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Blair Fukumura - "Lateral Thinking in Pastry Design." Home of the Fluevog Shoe cake, Millennium Falcon cookie, and chocolate mice! (via notmartha)

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I gotta say, I'm disappointed in the direction Fluevogs are going...what do you think?

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They used to be wearable rather than edible... ;)

No, I know what you're talking about. What I've seen over the past few years is that he comes out with a lot of designs I don't like and a handful that I do. I've also noticed a drastic price increase - I bought the "Unity Skiprope" boots 4 years ago, and they were a splurge for me at $199. In the interim they have increased in price by almost $100, which... nothing realistic and fair accounts for that increase. I could understand if they went up by up to $25, but more than that seems like extreme profiteering. Of course, the alternative is very similar "Climber" boots from NaNa that you can buy at Hot Topic, but they're plastic.

I like it when Fluevogs are done classically, but some that just look like a few rectangles of leather stitched together on an ugly yellow crepe sole are not my friends. I do like the ones with the heart-shaped heels, and several in similar styles, but I don't remember the family names of those styles and don't know how much longer they'll be around!