In the last couple months my shoe company, BucketFeet, has had some exciting things happen. The first is that I was invited to participate in an independent designer
feria in the city of Rafaela in the province of Santa Fe. This experience was not only great because I got the opportunity to sell some shoes (which I did!) but the town itself was really interesting. It's about 8 hours to the Northwest, and it's a whole different world. The city I learned, is comprised almost entirely of descendents of Italian and German immigrants. There is actually a dialect that the older generations speak that is more Italian than Spanish. If you were to come from Buenos Aires, and hear them speaking, you wouldn't understand it. The woman that invited me to this feria owns a small shop in the town and organizes these things ever few months. After picking me up from the bus station we went to her family's estate where they had a huge spread of Italian food on a long table with about 40 people sitting at it. Apparently I hit the night they were celebrating the end of 2009. One of those moments that it would have been nice to have a video camera rolling. In any case, the whole experience was great. Here is a pic of me sitting at the feria selling kicks!
The second really bad ass thing that has happened in the world of BucketFeet happened just last week. A good friend of mine lives with the trombonist of a very well-known band here, Onda Vaga. A few weeks ago I came up with the idea of doing shoes for all of the members as a sort of promotion, get them to plug me, and in turn get exposure to thousands and thousands of people. The other day when they had a show, Eva, my friend, got me on the list and I brought the shoes. It was an awesome experience, I got to spend the whole time backstage hanging out with them, partying, and then got to watch the show. I had heard them before but never had I seen them live. They are AWESOME! Great energy on stage. Oh and by the way, they loved the shoes, and they all fit! Here is a picture of the guys with their new shoes, and a couple of tracks to download off their new album. Enjoy!
Onda Vaga - Mambeado .mp4Onda Vaga - Me Pega Fuerte .mp4
The second really bad ass thing that has happened in the world of BucketFeet happened just last week. A good friend of mine lives with the trombonist of a very well-known band here, Onda Vaga. A few weeks ago I came up with the idea of doing shoes for all of the members as a sort of promotion, get them to plug me, and in turn get exposure to thousands and thousands of people. The other day when they had a show, Eva, my friend, got me on the list and I brought the shoes. It was an awesome experience, I got to spend the whole time backstage hanging out with them, partying, and then got to watch the show. I had heard them before but never had I seen them live. They are AWESOME! Great energy on stage. Oh and by the way, they loved the shoes, and they all fit! Here is a picture of the guys with their new shoes, and a couple of tracks to download off their new album. Enjoy!
Onda Vaga - Mambeado .mp4
Hello Aaron, I'm Mijail from La Plata (the capital of Buenos Aires). I would like to buy you a pair of your shoes, are you selling them in a shop or something like that? This is my e-mail adress mijail_90@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteWell thanks, keep on enjoying Argentina.