Victoria Spruce

Footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate.

She combines shiny plastic shells with traditional leather soles and matte-leather linings that are revealed as the uppers twist and fold.

The collection was originally inspired by organic, flowing sculptures, giving the idea that the object could consist of one flowing continuous line and material.

Through using hard materials and new technologies combined with traditional shoemaking materials and techniques an element of contrast is highly visible yet working together as one.

The result is a combination of hard and soft, a contrast of matte vs. shine, and an unlikely pairing of modern technology and traditional techniques creating sculptural and fresh new footwear.