Israel-based fashion shoe designer Kobi Levi creates wearable pieces of art that will help us escape into the fairytale world of Alice in Wonderland.
The Israeli city of Tel Aviv maybe not the most typical a shopping mecca, but the fact is that for several years now it has been one of the hotbeds of new design geniuses both in the field of fashion and industrial and craft design.
Fashion nonsense has been flocking to the hot fashion city for several seasons now, where it takes place every spring and fall fashion week, at which domestic and foreign design giants are presented. V Israeli design is something special. At the same time, it is luxurious but modest, bold and completely wearable.
He is certainly the most special among Israeli designers Kobi Levi, shoe designer, who likes to escape from boring reality to a fairytale land by example Alice from Wonderland. For the construction of an imaginative mind like Kobi's, his story followed fairly conventional paths. He developed his passion for design in high school and it was only logical that he would continue his education in this direction. Graduate Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem he is cosmopolitan in the true sense of the word. His unique work has already taken him to the United States of America, Brazil, Italy and China - hot design destinations that stir many imaginations. In the meantime, the designer naturally devoted himself to learning the secrets and skills of craftsmanship shoe design. His experience comes from both small artisan workshops and huge manufacturing factories.
His creations are actually wearable art, which are first everyday objects, animals or fruit, and only then shoes. Kobi Levi he says of his shoes that they are like painting canvas, on which he can express his creativity. The trigger for designing a new pair of shoes lies in a simple idea or concept; most of the time, a certain image creeps into his mind by itself. The combination of this image and the shoe forms a kind of hybrid, and that's how the idea comes to life. They are shoes wearable sculptures, alive, with or without a leg in them. They would have no problem putting them on the display shelf where they would be an object of admiration. Most of the inspiration comes from the world of footwear, but the trick is in the interpretation, which completely transforms the shoes. The result is a humorous look at shoes that are otherwise an object of everyday use. Another aspect that speaks of the uniqueness of Kobi's shoes is their production. They are all handmade in his studio in Tel Aviv, they all are to be unique and made of quality leather. The key lies in advanced technical execution, which requires innovation in the use of shapes and materials.
Crazy designs require special owners, personal in their style and bold in fashion decisions. It is therefore not unusual that his works of art captivated the fashion innovator Lady Gaga, which is in its music video Born This Way wore signature shoes Kobi Levi. Fashion fantasies behind the designs hide many interesting stories. Among them is that it is under construction Blonde shoes, inspired by the great fashion icon Madonna, Kobi became a real hairdresser. He used hair extensions for the shoes, and when buying them, the saleswoman gave him a surprised look, saying that he was a darker guy. Kobi just smiled mischievously and remarked that he had always wanted to be blonde. The name of the shoes Blonde Ambition so it fits that description perfectly.
