Carlos Santana Designs Huwwwat?
Carlos Santana designs women’s shoes. Yes, that Carlos Santana. You know, the multiple Grammy award winning Mexican legendary guitarist. He and his wife, Deborah launched together with Brown Shoe Company, Carlos by Carlos Santana
The shoes reflect the same passion, artistry, and energy generated by legendary rock icon Carlos Santana’s music. Carlos by Carlos Santana shoes are designed for women looking for hip and fashionable footwear that captures their style.
Although Carlos does not design the footwear himself, he is part of the design process. The interpretation of the multi-cultural, colorful imagery that surrounds Santana’s music brings the shoes to life. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Carlos by Carlos Santana shoes will be donated to the Milagro Foundation, which partners with the nonprofit community to serve the needs of children and youth. Started in 1998 by Carlos and Deborah Santana, the foundation supports educational efforts to help children and youth live healthy lives, literate lives and culturally enriched lives.
They’re actually not bad. In fact I like the printed ones:
And this one is reminiscent of vintage rock and roll shaggadelic posters of the 60’s and 70’s, the swirly/floral patterns are somewhat Pucci-esque;
Now wouldn’t be nice if I can have the following posters as prints for shoes:
The Who
Pink Floyd
Canned Heat
Canned Heat
Bob Dylan
These posters from the hippie rock and roll era are amazing, wala pang Photoshop nun, no CTRL+Z, everything was done manually and no len’s flare or bevel emboss abuse either. I wonder if those designers have to be on Lucy-in-the-Sky-with-Diamonds to come up with such crazy candy colors.
Medyo na-iimagine ko na yung mukha ng friends kong kilala si Carlos Santana. Hey Des, cute shoes! Then I answer, yes it’s by Carlos Santa… you know…that guitar legend, he’s in touch with his feminine side now. But then again, I rarely find straight men comment on shoes, maybe except for Ego. HAHAHAHA. When a guy says “hey, cute shoes”, we can assume he is straight but when he says “hey, cute cork-wedge-patent-flora-and-fauna-printed-anna-sui-fall-winter-2008-collection shoes” LOL, that’s a red flag right there.
Which reminds me, once I was sifting through a lot of resumes. I read this resume from a guy, about 28 years old, management/business graduate from a top university, with this and that credentials — in short he really sounded “gwapo” then the last section of his resume reads; Interests: fashion and shoes! Oh well too bad he’s overqualified for the position or we could have been together right now…shopping for shoes.
”Don’t tap those little last-season Prada shoes at me, honey”
Enrique, the gay pool cleaner
Legally Blonde
Separated at birth:
Carlos Santana, Woodstock 69 and Chris Cornell, post-Soundgarden days
Carlos Santana, Woodstock 69 and Chris Cornell, totally irrelevant to the topic.
Protected: Jack
Protected: What not to say during goodbyes…
The End is the Beginning
You’ll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle. Lester Bangs, Almost Famous
Today, I made one of the most difficult decision in my life. I finally decided to leave the great company I have loved for five years. I will be there only until June 2008.
At this point there is no such thing as a happy decision. I loved it at the The Design People and always treated it as my own. The people who are working there I care a great deal about. I was there when we grew from five to over a hundred employees. Most of them I knew on a personal level. I saw people come and go. It is always sad when we see someone leave to look for better opportunities but I remain grateful and honored to have known such talented people. Now, it’s my time to say farewell. But I still have five months to fulfill whatever goals I have set for the company during the start of the year.
I foresee that this going to be a long series of goodbyes.
There is no longer an intention for me to look for a 8 to 5 job. This is the beginning of a long, difficult, crazy yet fulfilling road to entrepreneurship. I am ready. Sabi nga ni Madonna - I’m not afraid of what I’ll face but I’m afraid to stay.
I’m excited to see what the future holds for my one-woman empire. 