MICHAEL AZU Michael Azu has always had a fetish for the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris and so after
MICHAEL AZU Michael Azu has always had a fetish for the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris and so after getting accepted into the Masters course at Cordwainers (one of only 7 students worldwide), it seemed like the perfect opportunity to explore the cemetery as a source of inspiration for a new footwear collection. Although Azu initially wanted to design and dedicate each pair of footwear to a famous residence at the cemetery (for example, Frederic Chopin, Eugene Delacroix, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde), after several visits the designer started to realise that he was more attracted to the abandoned and decaying graves and mausoleums. Whilst most of the tourists would flock to all the famous graves, he started to think more and more about the abandoned sites. Somehow he wanted to pay homage to the forgotten people at Pere Lachaise; people whose graves no longer get visited by friends, family or loved ones because their lineage had now ceased. It made Azu think about however precious we find something, nature will find a way to eventual erase all traces of it. shoes: handmade by Michael Azu using traditional bespoke footwear methods, plus water jet cutting technology www.michaelazu.com -- source link
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