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GDS Impressions of 16.03.2011 - 18.03.2011

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GDS Impressions of 16.03.2011 - 18.03.2011

Last-minute-working: the shoelables get their booth ready fort he GDS 2011.

Casual or luxury: every shoe-lover gets one for his taste.

The Performance-show starts at 4 p.m. in the design attack.

It gets arctic: the dancers come on stage in snow-white outfits.

Topmodel Vanessa Hegelmaier doing her final walk with her fellow model-colleagues at the Upper Style Show at GDS.

CEO of the Messe Düsseldorf, Werner M. Dornscheidt, gives Vanessa Hegelmaier a bunch of white tulips after the successful show.

During the walk on the runway model Vanessa was cheered with a warm applause and was well-liked by the audience.

The topmodel is well-known from the casting-show “Germany’s Next Topmodel “by Heidi Klum.

Despite her early dismissal in the model-show, Vanessa made her way into the upper model business.

To force her model-career Vanessa is moving to New York City. In the future the German wants to gain ground in the fashion-capital.

On time for the Happy Hour, the cue got longer and longer in the white cubes. Visitors and exhibitors were happy about a cool drink after work.

Long tables were made for a Come-Together. Everyone socialized and the experiences of the day were shared.

With more than 830 exhibitors, every shoe-lover found a fitting model on the GDS 2011.

The world's biggest shoe at the GDS 2011 is a chuck by converse.

The Portuguese Designer Carlos Santos presents for the fourth time his new men-collection at GDS.

The Portuguese sets high standards on his creations. Especially quality and fit play a relevant role in his work.

Although Santos likes classic styles, colour and details can be fancy. The blue shoe made of suede is an absolute eye-catcher.

The materials used by the designer are from France and maintain high quality. Most of the shoes are made with love and passion.

The symbiosis of fitting accuracy and a fashionable outside is most important to Carlos Santos.

Experience and the skill of shoemaking are two facts why Carlos Santos is one of the best shoe-designers in the world.

The shoe-fair GDS and the German Fashion Business play an outstanding role for the designer: Germans are eager for high quality and know the valency of handmade-products.

The new season is going to be colourful. Doc Martens shows its classics in every imaginable colour.

Also, at the second day, the GDS-halls filled very quickly – and no visitor could evade the eyes at the Miss Sixty booth.

The exhibitors in the design attack really played out this year’s motto „Polar Radar“: Antique travel culture between beaming white booths.

In the white cubes area it’s all about contemporary design. Exhibitors from all over the world present their products there.

An extraordinary booth-design attracts visitors. Here it is going with half a car.

High heels next to sneakers – the GDS 2011 offers shoes for every taste and style.

Extraordinary colours, shapes and patterns – not only the shoe-design shows creativity but also the booth-design.

Hall 7 offers the visitors a lot of information about future trends for next season.

The twitterwall in hall 3 ensures that the visitors stay up-to-date during the whole day. It offers current information about every important event or happening.

Visitors and exhibitors really like the twitterwall. The tweets and facebook news are considered very useful.

Extraordinary shoes are kind of normal at the GDS. This pair appeals with its innovative wedges.

The german trend-designer Philipp Plein is popular for his extraordinary logo and the integrated skull. He also used these elements for his creative designs: Every piece is made of leather or coloured black.

The used coats at Stuart Weitzman are printed with animal-patterns – a trend which is not going to be over that soon.

Flat booties and ballet pumps form the main part of the Via Uno collection 2011/12. Extraordinary lacings serves as eye catcher and adds a sense of glamour.

Boots with a high bootleg appear really authentic by making use of details, reminding of spurs. One more time you can see: Material-mix is trend.

Converse is going back to its roots with the new collection. Natural shades and pastel tones are offered.

The mexican label Anna Vosak is popular for its bags made of exotic leather from python, eel, ostrich and crocodile. Fitting to every bag, there is a purse in the same colour.

Clutch, purses and little bags for iPhone and iPod compete with one or another bag. For next season they are coloured in natural brown shades.

Snake-optic has been trend for a long time. It is often used by Anna Vosak.

It’s not only about exotic prints, but also about the combination of fur and high-quality leather.

The design area in hall 2 invited the visitors to „Think again“. This is the title for 30 design-principles.

Every visitor could spot the newest trends and styles directly on screen.

In front of the speakers corner, there was the professional audience waiting for interesting speeches, discussions and presentations all about the shoe branch.

Tropical atmosphere at the booth of ShoDex – a newly developed photobow, which allows to shoot every shoe immediately according to the requirements of online trade.