Mandy Coon Introduces Fish Skin Shoes at New York Fashion Week
Former DJ turned fashion designer Mandy Coon teamed up with bespoke Australian cult shoe label Shoes of Prey for her New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 collection. This red, white and black series appears ultra modern and features exotic fish skin, as an eco-friendly alternative.
First of all, it doesn't smell like fish and secondly, until very recently, fish skin has been seen as bio-waste in the fishing industry, although it holds ancient roots in Nordic and Native communities, and has now found a new use. With an element of applied design and her graphic vision, Coon creates metallic-edged fish skin sandals, toe-capped wedges, and sharp stilettos, while it takes on similar characteristics to python and other reptile skins at a first glance.
First of all, it doesn't smell like fish and secondly, until very recently, fish skin has been seen as bio-waste in the fishing industry, although it holds ancient roots in Nordic and Native communities, and has now found a new use. With an element of applied design and her graphic vision, Coon creates metallic-edged fish skin sandals, toe-capped wedges, and sharp stilettos, while it takes on similar characteristics to python and other reptile skins at a first glance.
