FAMILY TIES: A household affair is marking the Church’s x Miu Miu collaboration dropping simply in time for back-to-school season.
Each working underneath the umbrella of Prada Group, the manufacturers have joined forces on two footwear kinds merging Miu Miu’s playful spirit with Church’s artisanal formality and providing a brand new tackle the latter’s distinctive designs.
First seen on the catwalk of the Miu Miu fall 2023 vogue present in Paris earlier this 12 months, the gathering contains brogues and double monk strap kinds crafted in glossed brushed leather-based and accessible in traditional shades of black and tobacco.
The kinds have been tweaked in comparison with Church’s authentic designs to have a broader, rounded form and have a sportier rubber sole in comparison with the standard leather-based one. An embossed Miu Miu brand stands out on the shoe tongues and the facet of soles.
Church’s x Miu Miu
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The gathering will launch solely on Miu Miu’s e-commerce from Tuesday earlier than hitting the model’s bodily shops from Sept. 6.
On Thursday, a devoted promoting marketing campaign that includes fashions Rejoice Chuol and Annabelle Weatherly was launched to additional promote the tie-up forward of the launch. Photographed by Lengua and styled by Lotta Volkova, the skills are portrayed whereas posing on an armchair upholstered in archival Miu Miu material whereas donning key seems of the autumn 2023 assortment.
Church’s x Miu Miu
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Church’s historical past may be traced again to 1617, however the British footwear specialist was formally established in 1873 and nonetheless manufactures its handmade formal footwear in its Northampton historic manufacturing facility. The model, which has been a part of Prada Group since 1999, has collaborated with different sizzling vogue labels earlier than, together with Off-White and Noir Kei Ninomiya.
As for Miu Miu, one in every of its buzziest collaborations within the shoe-sphere was with New Stability, as Miuccia Prada reimagined the Eighties New Stability 574 sneaker with raw-cut edges emphasizing building via deconstruction. Rendered in white, khaki and blue tones, the co-branded type debuted on Miu Miu’s spring 2022 runway, which marked one of many label’s most viral collections due to its new tackle American preppy by way of ultra-crop sweaters, shirts and pleated skirts that ignited the brand new revival of the Y2K miniskirt pattern that adopted.
Church’s x Miu Miu
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