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The Shoe Goddess has featured Larare shoes numerous times in the past, but now we have the unique opportunity of getting to know the design genius behind the women’s shoe line, Nathalie Elharrar. Elharrar is no stranger to design, in fact, she has a resume that would make any fashionista quite jealous. The French shoe designer resides in Paris and has worked to expand accessories collections for Balmain, Guy Laroche by Michel Klein, Michel Klein, Thierry Mugler and Lagerfeld Gallery. She also created the Paule Ka shoe collections from 2004 to 2007, where she brought very futuristic, plexi-glass high heels as the center point of the collection. Whilst freelance designing, Elharrar went out on her own to create her first collection of women’s shoes, Larare, in 2007. Since then, the line has exploded with truly inventive styles, beautiful architecture and a design aesthetic that is all her own. She also teaches the “Art of Creating Shoes” at Institut Francais de la Mode. The Larare collections are glam, luxurious and edgy with just enough rock and roll to literally rock your socks off, and slip your feet right into her gem niche in the footwear industry. She draws inspiration from female comic icons, like Barbarella, alongside the fantasy behind hero’s stories. The result of her Spring/Summer 2010 collection, titled “A Sharp Wing of a Butterfly” is effortlessly stunning, with details that are of a true artisan and shoes that prove this designer has hit the ground hard, and isn’t going anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »

I think these Larare sandals are totally fantastic. The ankle strap makes them just a bit of a bootie. They are very sophisticated and will be very fun to wear with a mini dress to show off those ankles. 

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