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Monday, 19 October 2015

Eurochocolate Stephanie Seymour

The story is a long one, filled with very sweet shoes, coming from a fun and exciting idea to create a collection for Eurochocolate in Perugia in the year 2004.

After that a commission to design shoes for window displays in New York and Chicago for wellknown stylist Stuart Weitzman.

This is one of the Delishoes shown in the New York display.

I am the original creator of the Delishoes.

In every sweet story there are lots of things that go on behind the curtains, and in this story that is definitely true.

Sunday, 18 October 2015

Eurochocolate Stephanie Seymour Delishoes 2004

Way back in 2004 I designed a collection of shoes for Eurochocolate with the name DELISHOES. My exhibition was one of the main features during Eurochocolate.

The one-of-a-kind sculptures were designed exclusively for this exhibition, and the shoes looked like chocolate,

fooling both the public and press.

They received a lot of pubblicity from the media. Here are just a few of the articles written about my original creations.

After the success and popularity of this collection I was commissioned to create another collection for stylist designer Stuart Weitzman for New York and Chicago.

NOTE: Over the years many stores and similar creations have been created even internationally. The original Delishoes were made by me, Stephanie Seymour.

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Seymour's Art Blog

http://stephanieseymourart.blogspot.com/2012/10/delishoes-shown-at-rocca-paolina.html

If my art interests you, please take a look at my new art blog
SEYMOUR'S ART blog

Here I have just posted my DELISHOES shoe sculptures. They are shoes that look like chocolate (ad not only). Curious? Take a look. Interested in showing these shoes somewhere, like at an event, an exhibition, a fair, or fashion show? I am available with over 30 shoes.
Give me an email at seemoreart_4u@yahoo.com

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Photography around a farmhouse in Italy

Friends live in the country, about a half hour from the center of town. They have lots of interesting things in the house, and also around the work area, near the fields and some of the machinery they use.

It's fun and interesting to find similar colors for some of my art shoes, and interesting to take photographs of the things that are piled up in the work area

This is one of my Delishoes -- a sculpture made from a shoe, cardboard, paint, glue.

People think this collection is made of chocolate....but think about what would happen here out in the sun....

Love what rust does to metal!

Sunday, 11 September 2011

DELISHOES - spike shoe on tiles

This is one my DELISHOES right in the middle of many Italian tiles used to make roofs, here in Italy. The tiles were stacked at the farmhouse of a friend of mine, perhaps taken off an old building, or to be used to make a new roof. THis is a photos photoshopped, and in the middle one of my many DELISHOES, made with a real shoe, cardboard, paint.

Ecco una delle mie DELISHOES proprio in mezzo di tante tegole utilizzate per fare dei tetti qui in Italia. Le tegole erano nel campo di una fattoria di una mia amica, forse da un vecchio palazzo oppure per fare un tetto nuovo. Questa foto è stata modificata, e al centro c'è una delle mie tante DELISHOES, fatta da una vera scarpa, cartone, colore.

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Stephanie Seymour Delishoes and real pastries

So much fun to go into a wonderful bar and take photographs of my Delishoes with real wonderful and beautiful cakes! Some were made with icecream so I had to shoot fast with the window of the display case open. Here are more of my collection - a large collection, each shoe completely different from the next.

Divertente andare in un bar a fare delle fotografie delle mie Delishoes, insieme a bellissimi e fantastici dolci! Alcuni sono fatti con gelato perciò ho dovuto fare le foto velocemente con la porta della vetrina dei dolci aperta. Ecco sono altre scarpe della mia collezione, ogni scarpa è completamente diversa dall'altra.

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Stephanie Seymour's Delishoes

The first collection was made in 2004, "Delishoes" shown in Italy. Then, in 2005 other shoes were created for Stuart Weitzman and shown in his windows in New York and Chicago. The shoes in this photo were made for the shows in the USA. They look like chocolate, but they aren't.

La prima collezione è stato creato in 2004, "Delishoes" mostrato in Italia. Poì, in 2005 altre scarpe erano creato per lo stilista Stuart Weitzman e mostrato in vetrine a New York e Chicago. Le scarpe in questa foto, erano fatte per le esposizioni negli USA. Sembrano fatte di cioccolato, ma non lo sono.

Saturday, 19 February 2011

DELISHOES and pastries

My Delishoes (shoe sculptures made to look like sweets) together with real cakes, here in Italy.

Le mie Delishoes, scarpe/sculture che assomigliano a veri dolci, insieme a veri dolci qui in Italy.

Saturday, 3 April 2010

A shoe for Easter - Una scarpa per la Pasqua

The shoe in the picture is called "Eggs are good for you". It was one of the shoes designed in 2004 for my collection DELISHOES. With the (fake) chocolate egg, it's just perfect for Easter.

La foto sopra è una scarpa dalla mia collezione DELISHOES. La scarpa con uovo (finto) si chiama "Le uova ti fanno bene", ed è una scarpa perfetta per la Pasqua.

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Chocolates from Germany

Can you tell - which ones are the real chocolates brought to us from Germany two nights ago and which is one of my DELISHOES shoe sculptures?

The shoe still exists....

the chocolates are down to 5 pieces.

ITALIAN

Riesci a capire quale delle foto è una scatola di cioccolatini dalla Germania e qual'è una delle mie DELISHOES? La scarpa ancora esiste ma i cioccolatini ne sono rimasti a 5 pezzi.

Monday, 17 November 2008

99% Chocolate

This shoe, one of my DELISHOES

creations is absolutely NOT chocolate.

Why three images here?

Is one chocolate ever enough?

ITALIAN

Tre scarpe che NON sono fatte di cioccolato.

Perchè ce ne sono tre? Un cioccolatino non basta mai.

ITALIAN NOTES

Italian shoes really are beautiful - often not comfortable

but Italians don't seem to care

Sunday, 16 November 2008

Chocolate Soul - from my Delishoes collection

CHOCOLATE SOUL

I love irony and double meaning. This shoe,

Chocolate Soul is the result of combining the verbal

ironic double meaning soul and sole:

in English it works, in Italian, it doesn't.

ITALIAN

L'ironia del titolo di questa scarpa funziona in

inglese Chocolate Soul che significa "anima di cioccolato"

oppure suola di cioccolato. In inglese funziona l'ironia,

in italiano proprio non funziona.

Thursday, 3 July 2008

INTERNATIONAL SHOES -- SCARPE INTERNAZIONALI

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Which of these shoes did I see at a wedding in Italy?
Which of these shoes did I see in China?
Which of these shoes belongs to a little American girl, Anna, daughter of Robert and Jean...!
And which of these shoes is part of my collection of shoe-sculptures, Delishoes?
Not difficult to answer.....shoes tell it all!

Quale di queste scarpe ho visto ad un matrimonio in Italia?
Quale di queste scarpe ho visto in Cina?
Quale di queste scarpe appartengono ad una bambina Americana Anna (figlia di Robert e Jean..!)
E quale di queste scarpe appartengono alla mia collezione di scarpe-sculture, Delishoes?
Non è difficile indovinare...le scarpe lo dicono da sole!

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HOW TO SPEAK ITALIAN...in 60 seconds

Cavolo...means cabbage BUT you can use it when you want to say WOW!
Non so. So simple, and it means, I don't know. The word no, is no (easy) AND the word so comes from the verb sapere which is to know. So is used for I.....io so, I know. But in this case it is so simple...forget the I, and just say NON SO. Everyone will know what you mean, that is that you don't know!!
Raffreddore -- it means, a COLD. Like a fever, a cough, like what I feel I may be coming down with right now. If I want to say that I have a cold, I say "Sono raffreddata". That translates that I have (or I am) with a cold. You can also say "Ho un raffreddore" which means, I have a cold. Anyway you look at it, you will have to stay in bed or around the house, until you become....guarito or guarita, which means that you are cured!
IMPEGNATA!!! That is what I have been lately. BUSY! Lots of IMPEGNI (appointments, things to do, tasks, chores, you name it!) Actually I should say IMPEGNATISSIMA....meaning very very busy. And to tell you the truth, that is exactly how I like my life!
Per favore.....it is a nice way of asking someone "please" do this or that, or take one, or asking a favor. BUT you can also use it with hands wide and saying PLEASE!!! Stop it! Don't! Be quiet! It is all in the way you say it, and your body language. PLEASE!!!!!
Lo.......this is used when you have a noun like Spagnolo.....you see, this word means a Spanish man. Lo is used because the word starts with sp and you have to use lo rather than il, probably because it makes it easier to pronounce the two sounds....lo with sp rather than il and then sp lo sp, not il sp......When, on the other hand you need to use plural, that is Spagnoli, you must change the lo to gli and then say gli spagnoli. Oh my, this is difficult even for me. Signing off now, will be back with an easier lesson next time.
If you know Spanish, can it help you to know Italian?? YES!! Do I know Spanish? NO! But when I hear it, I can understand lots of it, and I am SURE it's because I know Italian.
Differente....it is easy to see what it means. But the hard part is the ORDER you put this word in. You don't want to use it like in English BUT to put it after the noun that you are calling different. Like I want a different book. Vorrei un libro differente. See, it is AFTER the noun, that is how you use adjectvies in Italian. And don't forget to say the letter E at the end....different - TAY.

Curiosities of Italian Life

VERY curious indeed, this Italian life. On the OUTSIDE it looks like people have loads of money, buying expensive iphones, cars, clothes and even eating out and spending money here and there. BUT on the inside, we are all having troubles with paying bills, hoping our children find jobs (most want to leave Italy now, lots do anyhow). So, the curious thing is that Italians look like they are having an easy time, but believe me.............
Moods........hmmmmmmm......when I am on facebook, I see the difference of the mood here in Italy and the mood in the States. There is a huge difference. People here are moody, due to the politics, especially. We just don't have the fun-loving thouughts and moods of the people in the States. Of course, I am from there, so I have a pretty happy mood most of the time. But being in the middle of complaining and low moods makes it even harder to stay up. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!
No shopping list. What do I mean? I mean, when you go to the market, you don't always need to have a shopping list....you see what looks fresh, colorful and good, and then buy what excites you. I have often had guests for dinner without really knowing what I am going to make. I see zucchini, or tomatoes, or something else and then the idea comes to me. That's how it is in Italy, the visual gives one the idea of what to do next.
City streets.....why oh why are there so many HOLES in the streets!! They just wrote about them the other day in the paper, and there are hundreds (or thousands, don't remember) of holes of all dimensions all over this city. And that means uncomfortable driving that is for sure!! Bump bump bump! The rain opens them up more and then they get bigger. They fill them up sometimes but not well enough. Another of Italy's problems, beautiful country, but we have a large share of things that need to be improved.
Politics. Read on!! In Italy, no matter what the occasion, dinner parties, tv shows, meeting people on the street, watch out, because politics and talking about them is what is in store!!! People just can't get together without talking politics. It is a BIG part of Italian life. And talking about it often can get you in trouble IF the people you are talking to think differently than you do. If they are of another viewpoint, watch out!! If you ever saw two Italians with differing views, you will know what I mean.
SNOW....will it or won't it snow? If it does, the curious thing about snow in a small town, is that everything just about STOPS all of a sudden. They are very slow in cleaning up the streets, but in a way it is nice because you can go out and walk all over the place without any cars around, and then, it is very very beautiful and quiet. So.....into bed I go and perhaps tomorrow it will SNOW!!

EATING and other things....in Italy

TOMATOES -- it is easy to talk about tomatoes in this country. And easy to eat them. They come is such a variety, the ones for sugo, the ones for salad. Ones you can cut into little pieces, or lay out flat with oregano and oil and vinegar and salt.....They are so good, they get lots of sun, and people love to use them in cooking. If you don't know how to use them, just ask an Italian mamma in the store. She for sure can tell you everything you need to know.
Good parmesan, bad parmesan. You know, here in Italy we have wonderful parmesan. It is really really delicious. I once heard that in the States they take the waxy part of the parmesan and even use that to be ground into the stuff you can buy in a box. If that is true, that is really terrible!!!! It would be like eating candles!
Lemons. Why lemons? Because you can squeeze them in water, add sugar or honey; you can squeeze it on meat or fish or salad, or use them to decorate a plate. You can use the peel for flavor in a cake, or to decorate the top of a dessert. You can even use half to put into the dishwasher and make things come out sweeter. Why lemons you ask???
Wintertime weight gain. Yes. Easy to munch on cookies, or almonds or parmesan!! Or a glass of wine and nuts, or a bruschetta! Hard to take off that one or two kili.....that means taking a walk, and today it is going to rain, so wouldn't it just be easier to stay inside, with a nice glass of hot milk and coffee and a few cookies??
JUst how sweet do you want things? In Italy, sweets are sweet but not as sweet as in England, or the States. A cake may have something on it, but not as gooey and sweet as in other places. Salt, on the other hand, is used more freely here than perhaps in the States. Foods can often be very salty, though very good too. Sugar and salt, each country has their own way of using them.
Honey.....it's the time for honey lately, because it is cold, and in the evening is a good time for camomilla tea, or some other hot drink. I like to use honey, good for the throat, and tastes so good. The hard honey is the best, easier to bend a spoon getting it out, but better for you and more "real" and usually biological, whereas the liquid might just have some sugar in it, or not be quite as natural.
Sweet potatoes. If you love American sweet potatoes, the ones they serve on Thanksgiving, be prepared to NOT find them in Italy. It is very hard to find them (actually I just heard a Chinese market has them) but the ones they have in the normal markets are white on the inside! Sweet but white! Isn't that strange!
RED WINE (vino rosso) goes with meat, and WHITE WINE (vino bianco) goes with fish. But wine is so good in Italy, especially the really good ones, any wine is fine most of the time. Room temperature (reds) and white chilled.
CELERY?? When I was a kid, we ate celery sticks all the time. With salt, without, in the lunchbox, or at home in a glass of cold water. I think I have never been served a piece of celery like this in Italy UNLESS they served it with lots of other vegetables to create a vegetable platter to dip in oil and salt, and that dish is called pinzimonio. (better check my spelling on that one, and I will let you know!)
I am going to cook when I get to L.A. BUT it won't be as good as in Italy (see my last post under curiosities of Italian life). I try the best I can BUT the ingredients just aren't the same. And the cuts of meat are different too.

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