PAIR I // Baby Blush
My very first pair, my babies. This is the pair that ignited everything and it started with wanting a new pair of shoes that represented my free spirit as an artist. The soft tones of baby pink represent femininity and peace and then the black linear work on top of the colour blocks symbolize strength and mobility. Pictured all over the shoe are faces that serve as a parallel to my many emotions and how each one ties to an identity and a certain time in my life. I think of myself as a woman, a person of colour, a literature, film and fashion enthusiast, a daughter, a creator, a voice and more ; All of these facets are painted differently in my head and they are illustrated in bits and pieces on the shoes. Some look away into the future, some back into the past and some look straight at what is in front of them. This pair of shoes symbolize a great beginning for me and I hope you can see the gradual growth from my experimental stages with Pair I all the way through.
(PAIR I // Baby Blush, Honey, December 2017, Leather paint on Nike AF1)