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And the award goes to… Lazuli!
Aug
Find out why Lazuli is a winning brand!
It’s true! The Lazuli brand received on 31 July last the prestigious GAPI award for Revelation Brand during the 12th edition of the Innovation and Design Awards in the Footwear Industry 2014, in Dusseldorf, Germany. Below, you can see a picture with the winners. Can you guess who was representing Lazuli, by just looking at their shoes?
Considered to be the Oscars in the footwear world, the GAPI awards are a joint initiative between the CTCP – Portuguese Footwear Technological Centre and the INPI – National Institute of Industrial Property. In turn, the GAPI abbreviation stands for Office of Support and Promotion of Industrial Property (Gabinete de Apoio à Promoção da Propriedade Industrial), belonging to the CTCP, and they are awards promoted annually since 2003, distinguishing many footwear companies as the best in Portugal. And certainly Lazuli is a brand that fits in that description.
And it is very well possible to see how Lazuli was considered to be the best revelation of this year. Just by seeing some of its models, you realize the originality and creativity involved in each one of their designs. With materials that offer style, but also comfort for your feet, a unique and bold combination of colours and even an exceptional dedication and attention to detail, it is difficult to believe that the brand is not even one year old.
And, of course, it is impossible to mention Lazuli without also mentioning the predominance of blue in all its models, inspired by the Portuguese tiles that are already part of our national tradition and history. This use of blue may appear in the insole, in the lining, in the sole as well as in other details in the footwear, either in a discreet or more evident way. But there is more, since Lazuli also makes a point of including in its products a small and subtle tile, which is part of the brand’s own identity, but is also a beautiful homage to this so important and significant cultural object.
Its most recent 2014 spring/summer collection includes many and different models, which includes sandals, shoes and flat shoes able to captivate the attention of anyone. And with its new autumn/winter collection just around the corner, we can hardly wait to see what new surprises Lazuli is going to bring us. But while we wait, seize the chance to have one of these gorgeous models in your closet and place your order here at EscapeShoes. And they are even 20% off! It just doesn’t get any better than that!
