By Codelia Mantsebo
Luxury department store Harrods has launched a pop-up by Aquazzura, featuring its iconic Christy flat in an array of rainbow colors.
The selection features a broad palette of bright colors and animal prints, combined with classic dark tones.
Harrods will have global exclusivity on colors including watermelon green and leopard print, with prices starting from £415. Located in Harrods’s exquisite women’s footwear emporium, Shoe Heaven on the Fifth Floor, the pop up store will also include exotic painted snakeskins, graphic prints and show-stopping heels from Aquazzura’s latest footwear collection.
Founded in 2011, the label is best known for its stylish yet wearable footwear, the Christy flat is known as the ‘12-hour shoe’, or the ‘fashion week shoe’.
“The biggest thing about the brand is the fact that we make not only sexy shoes that are beautiful but very comfortable shoes”, Founder and Creative Director Edgardo Osorio stated at the launch of the pop-up store. Osorio states that travel is a big part of the brand, he describes the Aquazzura woman as someone, “who loves to travel and have fun and is the life of the party.”
With styles produced exclusively for Harrods in the lavish setting of the Knightsbridge store, shoppers at Harrods will be able to discover Aquazzura’s modern glamour designs and luxury craftsmanship.
The collection is available in–store and online at www.harrods.com/brand/aquazzura/womens