Studio Arise.S

Arise.S is a Luxury Footwear Development Consultancy founded by two partners firmly believe in the “early-bird” philosophy. Our team is a valuable business partnership choice for young designers, start-up companies, and established brands. Furthermore, Arise.S offers the best know-how for those to enhance their knowledge on shoemaking, learning the secret of footwear collection development and bringing an amazing additional value to their own products. We work with/in the manufacturing areas where most of the luxury production are located, such as Manolo Blahnik, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Louboutin, Marni, Aquazzura, Prada, and many others. In the last years, we have contributed mainly to start-ups companies such as Jessica Bedard Bridal & Prêt-à-Porter, Francesca Bellavita, Benincasa Milano, Christina Lombardi, etc ... Arise.S is currently based in Vigevano, Italy, one of the shoe production center. However, our projects are developed in different parts of Italy, such as Tuscany, Naples, Le Marche and even in some European countries such as Spain and Portugal. Arise.S is founded by 2 partners, Shao Wei Wu and Richard Siccardi, who have a decade of experiences in Shoe technical education, Footwear Collection Development and Footwear design. They share the important know- how to help young talents making the first move in the shoe business and support them with correct information and knowledge required.