Who is behind the creation of beautiful shoes for you?
Assiya Daribekova - creative mind of Fields of Gold Shoes
Thank you for visiting my website and appreciating the extraordinary, beautiful, handcrafted masterpieces that I wanted to share with you.
Tell us more about you:
Everyone would love to know the story of the brand creation. All my life I am a shoe addicted and shoehogolic person. I was born and grown up in URSS, Kazakhstan. 7 years after the URSS failed , I opened my beautiful shop Bottega Italiana based in Kazakhstan, in 2002 I graduated from Master in Fashion Management in SDA Bocconi, the very first edition of Fashion, Luxury and Design Managers. I also have a consultancy company based in Milan helping luxury footwear companies to scale their business. I am surrounded by shoes every day, every month and every year since 1998. My life is all about shoes.
Why Fields of Gold?
I used to see so many footwear collections during these years. Lately, at least for the last 4-5 years, I couldn’t find something extraordinary , special and unique for my clients, so I decided to create Fields of Gold Shoes, one style, one pattern, six colors of hand embroidered mules. The collection was suddenly a success and I developed more shoes to dress my clients in vacation.
The name Fields of Gold has a special meaning for me: my homeland country is Kazakhstan and we have infinitive Fields of Wheat which color becomes Gold during the summer. “Fields of Gold” is also a song by Sting, and this is a song of my love story with my husband whom I met in 1993.
Where do you get the Inspiration?
The pattern of shoes has special details: the grains of wheat, the wings on both sides of the shoe and other elements which remind me my story. My husband’s name meaning is “The Wings”: he is my wings, he makes me fly, he supports me.
All our shoes are hand embroidered one by one, each pearl is stitched, no glue. We use precious natural materials like silk, cotton based velour and natural leather. We created a special beautiful box that can be reused and recycled, or just kept in your wardrobe.
The driving shoes we created for our passionate clients who love to drive and don’t hesitate the chic and comfort combined with uniqueness. Our moccasins are decorated with playful colors.
What are the milestones?
I was so honored to be invited by Tranoi September 2018 show to showcase my masterpieces in Carrousel du Louvre Paris, and in Scoop February 2019 just 6 months later after creating my beautiful shoes. I would love to say the special thanks to Mr. Armand Hadida and to Mrs. Karen Radley for giving me an opportunity to show my creations to the worldwide TOP buyers.
In 2020 during total lockdown, my shoes were featured in VOGUE UK, Travellers, Vanity Fair and Botanica magazines. It is a confirmation of world success and appreciation of my creations. I feel so grateful that people around the world can appreciate the beauty and it makes me feel more motivated and responsible while creating new masterpieces.
Name us your stockists:
SKP Beijing and XIAN China’s most luxuries department stores. FashionCrossOverLondon.com. Four Seasons Hotel , Boutique - Limassol, Cyprus and of course my own shop.
What are your future plans?
My collection is more an art than fashion. It is seasons less, it doesn't go out of fashion. You can wear my shoes inside luxurious houses or while traveling, or in the city. I don’t want to follow standard seasons. When I will get the next inspiration, I will create something new. It might be shoes, it might be clothes or who knows, may be homewear?
My moto: Dress your Vacation, Dress you Life with Fields of Gold shoes.
Thank you!
With Love Assiya Daribekova
Founder and creative mind of Fields of Gold
