This is one shoe combo I’m definitely excited about because it’s not just in the US, international shoppers can get a sneak peak at uber-trendy store Colette in Paris. The line is scheduled to hit store in the US on September 7th.
Isabel has a quirky artistic side that she tries to bring to her designs that make them anything but mainstream (I’m not really a big fan of the dress she made for Michelle Obama).
Will be taking my new bike out to Colette later today! I’m loving the Moon Rainboot that’s coming out in this collection, the High-Ghillie seems interesting too, but I’m afraid the yellow heel maybe a lot brighter than shown on the images.
Speaking of which “Two key styles in the line are the High Ghillie and a Ballet Flat Ghillie…the Ghillie shoe is an important design originating from Scotland as a smart shoe for walking the wet and muddy countryside. I love the Ghillie because it’s unique and practical. My Ghillies explore the allure of high style at a comfortable price. They complement the daring urban gladiator leg or a discreet workers’ pant.”
Can’t wait, shop online at Payless.com
More on Isabel Toledo -
Cuban born Isabel Toledo attended both The Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design in New York, but credits her real training to an internship with Diana Vreeland at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Toledo, a global fashion icon, became an international household name last year for the “Lemongrass” Day Dress she designed for Michelle Obama to wear to her husband’s inauguration. She is an inventor of many signature looks and has been described as a “cult figure” by the New York Times , one of the “100 designers that count” by Women’s Wear Daily and “an important raw talent” by Vogue.
In 1998 Toledo and husband Ruben Toledo were the subject of the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology exhibit, “Toledo-Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion,” which chronicled their seventeen years of collaboration in design and art. The exhibit has since traveled to Kent State University Museum in Ohio, The Museum at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, and in part to The Kunts Haus Museum in Vienna, the Hayward Gallery in London and Parco Gallery on Tokyo.
