Gienchi:not the same pair of converse!

Giancarlo Grossi, also known as Gienchi , makes shoes, fact. But who wears them? The model Agyness Deyn for example, some glossy indie-rock bands and many fashion stylists! And where does this success come from? Myspace, it’s easy! Like many others he sends requests of friendship to people that he would like to see with his shoes on, but they actually like them and that’s it! He made the first shoes for himself because he was looking for a particular accessory to wear with a blue suit. He was only 16-years-old. After a while some friends of him started to ask him for more and more of this rare kind of pailletted converses, and now he’s full of requests! Thanks to his job on myspace and to the appearances in some magazines like Pig and Cosmopolitan, he became a fashion icon and he’s only 25. Many shops, like Colette in Paris, are interested in his creations and asked him for a thousand pairs. The only problem is that it takes about 15 hours producing a pair of converse with paillettes because he works alone and raw material is very expensive. At the moment you can find his creations at Frip in c.so Ticinese in Milan or you can send him an e-mail with your size and the kind you prefer! paillettes@gmail.com