulk production as you
know in different colors sizes sure I
like to share a small incident which
helped me a designer style which is one
fine afternoon when I was sitting now
buy a coffee shop and sipping a coffee
whacking my brain scribbling on the
paper sketching and I realized just
looked outside the window and I saw a
beautifully bloomed red rose looking at
it wow I was like why not this is just I
know it’s a simple product but it
inspired me so much that we created that
Footwear in the laser form and we
depicted the Dena shoe 2016 has been
such a wonderful year for everybody in
fact Sudan movie did a box office in
box office did a turnover of 3060 crores
and as you know more did you give us the
biggest surprise the goals which he had
set to achieve for our nation importance
is given to the detailing of each and
every Footwear before it gets down on
the shelf or in our boxes in our
storeroom
each and every Footwear is looked
detailed upon and if any defect is sent
back to the factory and done again we
create signature style statements which
match each and every personality to
conclude with what a shoe means to me my
shoe is not just a design it’s a sound
it’s an attitude it’s the way you walk
is the way you’re going to move is all
dictated by your shoes thank you all for
inspiring me every day so I do better
and better [Applause]