Meghan Cleary is the internationally recognized footwear authority whose insight on everything from the latest shoe trends to the hottest footwear designs to red carpet stilettos at the Oscars and Emmys has appeared in more than 4,500 media outlets throughout the world. Known for her coining of her signature trademark phrase in 2005, "what your shoes say about you", Meghan has analyzed presidents, world leaders, celebrities, and fashion icons alike with her uncanny insight.
For the last six years Meghan has travelled the world pursuing her passion for footwear -- interviewing shoe designers, learning about lasts and construction and materials, predicting footwear trends, talking to consumers about their shoe desires, hosting shoe fashion shows everywhere from Macy's to Nordstrom to Bergdorf Goodman, and talking to celebrities about their shoes on the red carpet for everyone from E! to TV Guide Network. She was a Consulting Producer on the internationally acclaimed documentary, God Save My Shoes directed by Julie Benasra in 2011 and created and produced the first social media campaign for the Italian Footwear Association.
For ten years she has served as contributing editor at JCREPORT where her coverage on shoes and shoe trends has been cited everywhere from the Fashion Institute of Technology to WGSN. Hedge funds, institutional investors and universities around the world regularly call on her for her market, merchandising and foortwear trend insight.
Meghan serves on the Los Angeles Two Ten Women in Footwear (WIFI) membership commitee and the advisory board of Shoe Revolt.
A former marketing consultant on Wall Street, Meghan has also been a resource for a variety of top footwear and mass market retail companies in how to reach women shoppers.
Meghan Cleary's Books:
The Perfect Fit: What your shoes say about you (2005)
Shoe Are You? (2011)
http://www.shoeareyou.com
http://www.missmeghan.com