lothed in an electric-blue vest and a Andrew D. White homburg, Carlos Santana stopped by brownish Shoe Co atomic number 16
replica Louis Vuitton Clayton headquarters this afternoon where a small forge bear witness constituted concealed his honor to fete the tenth anniversary of his shoe denounce.and then your first dubiousness perhaps be: Um, Carlos Santana has a women's skid assembly line? Yes, indeed he does.
His Calos away Glen Gebhard Santana line is full of vibrant colorings -- yellows and oranges and pinks -- and eye-popping designs (think leopard print). And many of them have quite high heels, platforms, and wedges. (Now, he lived assuming sporty Caucasian brake shoe* with what appeared to be no socks.)
Brown Shoe, which also designs line up of
nba jerseys since Fergie, launched the legendary musician's shoe brand 10 years ago. And in the years since, the brand has sold 8 million pairs of shoes and tallied up $400 million inward retail sales, according to accompany functionaries.
An small percentage of the sales go to the Milagro Foundation, a charity that Santana founded with his ex-wife in 1998 that gives grants to groups around the world working with children. To date, the shoe brand has onated about $2.5 million to the
Fashion Knockoffsfoundation.Rick Gelber, the brand's general manager, recalled that Brown Shoe launched Santana's shoe line soon after his hit album, "Supernatural," came out. The shoes are carried in Macy's as well as many independent boutiques and online.
"He has transcended the celebrity brand and just become a brand," Gelber said. "We established a niche that was high-fashion dress shoes and that now has evolved into a whole lifestyle brand."
During the fashion show of shoes from his upcoming fall and spring collections, Santana held the hand of his wife, Cindy Blackman, whom he married last year. He bopped along to the music, which he knew well because, of course, it was his own.Afterwards, he thanked Brown Shoe employees for their work and passion. He said he wants to take Blackman to Porto Allegre in Brazil, where many of his shoes are made. He visited some of those factories several classes past when he was on tour there.When we went there, the floor was so pristine and clean," he said proudly.lot of horror stories about sweatshops, he said. "But it was completely the opposite."With
handbags knockoffsso much fear in the world today, he said he wants to make women happy with his shoes.When you turn to joy, somehow fear becomes like fog in San Francisco where you can't see your nose at 6 o'clock in the morning," he said. "But by 12 o'clock, the sky is blue.There's nothing more attractive in a woman than confidence, he said.
"When I see madams walk with authority inwards these shoes, it's almost like they turn into an actress," he said.
He compared it to the transformation that Michael capital of Mississippi cleared when he was on stage. At one time he baffled onto the stage, he channeled the likes of James Brown to Marcel Marceau to Fred Astaire, Santana said.
"When you wake up inward the break of the day, they are fine to enter into character if you don't like who are right now -- if you're not comfortable in your own skin," he said. "You need to enter into -- it's not faking it -- but entering into fiber."Santana stayed put because a act to admit pictures with employees and to sign some guitars, besides. He performs tonight at the Fox.
