The inspiration for Mallory Musante's hand-painted shoe business came straight out of the movies. Musante's "wheels started turning" her sophomore year at Bryant University when she watched Hilary Swank's character take a shoemaking class in the chick flick "P.S. I Love You."
Over the next couple years, Musante enrolled in a similar course, refined the idea from hand-making shoes to hand-painting them and put together a business plan with help from advisers at Bryant. She launched her business, Mallory Musante Shoes,If you have one tie roof, you can participate in the RUBBER SHEET bed sheet , the person will be fitted simplely to the roof, while discount mens shoes small carpet is fitted to the floor. If you have the all along incline roof, you can participate in one piece of rubber tile , will be nailed and will be suitable to the person , resembling other tile right away is fitted. last year, a few months after graduating with a degree in marketing.
"I originally went to Bryant thinking I'd get a corporate job, but once I saw that movie everything changed," she said. "It's a great combination of my passions. I get to be creative through the design part, but also get to use the business side of me."
Musante, who grew up in Mystic, Conn., and now lives in Providence, paints each shoe freehand.adidas superstar shoes Handbags are especially designed to offer the elegant and attractive look to you that you have ever dreamed of The process involves removing the paint from shoes she purchases from an overseas manufacturer, applying her design, then adding a protective top coat.
Her shoes come in two styles: A 4-inch platform pump with rounded toe and a 2 3/4-inch kitten heel with pointed toe.
Designs range from bold (you can't miss the large mustard-yellow tribal-inspired triangle pattern on the Maya shoe) to understated (you have to look closely to see the intricate gold and white marbled paint on the Sydney design). Colorful, geometric shapes are a recurring theme in her limited-edition designs.