The eagle-eyed shoe connoisseurs among you will have noticed the vogue for footwear elegantly tied up around one’s foot. Those with time on their hands may have wondered who or what has fuelled this singular detail. The answer is, frankly, the most charming Colombian we’ve ever met, a man who goes by the name of Edgardo Osorio; and his white-hot four-years-young shoe label, Aquazzura.
But perhaps this isn’t news to you: perhaps you have been wise enough to have already snapped up a pair of his sell-out signature Sexy Thing heels or Belgravia pointed ghillie flats. In which case, what’s better than one white-hot shoe designer? Ladies, the answer is two white-hot shoe designers. And it is in this spirit that we present you with Osorio’s capsule collection for the supreme Salvatore Ferragamo, aka Florence’s (and Hollywood’s) finest purveyor of fancy footwear.
Neatly, it is also a homecoming of sorts. After studying at the London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martins, a 19-year-old Osorio cut his teeth at the label. He tells us that he was ‘incredibly honoured that they wanted to collaborate with me. It’s the first time ever they have used another designer’s name, and it was so great to come back after 10 years and see the archives with fresh eyes.’
For the collection he reinterpreted the classic Ferragamo tropes of colour, cork, polka dots and bows into sweet (and very do-able) mid-heel sandals, party-season-perfect rainbow-coloured heels (with those all-important ties) and foot-cosseting black and blue booties that we envisage wearing with everything.
The collaboration was the brainchild of James Ferragamo, the dashing grandson of the label’s founder (deceased) and now the label’s women’s leather-product director. He wanted to mark the hundredth anniversary of his grandfather’s arrival in Hollywood with a special project. He describes Osorio’s collection as the ‘perfect balance between modern design and impeccable craftsmanship’. Having never seen the point of a new shoe that doesn’t provoke some form of envy in onlookers, we would also add that these beauties are sure to elicit congratulatory coos.
