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Fashion Designing: Courses in Shoe designing

By ⋅ June 10, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

If you think you’d like to design shoes for a living? While there aren’t a lot of colleges and universities that offer specific and comprehensive training in footwear design, there are some. Most of these schools also offer degrees and courses in other aspects of accessory and fashion design.

If you think you might be interested in making shoes, be it for personal pleasure, or as a business, why not start by learning to make shoes yourself?
There’s no better way to find out whether or not shoemaking is for you than by attending a short class or workshop.
These classes will introduce you to hand-tooled shoemaking methods, and will have you leaving the class with not only a new skill, but a new pair of shoes to boot. With introductory level classes and instruction on shoemaking, one of these workshops would be a great place to cultivate your interest before pursuing a more formal education.

Istituto Europeo di Design

With locations in Italy and Spain, this institute offers several other fashion design courses, including a one year course in Accessories & Shoes Design in Rome.
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The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

With several locations in California, The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising offers advanced study in Footwear Design as part of it’s Fashion Design program. FIDM’s Footwear Design program is small and extremely focused. You won’t be learning about how to make handbags or other accessories, but you will be taught every aspect of the footwear industry during the course of this one year program.
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Polimoda

Located in Florence, Italy, Polimoda offers an 2.5 year intensive Design Footwear and Accessories program with a three month internship for European students. Students learn all aspects of the footwear industry, including shoe history and popular shoemaking software. Enrollment is offered to high school graduates, and class size is limited to 25 students.
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London College of Fashion

The London College of Fashion offers several long and short courses in footwear design and shoemaking, including an intensive six week program called "Footwear Summer School."
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De Montfort University

Located in Leicester, England, De Monfort University is the only Single Honors Footwear Design course in the UK, and offers work placement opportunities for students.
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The Fashion Institute of Technology

Occupying an entire city block, FIT is located in Manhattan, New York and offers one and two year associates degrees, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Accessories Design. In addition to learning shoe design and making skills, students also learn about belts, handbags and hats as part of these degree programs.
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The Shoe College

Tamera Lyndsay designs and makes incredible shoes and boots, and she teaches these skills to others via her Shoe College in Northern Arizona. Offering classes ranging from two day workshops in sandal-making to 20 day certificate programs, Lyndsay’s courses cover a wide range of topics including foot measuring techniques, pattern making, assembly, finishing and more — she even offers a course in Western Boot Making. For more information on courses and fees, be sure to visitShoeCollege.com.

International Shoemaking Design

Located near Cleveland, Ohio, in the suburb of Rocky River, International Shoemaking Design is a state-of-the art teaching facility run by master shoemaker Sissy Puccio.
This school attracts students from around the world, and available two-day courses include classes in making mules, pumps, sandals, boots or handbags. As a pedorthist, shoe designer, and cordwainer, Sissy also does consulting work for doctors, entrepreneurs and high end shoe designers, and she offers private tutoring as well.
If you’d like to learn more about Sissy Puccio or her classes and services, please visit theInternational Shoemaking Design web site, where you’ll find course schedules and fees. While you’re there, be sure to navigate your way to the media section, home to video and print coverage of Sissy — one of the videos even shows her making a shoe from start to finish.

SimpleShoemaking.com

Sharon Raymond, author of two shoemaking books, teaches a variety of shoemaking classes in Western Massachusetts.
Teaching students one at a time, Sharon provides instruction on how to make flat studio shoes; her one and two day workshops include Renaissance Faire Boots, Sheepskin Bootmaking, Children’s and Baby Shoes, and Sandal-Making — and if you’d like to stay longer, she also offers classes for constructing ohter styles of footwear.
Even if you can’t make it to Massachussetts any time soon, you should check out Sharon’sSimple Shoemaking site, as she provides a wealth of information on shoemaking, and even provides free instructions and patterns for making felt flats and clogs.

ShoeSchool

is located in Port Townsend, Washington, approximately 2 hours from Seattle, and offers several basic and advanced workshops including:

  • Introduction to Shoemaking – In this 5 day, hands-on workshop, students will learn about a variety of topics including measuring, pattern designing, material selection, and using hand tools. Over the course of the workshop, students will make a pair of shoes for themselves using hand tools.
  • Introduction to the Business of Shoemaking – is a three day private workshop for those interested in a career in the business of designing or manufacturing shoes.
  • Cottage Industry Development – for those interested in manufacturing and marketing their own hand crafted footwear on a small scale, or from their home.

If traveling west is not an option for you, they also offer distance learning programs that use videos to teach various aspects of the shoemaking industry.

Prescott & MacKay

This studio is located in London, England and offers a two day shoemaking course. Students will complete a pair of shoes over the course of the two days, and have a choice between making a pair of low (2 inch) heels, or a pair of flats – both of contemporary design.

Manhattan’s Jewish Community Center

Manhattan’s Jewish Community Center offers several different workshops in shoemaking, as well as workshops in sewing, leather purses, and shoe design and illustration. The courses range in length, so be sure to check the site for more information.

Mary Wales Loomis’ Shoemaking Book

One day, curiosity got the best of Mary Wales Loomis, and she decided to take a pair of her own shoes apart to find out how they were made. The result? She’s since made tons of shoes for herself, and has written a book to teach others how to do it as well. I’ve purchased this book, and while I haven’t yet tried her shoemaking method, the instructions appear to be very helpful and easy to follow.

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