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Johnny Depp, the man himself, was seen in Beijing sporting his quirky style, which included an awesome pair of A8366 T.U.K. Mondo Hi Black Suede Creepers whilst promoting Transcendence, his latest film in which he plays a Dr struck on artificial intelligence and uploads his conscious into a programme and it all takes off from there.. Johnny Depp took center stage in his creepers to play the guitar for 1000 invited guests, whilst on tour promoting in Beijing. Depp was joined on stage by Taiwanese R&B/hard rock artist David Tao, a big local star. When he's not jabbering on about artificial intelligence, he guest starred on the Jimmy Kimmel Show in April of this year again, in the same pair of black suede creepers - He look great! You can check out the full video here, it's worth a watch:

Mary Jane:- " A flat, round-toed shoe for women and girls, with a single strap across the top" Walking about your life these days, you'd be able to spot several different women's Mary Jane Shoes in a variety of colours and styles from the highstreet to the dance floor. Traditionally, the Mary Janes are closed, low cut shoe with either a singular or multiple buckle strap. Mary Jane shoes are such a popular style these days, it's hard to imagine life without such a pivotal style It's strange to think now that they appeared fashionably through the Renaissance era, but worn dominantly by men. Henry VIII of England rocked a pair of Mary Jane kicks, as seen in paintings of the old king. Despite not being very popular, we love his sassy footwear choices. The buckle strap/s appeared in the early 19th Century and have been a founding feature to this great style The style became a popular footwear statement in the 20s and by the 30s and 40s women had dominated the Mary Jane as their own. In the lates 90s popular sub cultures such a punk rock, psychobilly and goths claimed the style but added an alternative twist of platforms, chunky heels and thicker straps to give the edge they were looking for - they were a simple school shoe no more. At T.U.K. we've added our iconic kitty character to the Mary Janes as an applique overlay on the toe, onto a wider fitting sneaker sole unit, the A6467L; which has become one of our most popular styles. Alongside the A6467L, we have boosted our Kitty Mary Janes with some attitude - The T2025 Anarchic Kitty Mary Jane was born! These two styles in particular have become continuous over the years, as there is always demand for this great timeless styles. If the chunky style isn't for you, we've made a narrow plimmie version with a variety of characters available from owls and foxes to kittys and teddys, as well as some styles now in vegan-friendly materials. In addition to the T.U.K. kitty mary janes, we've added some great mary Jane inspired heels into our collections over the years; the closed toe, multi strap look is now a favorite of ours when designing new collections. This upcoming AW14 collection, we've thrown back to the 90s when the Mary Jane platforms were popular, with our new Nosebleed inspired collection - which we are very excited to share with you, so stay tuned!!

Heavily influenced by the underground rock and punk scene she grew up in, Candice Lambert naturally found her calling as a fashion stylist for musicians. The rock star styling aficionado does anything from tour wardrobe, photo shoots, award shows, album covers, music video, to editorials. She styles just about anything that deals with music and fashion. Candice has put T.U.K. on a lot of musicians as well. Some of her clients have included Echosmith, Atlas Genius, The Offspring, Deluka, Andra Day, Green Day… and many more. Who have been some of your favorite bands or celebrities to work with? Tell us about your T.U.K. creeper collection! Which style is your favorite? What influences your personal style and where do you get inspiration from when styling your clients? If you had the chance, who would you love to style and throw a pair of T.U.K. shoes on? What are your goals for the future and what can we expect to see from you? Margaret Maldonado Agency: margaretmaldonado.com/category/styling/artist/candice-lambert Twitter: twitter.com/CDiceLove13 Instagram: instagram.com/cdicelove13

The new spring collection is here busting with awesome prints, vibrant colours and throwbacks! We're very excited to share this collection with you, so without further a due: We've got Mondo mania this Spring with Hawaiian, psychedelic, floral and polka print print creepers for the sun chaser in all us ladies and for the unisex creepers we have the amazing metallic blue leather Creepers (also available in a brilliant red) The pointed toe creepers boots available in hot pink suede and black leather make their debut this season, with 3 buckle straps and black interlacing they are a must have. Heels, heels, heels: It's nearly summer - let's party! We have a range of creeper wedges, new creeper platforms and a beautiful vintage range for you this Spring! Lot's of different styes for your fancy. Pastels is a popular choice for our vintage range, but for those of you who need something a little louder, we have galaxy print Antipop heels or vibrant red Starlet heels to name a few! ;) Men, we haven't forgotten about you! We're having a 90s grunge throwback with our grey & black Acid Wash Rocker sneakers and have a full size range available in Metallic blue and silver cracked leather creeper sneakers - as well as a re-stock of the usual favorites! Viva Creepers are another luxury you will be able to get your hands on to treat your feet in the hot weather, they are the lightweight creeper alternative and we cannot recommend them enough. Our Anarchic Boots range is looking lovely and colourful. Just in time to match a pair with your festival outfits for this year's summer festival season! We have some mint polka dot boots, galaxy print, oil slick, floral, tartan, metallics and ombre patterns - Don't say we never give you anything! Last but not least, the much awaited characters range is introducing the skull and fox designs. We have our usual super cute kitty and teddy characters too, but this time on polka, skull, floral, stripes and acid wash designs for boots, Antipop heels and our pretty ballet flats collection. Our new range is available to purchase now!!

Paloma Faith, the eccentric soul infused singer, has come back in full force with her brand new album 'A Perfect Contradiction'. With previous hit singles such as 'Stone Cold Sober' and 'New York' we can only hope Paloma knocks this one out of the ball park too. Paloma and her backing band hit up the Graham Norton show on BBC One with other guest starts featuring Matt Damon, Hugh Bonneville and the legend himself, Billy Murray. Paloma appeared to discuss her new album and to perform her new single, "Can't Rely On You". The whole band were decorated in a running theme of red Tartan, which was quite loud at first but once you adjust you become envious of the great designs they were wearing. T.U.K. Shoes came into play when members of the band were wearing our awesome A6155 Black Leather Tartan Creeper Sneakers, whilst they jammed along behind Paloma - We think they looked fantastic, check out the image for yourself: The 'Picking up the pieces' songstress is soon to release her plans for a UK tour and her album is available now to Pre-order, so keep your eyes peeled! If you want to take a leaf out of Paloma's tartan book, the check out our A8304 Tartan Studded Creepers now. This is Paloma's performance on the Graham Norton Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQpiTOONIik#t=25

We recently posted about the 'History of the Creeper Shoe' which was written by Lee Powell our rockabilly buddy. This article was published in VintageVille magazine as 'Do the creep'. For those of you not yet familiar with the magazine; "VintageVille is a bimonthly online magazine that celebrates everything vintage – from the foods to the fashions, the music to the movies...and much more." T.U.K. Shoes were lucky enough to feature in this wonderful online magazine, showing popular Teddyboy creeper styles such as the A7269 White Leather Mondo Lo Creeper and the vibrant A8529 Red leopard Mondo Lo Creepers. This US vintage magazine is available to read for free online now, you lucky people! www.vintagevillemag.com

We are thrilled to announce that we were featured in the new & improved, glossy Vintage Life magazine not once... but three fold! This is a modern bible to the ways of all things vintage from fashion and styling to exercise, if you haven't picked your copy up yet, what are you waiting for?! In the January '14 edition of Vintage Life, our retro A8522 Polka Dot Mondo Hi Creepers made the editors choice page, Rachel Egglestone-Evans says, "Oh My Goodness, i adore these creepers, they are so comfy, and let's face it - THEY ROCK!" We agree with Rachel, and think they look great when you have vintage rolls or a rockabilly quiff in your hair to top off the look. Mag Editor Rachel loved these so much, she wore them out on her staff Christmas Do.. photos on Instagram ;) Next up, our gorgeous A8539L Bombshell polka dot heels made the Vintage Style guide! We were particularly excited about this one because it's not just awesome creepers we do, and we think these heels will look killer with a pencil skirt or your best 50s vintage dress. They are cute and comfortable, just what you want from a pair of heels. For anyone born in the wrong era, we recommend checking out our vintage heel collection and using Vintage Life's style guide - We swear by it! As the saying goes, last but not least, the fabulous A8440L burgundy velvet creeper wedges were featured on Vintage Life's Instagram, follow them @vintagelifemag and see they're fun daily posts. Stock on these wedges are available now, on our website. If this is all a bit girly for you, then fear not. Vintage Life has a male equivalent spin off magazine called "His Vintage Life" for those old school styled men out there, with more dapper than most. Filled with slickbacks, music and watches.. there's plenty to read for all those inspired and obsessed with all things vintage. We have a previous blog post about Lee Powell who wrote for His Vintage Life. Check out their Facebook now: His Vintage Life Facebook Vintage Life Facebook Don't forget to pick your copy of Vintage Life Magazine in WHSmith Stores now!

Freelance writer, Lee Powell is featured looking slick next to his motor, in a pair of the A7269 White Leather Mondo Lo Creepers. These photos were in issue #3 of His Vintage Life and we think they look Rad! - Photos by Claire Powell For those of you who are not yet aware of Vintage Life, come out of that rock you're living under and find them on Facebook. 269,000+ Facebookers can't be wrong, and there's some really quirky posts to be seen. For those born in the wrong era, but bring some vintage into the present day; Old rockers, Teddy Boys, Pin Up Girls etc.. this is a must read for you. You can subscribe through their page for the magazine. Lee, being a massive fan of T.U.K. Shoes was the perfect candidate to write an article on creepers for the Vintage Life Magazine. "I rate T.U.K creepers incredibly high and can't recall a day when I haven't worn a pair in the last 5 years" You can expect to read his article released in the new year in the Vintage Life Magazine. We can't wait! Check out Lee's Tumblr page.

It was T.U.K. creeper madness on last week's episode of American Bravo's newest competition series Styled to Rock from executive producer and fashion icon Rihanna. The designers were challenged to create the perfect 'off-duty' outfit for pop sensation Carly Rae Jepsen and a pair of T.U.K. Black Leather Mondo Creepers were required by the stylish star as a 'must have' for each ensemble!

The Show itself This one of the style choices

The winner's chosen style was worn by pop star Carly Rae Jepsen, who wears customised T.U.K. Creepers for Galmour Magazine in a photoshoot; here is the awaited winning picture:

You may have seen Carly Rae Jepsen featured in our blog before wearing her own pair of A8379L Leather Creeper Wedges. Be sure to check out the show and look out for pop sensation Rihanna's new Clothing range for River Island available in stores worldwide, now!

http://www.riverisland.com/rihanna-for-river-island#

Our favorite old school Punk rockers UK Subs are living the dream and will be embarking on their European Tour in January. We excited to say they are taking their T.U.K. Shoes with them. Be sure to catch their UK gigs throughout December, they have a loyal following which is well deserved as they do up to 200 gigs a year and make a regular appearance at the best Punk Festival in the UK, Rebellion Festival, which they are already signed up to to play next year. Genuine, Hardworking with a great taste in shoes.. we love these guys. Guitarist Jet can often be spotted in a pair of White T.U.K. Shoes. Check out the featured image with this post, taken at their Cambridge gig recently, it looks badass. His style choices are the A6063 White Leather Creeper Sneakers or the A6803 White Leather Mondo Hi Creepers If you would like to know more about The U.K. Subs, then you can read our previous blog post about them or show the guys some love on their website, and be sure to grab your tickets for their tour. They will be in Europe throughout Jan-Feb and will be back with us in England touring from April onwards, check their website for exact dates near you: http://www.uksubs.co.uk

We're holding a competition to give you the opportunity to be in with a chance of winning an awesome pair of our lightweight Viva Creepers of your choice. If you haven't yet been enlightened to our new range, check out the Viva Creepers website, filled with cool pictures and really cute videos! Viva creepers put a new twist on the traditional look, so follow the link to see the website to see for yourself: http://tukvivacreepers.com/home.html To win a pair of these lavish & revolutionary lightweight Viva creepers just enter your details and we shall select a winner at random - Easy as that! Winner to be picked at random and announced November 1st, keep an eye on our Facebook page! Click here to Enter: https://www.tukshoes.co.uk/competitions/ Good Luck!!