High Heeled Art - Mark Schwartz

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.