British luxury footwear brand Florrie London has teamed up with Spanish olive brand Perelló on a limited fashion-meets-food heel collaboration.
Florrie London x Perelló. Courtesy of Florrie London
Inspired by the Gordal Picante olive, the shoe collection presents a color palette influenced by Perelló olives, including a red insole nodding to the brand’s famous logo. The design ultimately uses Florrie’s feminine design codes and Italian craftsmanship to playfully pay homage to a culinary staple.
Florrie Dowley, founder of her eponymous footwear brand and a former designer at Aquazzura, told FN, “We wanted to create something feminine and sexy but also humorous. The shoe looks like a stuffed olive, it shouldn’t work but it does. It can be funny when you’re looking at it as an object and still cool and sexy when you’re wearing it.”
Silhouettes include a pointed-toe slingback pump and a heeled strappy sandal , both in a recognizable olive green satin contrasted by the red insole. The Melissa pump is the brand’s newest silhouette featuring a V-neckline, while the Melissa is a bestselling sandal with dainty crisscross straps and a signature buckle. The initial production of the collabora...