MILAN — Blumarine’s creative director Nicola Brognano gave into the collaboration temptation, developing a capsule collection with hip Japanese shoe brand Suicoke.

Marking Blumarine’s first tie-up within the category since Brognano joined the brand in 2019, the road reimagines Suicoke’s signature Moto slides, best known for his or her chunky band embellished with double straps. The Italian designer added a glittery touch to the cozy and functional design, rendering the shoe upper in satin and covering straps in rhinestones. A co-branded jacquard label finishes off the style.

Brognano said he has “all the time admired the values ​​of the Suicoke brand since its inception,” which dates back to 2006, and believes the results of the joint effort “reflects the ever-increasing attention towards utility styles, but without renouncing a powerful fashion content.”

Rendered in pink or black, the slides are available flat or wedged versions, retailing at 350 euros and 390 euros, respectively. Dropped this week, the capsule collection is offered at Blumarine’s e-commerce in addition to at a number of retailers including LuisaViaRoma, Modes, Harvey Nichols, Mytheresa and Ssense, amongst others.

That is the newest in a series of collaborations Suicoke has championed throughout the years, encompassing those with cutting-edge fellow Japanese brands Takahiromiyashita The Soloist, Bape, Doublet and Fumito Ganryu; luxury labels comparable to Missoni, Moncler, Lanvin and Alanui, and specialists like workwear brand Carhartt WIP and footwear corporations Marsèll and Dr. Martens. The brand also linked with artist Daniel Arsham.

As reported, last yr Suicoke’s collaboration frenzy also targeted processes on top of products, because the brand expanded its link with sole maker Vibram for a program enabling customers to have their worn-out Suicoke styles repaired using Vibram’s signature rubber soles.