Amber Ambrose Aurèle

Sweet things have a strange edge
— Amber Ambrose Aurèle

Amber Ambrose Aurèle is known for her visually unique work and sky-high heels. As a designer, she explores the boundaries of fashion and art through her shoe designs. She holds an MA in Shoe Design from ArtEZ Arnhem (2012), a MA in Art History (2012) where she worked on her thesis about the cross-fertilization between fashion and art and a MA in First degree in cultural and arts education and history of arts in culture (2016) both from the University of Amsterdam. Her academic background makes her research process unique and elevates her vision of beauty and design. She has a firm belief her art of shoemaking require interdisciplinary research which explores new fields in every collection.Her creations have a sweet and twisted view that combines fine handwork techniques with innovative technology or (sustainable) material. As a modern-day designer, Amber thinks it is important that you are critical of yourself and society but also reflect on the fashion industry and think about craftsmanship, fair trade, and sustainability.

Every design is meticulously crafted and is unique within the style. With her designs, Amber does not follow trends, but she makes shoes strongly based on concepts. She always questions the status quo and contradictions such as those of the femme fatale and the femme fragile.

In her work Amber explores the boundaries beween fashion and art. When do her designs become art objects instead of wearable shoes? She has a conceptual approach to the design process and uses it as an artistic expression. As a teacher, Amber loves to share knowledges to the new generation. And she will stimulate that students will find their own handwriting and doing a well-founded research to substantiate their opinion.

The work of Amber has been featured in several exhibitions all over the world;  Centraal Museum Utrecht, Kunsthal Rotterdam both in The Netherlands, Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Oklahoma artspace USA, and many more. Work was published among others in Harpers Bazaar Hong Kong, VOGUE NL, SHUBA Magazine, Elegant Magazine, Talkies Magazine & MALVIE Magazine.


“a woman in heels is more dangerous than a loaded gun”

– Amber Ambrose Aurèle

“As a shoe designer she developed herself as extremely feminine and original.”

Jan Jansen, Shoedesigner

“You can described the work from Amber as a perfect symbiosis of femininity and female empowerment.”

Inge Specht, Curator Dutch Leather and Shoe Museum

“Amber creates stories, mostly fairytales, with her shoe designs, that are always very contrastive from her previous collections.”

Liza Snook , Founder of the Virtual Shoe Museum

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