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Training and qualifications

Creation of footwear requires a combination of imagination, style and taste, backed up by technical know-how. These are the main requisites for the profession of shoe designer.

Prior to attending college to become a footwear designer there are no precise prerequisites. Most important are passion and intuition. One must be open-minded and know that there is a constant learning process. Anyone with these innate abilities is eligible to enter a footwear design program.

Some of the special skills needed to be a footwear designer include knowledge of basic footwear pattern drafting, illustration and technical drawing, computer skills and marketing competencies. These skills are taught in a good footwear design program.

Shoe design students obtain a comprehensive view of the footwear industry, as well as all the essential elements of what it takes to succeed. They learn how to express both creative talents and technical skills while acquiring a working knowledge of how to design, produce, merchandise and market footwear.

In our country and abroad there are excellent schools which teach the art of shoemaking, where aspiring shoe designers can perfect their artistic talent and learn the bases of model creation.

In Ukraine fashion designers for the shoe industry are trained in higher and secondary specialised educational establishments. The training is arranged in such a way that the course in ‘Footwear Composition’ with sections like Shape Formation, Shape Analysis and Design is conducted inseparably from clothes design. Besides the study itself, students undergo production training at fashion houses and at the shoe industry enterprises. The broad programme of training makes it possible to train highly qualified specialists for the shoe industry.

Among colleges having the most internationally renowned Footwear Design programs are FIDM, Ars Sutoria and Cordwainers.

FIDM, Los Angeles, California, is closely connected to the Italian and American industries, both in the technical and design fields, and encourages international design projects with footwear companies who produce throughout the world. Their program covers both the design, illustration, technical drawing, basic pattern drafting, marketing and merchandising aspects of this industry.

Ars Sutoria, Milan, Italy, is world renown for its full immersion program in pattern drafting design.

Cordwainers, London, England, has an excellent reputation for the formation of footwear designers. Their program concentrates on the art and craft of shoe making and design but less emphasis is put on the marketing and merchandising of footwear.

The top footwear designers in the world are Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Christian Loubitouin, Stuart Weitzman, Giuseppe Zanotti, Charles David, Kenneth Cole, Miuccia Prada, Andrea Pfister, Marc Jacobs, Patrick Cox, Sergio Rossi.

  1. Make up a plan of the text.

  1. Translate the paragraph in italics in a written form.

  1. Questions for discussion:

  1. What is most important to be a footwear designer?

  2. What special skills are needed to be a footwear designer?

  3. Where do footwear designers work?

  4. How is the training for footwear designers arranged in Ukraine?

  5. What are the centres of footwear fashion?

  6. What are the most internationally renowned educational establishments training specialists in footwear design?

  7. What are the main aspects of FIDM design program?

  8. What emphasis is done in Ars Sutoria design program?

  9. What reputation does Cordwainers College have?

  10. Which footwear designers do you know?

  1. Render the text in brief in a written form.

TEXT C

  1. Mind the following words and word-combinations:

    1. to trim – оздоблювати, прикрашати

    2. supplier – постачальник

    3. retail – роздрібна торгівля

    4. curious – допитливий, зацікавлений

    5. label – етикетка, ярличок

    6. paramount – первинний, переважаючий

    7. current – поточний

  1. Listen to the text ‘THE PROFESSION OF FOOTWEAR DESIGNER’ and decide if the statements are true or false:

    1. All designers have strict working hours.

    2. The collections are based on folk heritage.

    3. Good designers should travel a lot to track all types of footwear trends.

    4. They should attend all the important leather and footwear fairs and textile exhibits.

    5. Designers don’t cooperate with factories, tanneries, firms, and other suppliers.

  1. Listen to the text again and be ready to answer the questions:

  1. How does a designer usually start his collection?

  2. What do designers work closely with?