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Keep cosy this holiday season with the T.U.K. Winter collection. Filled with Anarchic favourites and velvet creepers in limited edition colours you won't want to miss this exclusive drop!

This week we get some major creeper inspo from Cali blogger Linabugz.

If you're not aware, get aware! Candy Hearts Band are a 3 piece American Pop Punk Band from New York and New Jersey, that formed in 2010 and is made up of Mariel Loveland on Vocals, Matt Ferraro on drums and John Clifford as bassist. Candy Hearts have come leaps and bounds since and have just released their 2nd album, "All the Ways you let me down" which was produced by big name, Chad Gilbert from pop punk legends, New Found Glory. The first single "I miss you" gives you a sense of what the new 11-song album is all about with their upbeat riffs and very catchy hooks, just like any good pop punk song requires - A disgustingly catchy chorus and the ability to make you want to pencil jump until your legs hurt! You'll find it hard not to bop along and belt out the chorus - Don't fight it; Let the pop punk goodness consume you! With the album being mostly about relationships, you can definitely sense that they are influenced by the likes of Taylor Swift, as it's more lyrically more pop than punk, but don't be fooled; it still has the heavier alternative energy striking through, that will have you nodding your head along and throwing your hands above your head. Muriel fronts the band with a positive energy, despite some of the sadder tones of the songs, and they sound similar to the female fronted pop punk band, Hey Monday! "One of the top 10 pop punk bands that people need to know" - Billboard We hooked Mariel up with all kinds of T.U.K. goodies when she stopped by to pick up some kicks for the Candy Heart's latest tours. Her tops picks were the A8503 pointed leather creepers along with the T2215 Glitter Anarchic Boots and the awesome T2219 purple crushed velvet Anarchic Boots. All three choices are great for the punk rock styling she will need for on stage, as the leather creepers look great with rolled up jeans and the combat boots look amazing with dresses, so you can adopt this style quite easily. If you want to catch Candy Hearts Band, they are touring the US for the Glamour Kills Tour in October and then to our delight they are supporting and touring the Pop Punk’s Not Dead Tour in UK and Ireland in November, with the likes of New Found Glory, The Story so far, State Champs and The Only rivals; tickets are still available so get yours now! Check out the latest Album, 'All They Ways You Let Me Down' (2014) Candy Hearts Band:

	1.	I Miss You 03:04
	2.	The Dream's Not Dead 03:04
	3.	The One To Get Me Out 02:47
	4.	All The Ways You Let Me Down 03:08
	5.	Michigan 03:28
	6.	Coffee With My Friends 02:54
	7.	Fool's Gold 02:56
	8.	Something's Missing 03:51
	9.	Brooklyn Bridge 02:50
	10.	Playing With Fire 03:46
	11.	Top Of Our Lungs 03:27

If you're not familiar with the website Steal Her Style - then get familiar! It's an awesome website, where music meets fashion to bring you the latest and greatest inspirational outfit ideas based on how to get the look of the celebrities you follow from from Miley Cyrus to Paramore! Steal her style allows you to adopt the style, hair styles and make up tips from celebrities in ways that won't break the bank; by offering great advice on where to get cheaper alternatives to the hefty price of the designer labels. Naturally.. We searched for T.U.K. Creepers and thought we'd share with you how some of these lovely ladies wear their T.U.K. Creepers! If you look to the top right you will see Sydney Sierota from the up and coming band Echosmith. Sydney is often spotted dancing around on stage in a pair of creepers, and this time she has opted for our A8501 round toe brogue creepers matched with a stripey dress and contrasting polka dot tights, as she posed for the photoshoot! You can see more of Sydney wearing our creepers on the Steal Her Style web link. Whether you love her or hate her, we can't take our eyes off her. Marmite Miley poses for a photoshoot in our eye catching Irisdescent creepers and wears.. not a lot else to be honest, suprisingly. Steal Her Style suggests pairing these creepers up with a quirky pair of blue leopard print jeans or shorts, a chunky necklace.. fluffy Bolero is optional. The iridescent style is also available in our Anarchic Boots range, if you prefer something a tad more tenacious! The great thing about this website is that you can take the bits you like and add your personal twist to make the style your own! Now for a homegrown celebrity, Perrie Edwards from the band Little Mix brought some fun and definitely some style to a photoshoot for their UK tour, in a pair of our A8379L Creeper Wedge Booties. Perrie rocks this looks with a Topshop short floral playsuit, peace sign earrings and brings the edge with bright pink dip dye hair - We love this style and it's easy to create! Bandmate to Perrie is Jade Thirwall in Little Mix, who also snagged herself a pair of our popular A6803 White Leather Hi Mondo Creepers. To our delight, Jade wears her creeper with a mid skirt with her union jack tank top tucked in. The checkered necklace and braces really bring a Ska feel to this outfit! What we love about all of these styles is that they are easy to recreate from what we generally have in our wardrobes or can access quite easily in the high street if needed. So if you're off on a date, to a gig or a party or just feel like jazzing up your own style; get onto steal her style and get some inspirational ideas! Ash Costello from the Californian rock band, New Years Day brings the edge with the amazing ribcage dress from the brand Kill Star and topped off the look with knee high socks and our new Nosebleed Split Stack Mary Janes with the Swirl detail. We can't get enough of this look and the her Harley Quinn style, half red half black hair really stands out with the darkness of this outfit! We love seeing how you rock your creepers, whether it's making them the key factor in your outfit or subtly wearing quirky socks with your creepers in a plain black outfit. Show us your style by tagging us in your Instagram pictures with the #creepitreal If you want to see more fashion stimulating styles from celebs in T.U.K.s check out the T.U.K. page on Steal her style here!

Queen of crazy, Lady GaGa was seen roaming the streets of NYC in our new season, A8641 Double stacked Viva creepers in metallic rainbow! These shoes could make Rainbow Brite scream with envy, so obviously GaGa had to have a pair- she looks amazing and twice as tall! The lightweight mondo Viva sole is made from EVA making them lightweight and durable. Each creeper has our iconic skull and bones iconic tread on the sole and we've sandwiched a decorative layer between our classic creeper upper and our mondo Viva sole to make these beautifully unique creations. Our gorgeous new double stacked creepers are available in a variety of different colours and styles, including white leather, leopard print and pointed styles to name a few. Great on nights out for an alternative heels and guaranteed to turn heads and spark conversation!

Kelly Osbourne has always been one for standing out in the crowd, and here at T.U.K. we embrace that attitude. So we were delighted when Kelly slipped on a pair of our fantastic A6804 Black & White Leather Hi Mondo Creepers for her latest photo shoot; she loved them so much she shared a picture of her sitting poolside with bearded male model, Ricki Hall on her lunch break and kicking back in her creepers, and later whilst on a plane - Living the dream! Being the daughter of the Famous X-factor judge Sharon Osbourne and living legend Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly has never struggled to make a notorious name for herself by trying a variety of jobs from song writing to acting and presenting, and now takes on a new challenge as a fashion designer. She is launching her new fashion line "Stories.. By Kelly Osbourne" with 13 ready to wear styles, available from sizes 0-24 to promote equality in fashion, here's what she had to say about her exciting new line: "I believe that every time you wear something you have a story of where you wore it, whether it's good or bad. My mission is not to be the number one fashion designer in the world" Her new collection is already in demand from celebrity Ciara and pop sensation Taylor Swift - With her quirky style that radiates attitude, we expect it will do well and can't wait to see what she has in store. To adapt your style to resembles Kelly's prominent retro rocker style, grab yourself a pair of leather creepers, some 50s dresses and lilac hair dye!

Sienna Miller takes over the cover of Nylon Magazine to help them celebrate 15 years of the successful mag! Sienna Miller is a stunning model, actress and fashion desginer, so we were really excited when she took to the cover of Nylon Magazine in a pair of T.U.K. Creepers! This is the fourth time she has graced the cover of Nylon, and the first time she has been spotted rocking a pair of our creepers! She looks super cute in her knee high sports socks and our A8522 Black & White Polka Dot Mondo Hi Sole Creepers. She gives an interview about her new found confidence with acting, her fashion line 'Twenty8Twelve', getting engaged (to actor Tom Sturridge), being a mother and more - If you want to see it you'll have to check out the link, but here is a teaser! On ending her fashion line, Twenty8Twelve: "We were designing a really big collection in the end....I think maybe I'd be more fulfilled being a couturier or something, or doing 10 amazing pieces a season." On her new acting outlook:

It’s time to unleash T.U.K.’s autumn 2014 collection! Buckle up; this new collection is going to take you on a roller coaster ride of nostalgia! With throwback influences from the 90’s there are some super rad and extreme styles as well as some new vegan alternatives. This collection is full of new developments including wrapped sole and super stacked Creepers, ‘Nosebleed’ Platforms and the wooden sole ‘Woodies’ that will all satisfy your shoe desires when looking to make a statement this Autumn. The wrap soles are for the extra pizzazz you require, glitter, polka dots and cork leopard print on a lightweight EVA Viva sole. The stacked creepers, combines the gorgeous wrapped layer and sandwiches it between a traditional upper and a lightweight Viva sole with the skull and bones tread, so you can leave your trail of destruction. These are available in a pointed alternative and are great for turning heads and sparking conversation, even Lady Gaga got herself a pair of the rainbow stacked creepers! The new nosebleed platforms are a whole new level of badassery. We love them and their larger than life persona; complete with rub-off flames, swirls, cracked leather, classic brogue design and an old classic favorite of cut out stars. Speaking of platforms, check out our gnarly 'woodies' range! Platforms on 1/2 a dark brown wood sole and 1/2 a black EVA lightweight sole with various straps and stud designs including the fabulous harness woodie boots! Take a look at the new collection of Men’s shoes, featuring old school styling of Wingtip Brogues, Jam Shoes and Oxfords, all with an extra touch of T.U.K. attitude. Whether you're dressing the up for a great evening or to wear casually with jeans on a day in day out basis these shoes are a great addition to any man's wardrobe. Don't worry guys the continuous classic styles are being restocked at the same time, including 2 new additions to the creeper sneakers,vibrant red and olive green! We throwback to the 1940s with our vintage heels collection this Autumn, with classic wingtip navy and cream brogues on a bombshell heel to the plaid chunky loafer heels in a pink plaid, we've got something for all tastes. If our kitty and character selection is more your thing we see the return of the fox character in herringbone textile and the addition of the skully Antipop heels in black or floral print. The classic Kitty Mary Janes see some psychedelic new changes with oil slick detail and vibrant galactic print, to kaleidoscope print and polka kitty combat boots - We can't wait to show these off to you. Our Viva creepers will get you excited, we have loads of crazy new designs to suit your style. Acid nation inspired melted smileys, golden, metallic rainbow, silver grommets and lightning bolts are to name a portion of the excitement heading your way this season! All shoes are due to drop mid August!

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

We have found ourselves featured in the wonderful Vintage Life Magazine again this month - in an insightful article written by friend of the Brand; Lee Powell regarding the History of Creepers! We recommend you give it a read, it had us hooked :) Vintage life included how adorable our Kitty shoes are on their Instagram, we totally agree. Ballet Flats are a must have, and the super cute cat faces make them irresistible not to want, to put them on with every outfit. For fashionistas and crazy cat lady's alike- we don't judge! If you are on Instagram, follow us: @tukshoes_uk The latest addition of Vintage Life Magazine is out today, grab your copy from your local newsagent or direct from the Vintage Life website. Rockabilly sensation, Imelda May features on the cover of this month's vintage life - She's a big creeper fan and styles them like she was born to wear them, we can't wait to read this month's copy!