COLLABORATION
MISSONI’S SAVOIR-FAIRE UNITED WITH CASTANER
WORDS
by KRISTOPHER FRASER
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURTESY of C&M MEDIA
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to bring two great family brands together for a collaboration affair. Missoni and Castaner have collaborated on a collection of 15 models of footwear for women and four for men.
Missoni has brought their signature use of bright colors, geometric prints and daring contrasts to decorate the iconic handmade wedges and espadrilles by the historic Spanish brand.
This year Missoni and Castaner celebrated their 65th and 90th birthdays respectively, and despite their many decades in business, both brands have managed to stay true to their legacy. This new shoe collaboration is part of their spring/summer 2019 pre-spring collection, and and combines the brand’s unique stiles with a sense of dressing and living and comfortably. Espadrilles are more comfortable than heels after all, and they are now even found on the Fashion Month catwalks.
Each pair reflects Missoni’s rule-breaking multicolor aesthetic reinventing the Castaner espadrilles for yet another season. A colorful mix of geometric prints brings together personality and fun to designs that are both contemporary and timeless. In the color palette of the fabrics used in the capsule, the bright and vivid colors stand out together with the earthly and raw tones, and a powerful monochrome rainbow that gives rise to a positive (black)/negative (white) effect.
Missoni x Castaner
The 15 models shown for women appear in different heel heights, wedges tied around the ankle and espadrille flats. The star of the collection is Andy, the platforms that show the Missoni logo printed on the toe in the form a cross, explicitly paying tribute to the collaboration. Logomania is still here to stay.
The male version of the Castaner espadrille, Pablo, reveals its livelier side through four designs made of printed fabric that are inspired by the colorful patterns of Ikat, the black and white version of the unmistakable zigzag, and the infinite shades which are found in the colors of nature.
Just like the rest of the espadrilles in the Castaner catalogue, the designs signed by Angela Missoni are produced in a completely artisanal matter in the company’s workshops, where its espadrilles are decorated by hand with the very same love and affection as they were 90 years ago.
You can have both shoes and art this pre-season.
“This new shoe collaboration is part of their spring/summer 2019 pre-spring collection, and and combines the brand’s unique stiles with a sense of dressing and living and comfortably.”
Missoni x Castaner
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