In celebration of Manolo Blahnik’s mastery over shoe design, we’ve asked the designer to collaborate with similarly skilled luxury brands in other product categories. These exclusive items exhibit Blahnik’s signature savoir-faire and inimitable taste as a doyen of fashion.
Click on each brand to discover Manolo’s collaborative designs.
The Manolo Blahnik and Globe-Trotter collaboration represents the designer’s love for the English heritage brand. These complex fibreboard trunks accompany the designer on his world travels, and were specially created with two-tone stripes and custom lining made from Liberty of London’s art fabrics. Forty cases of each style were created, to mark Blahnik’s forty-year anniversary.
As a hand is to a glove, what a foot is to a shoe, Manolo Blahnik’s collaboration with French glove atelier, Causse, seems to be the most fitting. Known for their rich history in producing luxe gloves, Causse worked with Blahnik to create these chic leather confections in seven different styles.
Olmetto and Manolo Blahnik recreated illustrations from Blahnik’s personal archive – spanning from his first-ever shoe designed for the late British designer Ossie Clark to his most recent Spring/Summer 2012 collection – on fine silk scarves. The Como-based manufacturer represents the very best in a long-tradition of Italian silk production.
With its master engravers in Paris, who laboriously hand-etch designs on steel, Connor, the New York-based stationer produces elevated and elegant stationery. Having interpreted Manolo Blahnik’s sketches in a relevantly modern way, the Connor collaboration represents the best of two worlds. Visit our ifc mall store in Hong Kong to see the engraving plates used to create Manolo’s Connor designs.
The idea for Manolo Blahnik to create Fortnum & Mason hampers stemmed from the designer’s love for the English department store’s biscuits (specifically, Eve’s Plum) and tea. Bringing a luxury stock of gourmet foods to Asia, these picnic hampers include Blahnik’s favourite eats, in addition to an engraved luggage tag.
Artel crafts some of the finest glassware today. At its heart, is a group of Czech artisans who preserve storied technique and tradition while creating each modern Artel piece. Translating Blahnik’s holy heels – which were sandblasted and engraved by hand – into coloured glass, the collection is a timeless addition to any fashion lover’s home.
