Stuart Weitzman creates shoes for Ponteland High School Student

Cora McLeod from Ponteland High School has been announced winner of the Daniel Footwear Design a Shoe competition, taking first prize position with her wonderful shoe design, named ‘Cora’s Wave wedge. Cora was one of many hopefuls whom designed a shoe that would fit into the Daniel Spring/Summer collection for 2013. Abby Blain, also from Ponteland High School was one of the five shortlisted finalists too. Due to such a fantastic response from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Design a Shoe competition the team at Daniel Footwear decided to run it again, reaching out to even more schools and encouraging more entries. The initiative was launched to encourage young, up-and-coming designers to invent and draw a shoe that would fit appropriately into the Daniel collection. Children aged between 6 and 16, from schools around the UK were asked to use their imaginative flair and create a shoe that would complement the Daniel brand. The entrants were split into two age categories and both were judged accordingly. From toe post sandals to men’s trendy canvas trainers, designs across the board were extremely innovative and particularly eye catching. The competition received thousands of entries and the standard from all participating children in each age group was extremely high. “We were over whelmed with the amount of entries to the competition and the talent amongst all young designers was exceptionally good. However Cora’s wedge design caught my attention as a sophisticated sandal with a twist.” said Daniel Buck, owner of Daniel Footwear. The final shoe has been made by popular designer Stuart Weitzman whom has expertise in making shoes with a complicated structure. It will be sold within Daniel Footwear stores and online for £275. Daniel Footwear would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Cora McLeod once again and thank all schools for their enthusiastic participation. About Daniel Footwear Daniel Footwear is a boutique designer retail chain with over 30stores in the UK and one online store providing customers with exquisitely stylish footwear, handbags and accessories. Established in 1993, Daniel Footwear houses an extensive collection of designer shoes and accessories. Alongside the unique Daniel brand, Daniel Footwear also provides high end labels such as See by Chloe, Lulu Guinness, DKNY, Love Moschino, Ash, UGG, Tory Burch, Hunter, Michael Kors Armani Jeans and many more www.danielfootwear.com