Edited by Lilith Valsoe on
Finnish shoe designer Terhi Polkki, recent graduate from Cordwainers at London College of Fashion, has turned her final project into a viable collection of ultra feminine heels. The collection, called, “The Heritage of The Empty Land” was inspired by her roots in Northern Finland. The fresh simple shapes, rounded toes, pleats and straps, together with the natural materials used to produce the shoes (reindeer leather, reindeer hoof and curly birch) and the soft pallet of white, dusty blue and cork, make for shoes that are inherently different from anything else out there.
Biographies should be written after one is dead!
So for now, I am alive in New York, designing for a Norwegian brand Flinga,
keeping it short and sweet being an intern for Fashion Indie, which rocks!