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Seriously Amazing: Olivia Palermo x Aquazzura

THE AQUAZZURA X OLIVIA PALERMO COLLECTION

Luxury Italian brand Aquazzura and trendsetter Olivia Palermo have joined forces to create a special shoe collection, launching in September 2014. The capsule collection will feature six must-have styles created by Palermo and Edgardo Osorio, the brand’s co-founder and creative director. A few of the essential designs include over-the-knee suede boots, jewel-embellished sandals inspired by a vintage Victorian necklace owned by Palermo, metallic leather flats, and lace-up gladiator sandals – making for a highly wearable collection of shoes perfect for every occasion.
“I am a very hands-on person, so I was involved from the beginning,” Palermo tells Savoir Flair exclusively. “Edgardo and I worked very hard to perfect the appropriate shoe for each category. I really think it is a great experience for the both of us and I am glad that I was able to do it. I am looking forward to continuing our design relationship!”
On their collaboration, Osorio tells us, “Olivia and I have a very similar vision of shoes. She is a real style icon and has an amazing knowledge of shoes and accessories. We wanted to create a capsule collection of the styles every woman needs in her closet, interpreted with the Aquazzura aesthetic and seen through the eyes of Olivia.”
As for which style is her favorite, Palermo reveals, “I love the gladiator heel snake sandal, because it is just a really great every day shoe.”
The Aquazzura x Olivia Palermo capsule collection will be available at Level Shoe District from September 2014.
Photos: Courtesy of LEVEL SHOE DISTRICT
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Olivia Palermo for Aquazzura

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There are many ways to enter the world of fashion design, but “look so good in a label’s pieces that they offer you a design gig” is a very rare entry point reserved only for the most stylish stars in the universe. Olivia Palermo is one of those stars. Following her gig for Westward/Leaning sunglasses, another brand has unveiled their collaboration with socialite/blogger Palermo: Aquazzura shoes.

Palermo has always had a soft spot for Aquazzura’s elegant and often elaborately designed heels (she’s worn her favorite feathered “Madison” style, above, at least three times) and now the shoe line is repaying the admiration with a six piece capsule collection due to launch in September. The line hinted at what we can expect — high heels, lots of glamour and plenty of feminine design details — with two sketches, released Monday. One shows a jeweled sandal inspired by a Victorian necklace Palermo owns and the other is an over-the-knee suede boot; the press release promises gladiator sandals, metallic leather sandals and a suede bootie, among others.

“Olivia basically has been our unofficial ambassador,” designer Edgardo Osorio told WWD. “She’s always wearing the shoes. We’re friends and we were talking more than a year ago about a small capsule that would be Olivia’s eye and aesthetic but with the Aquazzura style.” Added Palermo in the press release, “I think it is no secret that I love a good shoe, so I very much enjoyed creating a ‘survival pack’ for every occasion and women of all ages. I hope they have as much fun wearing them as we had creating them.”

Ready to shop the collection when it hits Net-a-Porter this fall? Be prepared to shell out: Prices range from $600 to $1,625, which WWD notes is meant to be on the affordable end of the spectrum. “Everything is so expensive these days and you still want to have things that you can find and have quality and the design aesthetic and be happy,” Palermo said.

Via:WWD

Olivia Palermo for Aquazzura