as of today the website is up and i am officially taking orders. not only for shoes on the site (there are only a few up so far,more within the next few days) but i will be taking orders for shoes that people want made especially for them…within reason. im nervous. not really. no ok im pretty nervous. shit just got real. www.carissataramoeroa.com
so its been about 3 weeks since the show and i have finally recovered. there have been sleep ins, daily showers, and eating - lots of it. I truly could not have asked for a better night. i was totally shocked. the support from all my friends and family - strangers even, was overwhelming. thank you.
The reason i did the show was for practice, to give myself a deadline, i wanted to work really hard, and i was crazy wanting to learn more..and HOLY shit.did i learn more.
biggest thing i learnt - TIME MANAGEMENT - i learnt that production line is not always the best way to do things….because things happen like….you run out of the right glue…theres not enough space to DO everything…heat guns overheat…many things i didn’t take in to account.-fuckin learnt that the hard way-. I also learnt that preparation is SO key. keeping shit tidy, keep patterns organised into folders - essential. I learnt heaps about the friends i have..the amount of work they all put in for me was ridiculous and the thought of it now is making my eyes well up..SHIT. and i also learnt how important food and sleep are. these 2 things took a back seat, especially a few days before the show. sleep!? EAT!? are you kidding me? do you know how many minutes i waste doing that shit?! but actually on the night of the show..i was so exhausted all i wanted to do was face-plant on to the ground and not move but i managed to somehow pull my shit together (until i fell asleep sitting up at the bar..so, so classy.)
I could go on for ages about the show but i wont because its boring, and im getting bored just writing this.
Doing this has definitely inspired me to do a bigger, better, (more organised) show. and i will, and it will be amazing. the, best. Next time i think i’ll wear pants and try not cry like a baby at the end.
some backstage photos and me having a big cry out the back
when i started this blog..i had a general idea about what i wanted within this show. but im afraid to say..these ideas have taken a 180. this entire show is basically practice for me. and a few weeks ago, or a couple of months ago i told you what i was going to make, but im finding that as im making, my ideas are changing with it. so im finding that as im making these shoes im going on a tangent to what i originally said. im veering myself towards more sneaker styled shoes..and ive spoken with a few close friends of mine who have said this is actually normal. Even tho you have an original plan, you will find that the finished product is something completely different. so here is me..changing my plan before your eyes. and i feel ok with that. below are some pictures of the process in making shoes..aka cutting out the pattern..attaching the counter and toe puff and boring studio stuff.also ..the state of the studio.. keeping it tidy as always.. (not)
—Numb *Unreleased
play this and just do your thing..
these are the shoes i’s been working on.
a lot of leather is wasted making the stupid mock ups to make sure the pattern fits(time consuming and expensive).i know these look exactly the same to you but they are technically quite different.one has a heel and one doesnt, one is a boot last and the other is a regular last. i will work my butt off the next few hours and show you how different they will look
these will have a timber wedge hear that ill polish and buff to a really dark brown
pumping them out tri-styles.so this is what it feels like to be an asian in a real life sweat shop except they probably dont get to listen to kc & jo jo and D’angelo and drink melbourne bitters. believe it or not these will eventually be rainbow leopard print flatforms, high heeled boots with polished timber soles and some other kind of lace up boot i need to decide on.also, me covering the time up on my my laptop in the right hand corner i mean…because it doesnt really matter .. i run on my own clock and it mostly stresses me out a bit. people who constantly check the time make me anxious. i guess thats the difference between people who have good time management, and those who dont. aka me.
with the show about 3 weeks away im feeling the pressure left right and centre. i’ve realised that this is probably the most stressful thing to happen to me blah blah blah (with work anyway) but i’m feeling pretty calm about the whole thing, like i keep telling everybody i have to do this and get the 30 pairs finished so what the point getting all tense. My friend Amy Gopperth is going to make some charms and chain for some boots. these are just going to be the coolest and tuffest shoes ever. im going to try and upload photos everyday untill the show for you suckers. and…back to the sweatshop i go.
