THE SHOE MOGUL

Love Shoes? Our Cover Star Jessica Rich Dares To Make Shoes That Spare Nothing When It Comes To Bold Style. She Might Just Have Your Dream Profession!

- ISHITA KAMRA

With setting out to design shoes that empower the wearer, our Cover Star Jessica Rich, makes sure to use fine craftsmanship synonymous with her signature aesthetic footwear. Not only she is the powerhouse in the fashion industry, but also best known for the shoe designs under her namesake brand, redefining elegant shoes you can swoon over all day long. Offering that rare blend of fantasy and function, her sandals are captivating with dazzling crystal embellishments and bands that perfectly appears as a walking piece of "Seduction". From the early days of her eponymous brand to her very latest creations, we took a full tour through her wildest dreams. Dreams that become reality. Want to find out more? Read our entire conversation with her to know everything about the woman behind the brand.

Hi Jessica, Welcome to L’Officiel, we’d love to know a bit about the beginning of the woman behind the brand. Could you recall one of the first designs you created that instantaneously led to the brand’s rise in stardom?

The style that made me famous was my first design, the fancy stiletto clear pump. It was basically the first real Cinderella slipper that you could actually wear versus watch on television.

According to you, is a shoe designer more like an artisan or an artist, or even like a fashion architect?

For me, I would like to say that I call myself an artist, while many people call me an alien. I have a different way of gathering ideas and putting them into the marketplace.

I don’t really hold back on “sexy,” I want all of my shoes to be a walking piece of “Seduction,” no matter what color they are in, they will always stand out amongst other shoes in the marketplace.