Popular sports brand Lacoste has unveiled a new limited edition shoe collection, created in collaboration with award-winning architect Zaha Hadid, reports The Luxury Blog.
In 2008, Lacoste unveiled the project during the Frieze Art Fair in London, but back then the designs were still at the experimental stage. Now that the collection is completed, the brand is presenting its unique finished products.
The shoes have a bi-stable snapping metal band clasp at the top of the leather strap. The band wraps and secures itself to the wearer, at ankle height for men’s shoes, and at knee height for women’s shoes.
“The design expression behind the collaboration with Lacoste footwear allows the evolution of dynamic fluid grids,” said Hadid. “When wrapped around the shape of a foot, these expand and contract to negotiate and adapt to the body ergonomically. In doing so a landscape emerges, undulating and radiating as it merges seamlessly with the body.”
Only 850 pairs will be made, selling at exclusive retailers such as Colette in Paris, Dover Street Market in London and 10 Corso Como in Milan. In Hong Kong they will be available at D-MOP and J-01.