Hester Vlamings

I was born on the 18th of januari in 1966 in Aphen a/d Rijn and grew up in Eindhoven, daughter of a graphic designer and a teacher. I studied fashion & design on the Academy of Arts in Arnhem and started to make handcrafted shoes in my studio at the age of 23. After 5 years of exposing my own shoes in fashiongaleries and gaining experience as a freelance designer for Sacha. I started as designer for the famous dutch brand Bronx. After 2 years I created some remarkable slingback- & sandal moccassin designs for Mag Megamoks which were never seen before and copied as hell. After 3 more years I managed the whole collection of Wrangler Footwear. After that I took a sabbatical and started to devellop my own collection with the help of my friends in shoebiz. This coöperation came to glory with the shoes you see on my webpage www.hestervlamings.com After the Dutch Master of Shoe Design named me a great designer in the Avant-Garde of september 2006, things went fast. It triggered me to restart and make a real good collection. In July 2007 my tailormade shoes were available on the PC Hoofdstraat and shown during the Amsterdam Fashion Week on the Museumplein. During the AIFW in januari 2008 my new collection was presented in de famous conceptstore SPRMRKT on the Rosengracht. Slowly more people get to know my typical sober but strong Dutch Designs. The Coolhunter wrote: Though a fashion scene newbie, Vlamings is astutely on trend with her multi-hued wares, as any fan of Yves Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, Prada or Dolce & Gabbana can attest to. * Personal: Capricorn/Snake. Optimistic, independend, freeminded, spontaneous and selfesteemded. I like to look on the bright side of life and participate in any initiative with GREAT enthousiasm. I have a great perseverance and loads of energy, although I can sleep all day too. I do not follow any ratio but my own feeling and sometimes I refuse every reasonable behaviour * Make Love Not Jihad***