I was strolling through social media when I discovered the very talented Mark Schwartz. His shoe designs range from eccentric and quirky to sophisticated and elegant. For over 30 years, Mark has been churning out unique and interesting
designs of shoes; an accessory that he considers to be the most artistic
and important. His shoe designs have graced the runways of Paris, Milan
and New York as well as the pages of many fashion publications such as
Vogue, Elle , W and many more . Schwartz works in Parabiago, Italy.
Mark began his design career in the early 1980's in his early twenties
with a 6 year long run with shoe design master - Roger Vivier , Schwartz
was hand picked by Vivier to be his assistant in design, after 2 years
Schwartz was promoted to Creative Director of Roger Vivier International
and was responsible along with Vivier for many of the eclectic shoes
that Vivier was designing in that period, many long days drawing with
Vivier and falling asleep at his desk , only to wake up amongst sketches
and ideas for the next Roger Vivier collection. Schwartz was also
introduced by Vivier to Andy Warhol , Warhol mentored Schwartz for about
4 years before his death and taught Schwartz to make actual paintings
of his shoe designs see website - www.highheeledart.com
Schwartz has designed shoes for the likes of, Oprah , Madonna , Katie
Couric, Angelica Huston, Sharon Stone , Wendy Williams, Lady Gaga ,
Ralph Lauren , Balenciaga , Gucci, Jean Claude Jitrois, Calvin Klein ,
Richard Tyler, Mark Eisen ,Balenciaga , Gucci , Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf
Goodman. Schwartz lives part time in Italy and has started a new
collection that he will offer to the stores under the name High Heeled
Art by Mark Schwartz beginning in 2016. Schwartz also does private label design as well, all made in Italy with
the focus of a classic design with a twist. Clients include Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and Nordtsrom.
