The Shoe Guy

Design and Consulting

The Shoe Guy GmbH was founded in 2018 by Niklaus A. Hodel, as a Swiss based full-service design & consultancy agency specialized in luxury footwear.

Niklaus is an alumnus of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and has designed shoes and sneakers for some of the industry’s most prestigious brands over the past decade. Working along its elite: Kim Jones at Louis Vuitton, Lucas Ossendrijver at Lanvin, John Galliano at Maison Margiela, Dries Van Noten & Matthew Williams at Givenchy.