Beverly Feldman

Beverly Feldman, is a shoe designer who has been described as "the most successful woman shoe designer in the world".[1] She was born and raised in Massachusetts[2] and trained as a shoe illustrator and designer at New York's Pratt Institute[3] graduating in 1965.

After graduating, Feldman became art director for fashion consultant Doris Weston.[4] In the 1970s Feldman was a designer for I. Miller[1] and was subsequently design director for both Pankin[1] and Andrew Geller.[2] At the age of 31, she opened her own business Lucky Lizard Trading Company[5] based in Alicante, Spain, where she still lives and designs today.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bold and Beverly". New Straits Times. December 9, 2007. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-146920638.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "There's whimsy afoot, Beverly Feldman makes shopping fun with her comfortable, flashy flats" (fee required). San Jose Mercury News. November 8, 1992. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5058CC77B1499&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Beverly Feldman : If a career in shoes fits . .". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. August 28, 2005. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C43FDEB2326720&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  4. ^ Scardino, Emily (December 26, 2005). "Glitz girl" (subscription required). Footwear News. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-140760097/glitz-girl-outspoken-designer.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  5. ^ "More is more" (subscription required). Footwear News. May 25, 1998. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20746123.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  6. ^ Ninh, David (October 1, 2005). "Beverly Feldman: The vivacious shoe designer has only one rule: Too much is never enough" (fee required). The Dallas Morning News. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D0694FB38CDE70&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 

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