Karl Lagerfeld to design shoes for Brazil's Melissa
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In this Oct 2, 2012 file photo, designer Karl Lagerfeld walks onto the runway after presenting Chanel's ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, presented in Paris. Lagerfeld is teaming up with Brazilian footwear label Melissa, known for its colorful plastic shoes. -- PHOTO: AP
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Karl Lagerfeld is teaming up with Brazilian footwear label Melissa, known for its colorful plastic shoes.
The Chanel designer will create a small, limited collection of four women's styles for the brand. The collaboration will last for four seasons, with the first unveiled in March.
Melissa has worked with celebrated international designers in the past, including Jean Paul Gaultier and Vivienne Westwood.
Lagerfeld pioneered the now-common trend of top-name designers teaming up with off-the-rack fashion labels when he worked on another so-called capsule collection, for Swedish fast fashion label H&M in 2004. He has also done several of the small collections for high-end Italian shoe company Hogan.
