The beautiful, bold washes of colour that find their way across Ana Locking‘s Fall 2010/2011 shoe collection are the culmination of the season’s theme: Spinning Destiny. If it doesn’t make sense, imagine a canvas splodged with paint spinning around faster and faster until centrifugal forces draw the paint outwards into unique and beautiful patterns, and you’ll have a clearer idea of the type of art that inspired Locking’s work. The multiple winding straps give an impression of one’s destiny being bound, but where there’s the spinning colours of emerald green, purple and pink there’s hope – and Locking believes we can be masters over our own destinies.
Even with the philosophical musings aside, the shoes are beautifully shaped, and the intricate leather straps (which get even more complex as you find your way through the gallery to where the wedges are) make for one of the most subtle strong points of the collection.
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You can see the whole gallery by clicking on the picture above.
