YOU LOVE VINTAGE & UNIQUE SHOES? THIS IS FOR YOU! by Miss Glitzy

http://www.miss-glitzy.com/2010/12/you-love-vintage-unique-shoes-this-is.html

One thing I love about blogging about shoes is the unexpected emails I receive about designers I have never heard about. And it's the case with Lauro Righi, a designer who has worked for important italian shoe factories as Sergio Rossi and Casadei. From the 60's to the 80's, he ran his own brand producing hand-crafted shoes and bags in limited edition for the Italian, European, North American and Japanese market. Lauro Righi's son, Andrea, contacted me to present his father legacy and the Etsy shop where you can find prototypes or stock fund production from the 70's and 80's, new and never worn. So if you're like me, some kind of a vintage shoes addict, go and take a look. As most of them are prototypes, the size are pretty small, but it's a great opportunity to own models so representative of a fashion style period.

And because it's Christmas time, Andrea proposed me to offer you, dear readers, a special 25% discount with this discount coupon code:25UNTIL25, valid until the 25th of December obviously! I did a small selection below and let you discover the other models on the Etsy Shop. Merry Xmas!!!

Une des choses que j'apprécie particulièrement avec ce blog, c'est de recevoir des emails concernant des designers dont je n'avais jamais entendu parler auparavant. Ce qui est le cas de Lauro Righi, qui travailla pour Sergio Rossi et Casadei, et produisit des années 60 à 80, sous son propre nom, des souliers et sacs fait main et en édition limitée, vendus un peu partout dans le monde. Son fils Andrea m'a contacté il y a quelques temps, pour me présenter l'héritage de son père, et surtout la boutique Etsy, où vous pourrez trouver des prototypes et modèles jamais portés. Si vous êtes comme moi, un peuaccro aux souliers vintage, allez faire un tour. Comme la plupart sont des protos, les tailles sont petites, mais c'est une belle occasion d'acquérir des modèles représentatifs d'une époque et d'un style.

Et comme c'est bientôt Noël, Andrea vous offre une réduction spéciale de 25% avec ce code : 25UNTIL25, valable évidemment jusqu'au 25 décembre ! Je vous ai fait une petite sélection. Le reste de la collection est à découvrir sur la boutique Etsy. Joyeux Noël !!!

Designer Spotlight: Lauro Righi by Shoed-In

http://www.shoed-in.com/ashoeblog/2010/12/14/designer-spotlight-lauro-righi-by-laurorighi/

You check in with Will Blog 4 Shoes to get a daily dose of some­thing new and fresh and today, we have just the thing. Ital­ian made (you know I love them that way), care­fully crafted footwear for the shoe lover on your Christ­mas list!

I’m shin­ing the spot­light on Lauro Righi by Lau­roR­ighi, who can be found on Etsy, a won­der­ful site that brings hand­made orig­i­nal pieces right to your com­puter screen from design­ers all over the world.

The Will Blog 4 Shoes favorites are–

 

All of the footwear is made with qual­ity leather or crepe soles and leather or fab­ric upper AND they are on sale for Christ­mas. Lauro Righi is offer­ing 25% off until Christ­mas. See the rest of the footwear here. (Enter code: 25UNTIL25 for the sale) 

LAURO RIGHI VINTAGE SHOES CHRISTMAS 25% OFF

CHRISTMAS PROMOTION

Have you already thought about your christmas presents?
No? Maybe we can give you a helping hand...
Lauro Righi Vintage Shoes offers a special price for your christmas presents,
a 25% discount until 25 december 2010!

During purchasing insert this coupon code:
25UNTIL25

and your discount will be activated.
Happy Holidays
and Good Purchases!

K - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

KIDSKIN
Soft leather made from the skin of a young goat.

J - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

I - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

INSOLE

The inner sole of a shoe or boot or an extra strip of material put inside a shoe for comfort or protection. Also called innersole.

 INSTEP COLLAR

INSTEP GIRTH
The circumference around the foot at the instep.












INSTEP LINE

H - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

HEAVY-DUTY SOLE

HEEL
The part of a shoe or boot supporting the heel. 

 HEEL BREAST FLAP

 HEEL REST

HEEL SOCK

 HIDE
The skin of an animal, especially when tanned or dressed.

HIGH-HEEL

High-heeled shoes are shoes which raise the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised, as in a platform shoe, it is generally not considered to be a "high-heel." High-heels come in a wide variety of styles, and the heels are found in many different shapes, including stiletto, block, tapered, blade, and wedge.

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G - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

GOATSKIN

Tanned leather from goatskin is considered extremely durable and is commonly used to make rugs (for example in Indonesia) and carpet binding. It is often used for gloves, boots, and other products that require a soft hide. Kid gloves, popular in Victorian times, are still made today. It is used for a traditional Spanish container for wine bota bag (or called goatskin). Traditional kefir was made in bags from goatskin.

GOODYEAR METHOD

The 'Goodyear Welted' construction is a traditional method for the manufacture of mens shoes, taking its name from the inventor who mechanised the original hand sewn method. The essence of this construction is that the upper is shaped over the last and secured by sewing a strip of leather or 'welt' to the upper and inner sole. The cavity formed by the welt is then filled with a cork compound known as 'Flexofil' which is highly flexible and resilient giving a welted shoe its unique comfort. The process is then completed by attaching a sole to the welt.The stitched construction allows the shoe to be repaired many times by replacing the sole. The very nature of this method of shoemaking takes many weeks and can involve up to two hundred highly skilled operators creating a shoe of comfort, strength and durability. 

VALERIA MORO reviews our shoes

"My Lauro Righi shoes have arrived!"

from PLEASE, JUDGE ME BY MY COVER

There you go with some shots of my first pair of Lauro Righi vintage shoes, bought on their Etsy profile.

Love the colour and the leather, so soft and perfectly conserved (this model is from the 80s).

Can't wait to buy my next pair!

BORN IN FLAMES reviews our shoes

from BORN IN FLAMES

 

 Hello! My name is Born In Flames!! Excuse me, but I noticed that you like fashion, and I can tell by looking at you that you are not content to swaddle your feet in common beds of woven twigs held together by clumps of sodden earth like so many people, so I thought that I would help you today, by showing you the greatest vintage shoe purveyor on all of the Etsies, and possibly the whole internets!!

The name is Lauro Righi and they have the choicest selection of 60s-80s deadstock vintage Italian shoes I’ve ever seen. You just need to have tiny feet and many monies. Let my Samsquanch proportions and penury be your gain! Go buy all of these now, and send me photos of you in the fancie kicks, along with many grateful e-kisses later! You’re welcome!!

1. Totally Proenza-esque! White python & suede platforms!!

2. Metallic Leather Ankle-strap Mary Janes!!

3. Weird plum suede strappy boots!

4. Stevie Nicks!!!

5. Brown suede stompers, but, like, delicate!!

6. Blue suede ballerina shoes!!

BUNGA BUNGA - SILVIO WANTS BLUE VELVET

Milan, 28 Oct. (AKI) - Italy's flamboyant prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday dismissed as “media trash" allegations of sexual antics with various women including a 17-year-old Moroccan girl called Ruby at his Milan villa during what he called “Bunga Bunga” nights.

Berlusconi replied to a question about the news reports during a news conference on the ongoing garbage crisis in the southern Italian city of Naples (which he said would be over in three days).

“I have a big heart and I try to help people in need,” Berlusconi said in comments broadcast live by Italy's Sky TG24.

“But I’m here to talk about real trash, and I’ll leave the media trash to all of you.”

Italian newspapers Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Repubblica have carried stories in the last two days based on claims by Ruby, an aspiring showgirl, who said she visited 74-year-old Berlusconi’s villa in Arcore near Milan three times when she was 17.

Ruby, now an adult, claimed she and other women, who included escorts and several cabinet ministers, were at Berlusconi's villa when the "Bunga Bunga" sex game was played. Berlusconi allegedly said Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi had taught him the game.

She claims he showered her with gifts of Rolex watches and Bulgari, Damiani and Dolce&Gabbana jewellery and clothes as well as over 150,000 euros in cash. He said he would buy her a beauty parlour and told Ruby to say she was the niece of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the newspaper reports cited her as saying.

Ruby was part of a circle of aspiring models and actresses who were allegedly introduced to Berlusconi by a prominent show business agent, Lele Mora, and by prominent TV host Emilio Fede. Fede is 79.

The undocumented Moroccan teenager was picked up several times by police, suspected of theft and burglary. But each time, she was allegedly released after police received a call from the Italian cabinet offfice saying she was Mubarak's niece.

Magistrates cautioned that the Moroccan woman's claims might be with foundation and could be part of a plot to blackmail the premier or an attempt to launch herself into the media spotlight.

Prosecutors are reported to be probing Mora, Fede and Berlusconi's former dental hygienist, Nicole Minetti, for abetting prostitution.

Minetti was elected aged 25 as a councillor for the northern Lombardy region surrounding Milan.

Berlusconi’s lawyers Niccolo Ghedini and Piero Longo said in a statement on Wednesday that the allegations reportedly made by Ruby were "unfounded".

Berlusconi was previously linked to teenage Naples lingerie model Noemi Letizia, whose 18th birthday party he attended in 2008 and whom he gave a 6,000 euro gold and pearl pendant.

She said she called him 'Papi' meaning 'Daddy' in English.

Escort Patrizia D'Addario alleges she had sex with Berlusconi at his residence in Rome in November 2009. She released tapes of their encounter to media. Berlusconi has said he is "no saint" but has never paid a woman for sex or had "improper" relations.

Mario Adorf vs Henry Silva - from MANHUNT (La Mala Ordina, 1972) - FERNANDO DI LEO

Fernando Di Leo (January 11, 1932 - December 1, 2003) was an Italian film director and script writer born in San Ferdinando di Puglia. During his career from 1964 to 1985, Di Leo directed 20 films and was involved in the writing process in 43. His films influenced many popular contemporary directors, such as Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.

Di Leo started his career mostly writing scripts for spaghetti westerns. He worked on the script for Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars, 1964) and later as assistant director and assistant to Sergio Leone in Per qualche dollaro in più (For a Few Dollars More, 1965). Later, he wrote scripts for such westerns as Navajo Joe (1966) and Johnny Yuma (1967). Di Leo is now best remembered for his poliziotteschi films, especially the Milieu Trilogy, which he both wrote and directed. The trilogy contains Milano calibro 9 (1972), La mala ordina (Manhunt, 1972) and Il boss (The Boss, 1973)

F - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

FLAT HEEL
Shoes with a very low heel or no heel (Flats)

FRINGE TAB

SEXY SILVIO - THE BEST BERLUSCONI'S ADVANCES (subtitled)

By Nick Squires in Rome
Published: 8:30AM BST 13 Sep 2009

Mr Berlusconi was elected as prime minister for the third time last year and, unless his parliamentary support crumbles, could continue in office until the next election in 2013.

"Silvio Berlusconi's decline may have begun, as his enemies and some allies speculate. But it is yet to be seen where or when it will happen and, above all, it is not clear who would benefit," wrote Massimo Franco, a columnist for the Corriere della Sera broadsheet.

What is certain is that Mr Berlusconi's braggadocio has failed to quell the clamour over the alleged sex scandals. In the latest escalation, it was claimed last week that over a five month period last year he hosted 30 young women at 18 dinner parties at his mansion in the centre of Rome, with some of them paid 1,000 euros allegedly to have sex with him.

The women, who included lingerie models, reality television contestants and young actresses, were recruited by Giampaolo Tarantini, a 35-year-old businessman from the southern port of Bari who is an acquaintance of Mr Berlusconi.

The lavish dinners, where the women were served champagne and given gifts of jewellery, were held during the period when Mr Berlusconi was involved in an attempt to rescue the national airline, Alitalia, from imminent bankruptcy.

Some of the women were eastern European and South American, raising awkward questions for Mr Berlusconi about whether his trysts could expose him to blackmail by a foreign power.

Prosecutors have gathered so much evidence, much of it leaked last week to the press, that the case is likely to go to trial, with Mr Tarantini, 35, accused of procuring prostitutes.

Mr Berlusconi himself is not under investigation and has denied ever paying for sex, with his lawyer famously insisting that the ageing Lothario would only have been the "end user" of any such services.

The Bari case has already revealed evidence that a professional escort, Patrizia D'Addario, 42, was paid 1,000 euros by Mr Tarantini to sleep with Mr Berlusconi at his residence in Rome in November.

She taped explicit conversations between them on her mobile phone and went public when the prime minister failed to keep his promise that he would propel her into politics and help her with a business enterprise.

Mr Berusconi is said to be contemplating legal action against her and claimed on Friday that she could face 18 years in prison for what he described as "four crimes" she had committed - though he did not elaborate.

As the besuited powerbrokers of Mr Berlusconi's party debate his future over conspiratorial meals in Rome's clubs and restaurants,

Mr Berlusconi faces a difficult few months ahead. Italy is deep in recession and the country's employers' federation warned last week that Italians should expect a further 780,000 job losses by next year.

In October the Constitutional Court is expected to rule on the legality of a controversial law pushed through last year, giving Mr Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office. If the court strikes down the so-called Alfano law, his immunity will be revoked. "It is his obsessive fear," said Marc Lazar, a political scientist.

In the same month, the British lawyer David Mills will launch an appeal against his conviction in May for accepting a £430,000 bribe, allegedly from Mr Berlusconi, in exchange for giving false evidence at two corruption trials in the 1990s.

But if his wife has abandoned him, at least some of Mr Berlusconi's family are still prepared to rally to his side. On Friday, his eldest daughter from his first marriage, Marina, came publicly to his defence. She said her father had been subject to a "lynching" by relentless newspaper reports that were nothing more than "inflammatory slander".

"There have been real attempts to stab him in the back, but happily he has good reflexes," said Miss Berlusconi, who is president of Fininvest, the holding company that controls her father's media empire, Mediaset.

"I know perfectly how precious freedom of the press is... but all freedom has a limit, which is respect of freedom of others. Journalists are free, Berlusconi is also. He is free to have a private life."

E - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

ELASTIC

ELASTICIZED LEATHER

Elasticized leather consisting essentially of a woven material comprising warp threads and weft threads, said woven material being impregnated with a solution of polyurethane and then immersed in a bath containing a solvent and a non-solvent for said polyurethane whereby said polyurethane coagulates to form a layer of a coagulated polyurethane coating on at least one of two sides of said material, said weft threads in said woven material being formed of segmented polyurethane fibers which have been coated with polyamide fibers which are then covered with a fiber selected from the group consisting of cellulose fibers and mixtures of cellulose and polyester fibers. 

EYELET
A small hole for a lace or cord to be passed through or for a hook to be inserted into.

VINCENZO DE LUCA versus EVERYONE

The mayor Vincenzo De Luca defines as "exceptional" the mozzarella made in Campania.

But take a look on where buffaloes graze near Salerno, in the landfill of Sardone. These images have been taken on 21st January 2008, some days before mayor De Luca's interview.

The landfill of Sardone, at 5 Km from Salerno, has been for years one of the biggest sonorous scandals of the Campania politics.

Mayor: You have to support us to help economic activities.

But let's say aloud that we have absolutely excellent products, in Caserta, in many areas of Sele plains, and here, in our province, in Vallo di Diano... We have an exceptional "mozzarella". So, please, don't create a psychosis, because we risk having a really huge economic crisis

Int: But the images create that psychosis, the garbage is visible...

Mayor: We must do something, because the commissioner has been appointed for twenty days, and no landfill has been opened yet, and every day we accumulate 7,200 more tons of waste

Int: Today the commissioner has gone near Benevento trying to convince people, this is not a simple issue...

Mayor: Let's be clear: if a landfill is under law, it must be opened also by tanks.

D - FOOTWEAR GLOSSARY

DECORATION

DERBY

A Derby or Gibson (also called a Blücher in America) is a style of shoe characterized by shoelace eyelet tabs that are sown on top of the vamp, a construction method that is also sometimes referred to as "open lacing". Oxfords, in contrast, are characterized by shoelace eyelet tabs that are stitched underneath the vamp.

DERBY ANKLE BOOTS

DOUBLE STITCHING