{"id":23508,"date":"2022-09-12T17:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T00:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=23508"},"modified":"2022-09-27T07:21:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:21:47","slug":"new-faces-new-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/new-faces-new-places\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW FACES &#038; NEW PLACES"},"content":{"rendered":"<a id=\"new-faces-new-places\"><\/a>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23518\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=23518\" class=\"wp-image-23518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman.jpg 600w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman-97x131.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman-204x275.jpg 204w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-artofawoman-223x300@2x.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-work.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23515\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-work.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=23515\" class=\"wp-image-23515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-work.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-work-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-work-91x160.jpg 91w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-work-156x275.jpg 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And the JEOPARDY! question:<br>The profession other than a cobbler who crafts sneakers?<br>And the answer: What is a CORDWAINER?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A cordwainer is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer&#8217;s trade can be contrasted with the cobbler&#8217;s trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to repairing shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-kenny-smith-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-kenny-smith-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-kenny-smith-1-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-kenny-smith-1-97x121.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-kenny-smith-1-221x275.jpg 221w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-kenny-smith-1-241x300@2x.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption><em>NCAA Basketball Finals broadcaster Kenny Smith sporting a pair of Abigail\u2019s creations<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Meet Abigail Dillon, originally hailing from Houston, Texas, and who recently situated her design studio here in South Miami. She is one of a very few professional female cordwainer worldwide. A professionally trained artist, Abigail began designing her sneakers over the last two years and has a growing clientele. For Abigail, the classic white sneaker while the only iconic fashion staple in the hip-hop community, it a playground for this artist and sneaker designer. Sneakers are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but are now also widely used for everyday casual wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23521\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=23521\" class=\"wp-image-23521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1-150x150@2x.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1-97x97.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-1-275x275.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23522\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=23522\" class=\"wp-image-23522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3-97x95.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-3-281x275.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"23523\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?attachment_id=23523\" class=\"wp-image-23523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2-150x150@2x.jpg 300w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2-97x97.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Abigail-Dillon-sneakers-2-275x275.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At ART OF A WOMAN she has managed to distinguish herself from the men by focusing on unisex designs featuring complex fashionable color selections. Passionate about her craft, Abigail continues to re-imagine how non-traditional materials can be used to create a functional sneaker. She pushes the boundaries between art and footwear, producing imaginative one-of-a-kind wearable art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Abigail Dillon, Artist<br>IG @ArtOfAWoman1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES-930x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES-930x1024.jpg 930w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES-97x107.jpg 97w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES-250x275.jpg 250w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CHEF-JEREMY-FORD-NEW-FACES-NEW-PLACES-272x300@2x.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size\"><strong>Michelin Chef to open in SOMI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bravo\u2019s Top Chef Season 13 Winner in 2015, James Beard Award Semi-Finalist 2022 and recently awarded a Michelin Star for Stubborn Seed (Miami Beach), Jeremy Ford is again pairing up with Grove Bay Hospitality Group to open BEAUTY AND THE BUTCHER in the now closed Public Square on Red Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At age 35 Ford has enjoyed a meteoric ride in the kitchen since at age of 16 functioning a Grade supervisor in Matthews, and at Restaurant L\u2019Orangerie (Los Angeles) where he studied and mastered techniques of the French chefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was 2017 that he opened Stubborn Seed on Miami Beach with Grove Bay\u2019s Ignacio Garcia-Menocal and Francesco Balli. His mastery in the kitchen, elevating simple and honest ingredients to splendidly elegant execution to the table is the key to the restaurant\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now just a few months after Stubborn Seed\u2019s Michelin Star accomplishment, Ford and Grove Bay are ready for the imminent opening of BEAUTY AND THE BUTCHER, with a nod to h is daughter Madelynn (the \u201cbeauty\u201d) and he \u201cthe butcher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Garcia-Menocal noted that the new restaurant with Ford in the kitchen will realize the \u201cuntapped potential\u201d of the Public Square property. Balli notes that the design changes to the new restaurant will be minimal, retaining the U-shaped bar and booths. Ford will add some of his own personal style to the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Stay tuned to somimag.loc for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. And the JEOPARDY! question:The profession other than a cobbler who crafts sneakers?And the answer: What is a CORDWAINER? A cordwainer is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer&#8217;s trade can be contrasted with the cobbler&#8217;s trade, according to a tradition in Britain that restricted cobblers to repairing shoes. Meet Abigail<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/new-faces-new-places\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341,326,1,319],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23508"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23719,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions\/23719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}