Author Archives: willyvanrooy

Share  Picture by Ezel Mustafa 1991 It was the end of 1990 when the opening of my exhibition took place, lots of people, friends and shoe fans joined me in this quiet unusual event. Unusual because it was hardly ever … Continue reading →

Share Madrid was baptized “city of the night” as the traffic at 3 in the morning would be the same as anytime during the day. Now with a lot of time on my hands it was a good moment to … Continue reading →

Share It is around 1990-91… All seemed well, the shop was in place, orders from great stores from all over the world were coming in, it could not be better, so what could happen? Well, anything could happen and did … Continue reading →

Share We are somewhere in the late 80-ties and all is going really well and now that I was adopted by that big factory I had more time to draw and design.     One day Taria showed me a … Continue reading →

Share ALEJANDRO in the 80-ties This post I like to write about Alejandro van Rooy, our son, who was born in Canada and traveled with us all over the world and lived in many different places. He now lives and … Continue reading →

Share 1985-86-87… Where the idea to open up a shop came from I don’t remember but the time was right! We were selling very well in Spain, specially in Marbella, Ibiza and Barcelona. The thing is that these shops sold … Continue reading →

Share   Oh, How wonderful to be making shoes, loved every minute of it although it was not always wine and roses.The production was more or less in place so now the selling was the most important and in order … Continue reading →