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China Craft Week 2018
Caroline Groves, the bespoke women’s shoemaker has been invited to exhibit at China Design Week 2018 by the London China Design Centre.
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New York Trunk Show 2018
Caroline is planning her next trunk show to New York for autumn 2018.
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London Craft Week 2018
For London Craft Week 2018, Caroline Groves will be displaying a handmade pair of shoes inspired by Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-born French couturière, at The Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair. The Schiaparelli shoes and Caroline’s travelling kit bag of shoemaker’s equipment...
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On display at historic Arts-and-Crafts museum
Caroline Groves is one of nine leading contemporary designers who have been invited to display their work at an exciting new exhibition entitled Design: Head, Hand, Heart hosted by Court Barn, the museum of craft and design, in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. The...
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Turquoise Parakeet bespoke sandals arrive in China
Caroline’s pair of Turquoise Parakeet platform shoes have arrived in Shanghai as part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s (V&A) Shoes: Pleasure and Pain (Chinese title 鞋履:樂與苦展覽) exhibition.
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Shoe lover Lucy finds her soulmate
Lucy, a marketeer from London, was the lucky winner of the V&A’s competition to win a pair of bespoke women’s shoes handmade by Caroline Groves.
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New York trunk show
Women’s traditional bespoke shoemaker, Caroline Groves, is visiting New York between 23 – 25 March 2017 to meet new and existing clients at the Kimberly Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
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Shoes: Pleasure and Pain on tour at Peabody Essex Museum
As part of the V&A’s exhibition Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, a pair a Caroline’s bespoke shoes are currently on display at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Dragon’s den judge for national footwear competition
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Footwear Friends Annual Awards. Held at St Mary at Hill Church in Eastcheap, City of London, on 22 October 2016, the awards recognise developing British shoe design talent who are the lifeblood of the industry. Caroline...
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The Secrets of Shoe Design
As part of the V&A's Shoes: Pleasure and Pain exhibition Caroline was interviewed alongside Christian Louboutin, Sandra Choi, Manolo Blahnik and Mark Hare. The film is currently playing during the exhibition that looks at the extremes of footwear from around the...
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