New Louboutin designs combat racial injustice
Paris-based luxury footwear designer Christian Louboutin has teamed up with British actor Idris Elba and Mr Elba’s wife, Somalian-American model Sabrina Dhowre Elba, on a capsule dedicated to raising money for charities engaged in preventing racial injustice.
The collection, titled Walk a Mile in My Shoes, will launch on June 16, roughly a year since the friends first began working together in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. (The Elbas had subsequently participated in an Instagram Live with Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi, which Mr Louboutin tuned into.)
Visual interpretations of the plant Mandela’s Gold, named after former South African president Nelson Mandela, feature on various styles, including the designer’s So Kate pump and Vieira tennis shoe.
