Helena Amsterdam unique wearable shoe art

Shoe art, signed & numbered Helena is back. After an overwhelming response on various boots featured in international exhibitions, Helena decided to make her shoe art available to shoe lovers. This fall she will be launching ‘Gloria Flamenca’, the first in a series of exclusive, signed and numbered boots which all have been in expositions but never produced before.


These wearable pieces of art will all carry their unique number and will be signed by the artist compared to a litho or art print. The significant difference is that the boots will not be an inferior copy of the original but completely identical. Each pair will be manufactured out of exactly the same materials, in the same country, with equal dedication and craftsmanship as the ones featured in museums and exhibitions. 

Quality
The boots and bags will all be handmade from the finest leather and materials, with a passion for perfection by, grown up, craftsmen in Portugal. The artistic footwear will arrive with a certificat of authentity, together with a travel bag to keep them nice and shiny. To top off things Helena designed a matching clutch. These collectors items can exclusively be ordered directly from
Helena Amsterdam. The first delivery will be before Christmas!

Gloria Flamenca
Designed with a deep love for Spain and it’s beautiful culture and people, these boots represent a tribute to the Flamenco dancers, expressing the fire, passion and colorfulness to be found in every woman, all over the world

Exhibitions:
The ‘Gloria Flamenca’ boot is of course permanently featured at the Virtual Shoe Museum and will be part of the ‘History under you feet – 3000 years of shoes’ exposition at the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel, Switserland in collaboration with the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery in England. From October 18 2014 untill april 5 2015.

Prices:
Boot: € 275
Ankle boot: € 235
Clutch: € 145

About Helena
Inge Helena Rietjens is known for her creative, daring, stylish and playful signature, manufactured in high quality materials and craftsmanship. This fall she is launching a brand new concept featuring solely, limited edition boots and bags, with a new release 3 times a year.She started out as a shoe designer in 2004 by launching the Helena Angelique collection in a collaboration with a tattoo artist, followed by her own Helena d’Amsterdam collection in 2009. She co developed and taught at the masterclass shoe design for FIA ( Fashion Institute Arnhem) and was a designer and trend watcher for Sacha. Her designs received international media attention and have been sold worldwide.

Quite some of her boots an shoes were, are and will be featured in various museums and exhibitions, amongst which the Kunsthal/Rotterdam, Modemuseum/Hasselt, Nederlands Leder en Schoenen Museum/Waalwijk, Museum Auberlehaus/ Trossingen, Spielzeug Welten Museum/Basel and at The Virtual Shoe Museum more to come in 2015: Shoe Show/Dubai and Kuwait, Klagenfurt/Austria.

More shoes by Helena at the Virtual Shoe Museum.

Photo’s by Charlotte Visser.