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— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) August 16, 2016
Katy Perry is following in the footsteps of fellow musicians Jessica Simpson, Gwen Stefani and Jennifer Lopez and launching her very own line of shoes. She introduced the line at the Fashion Footwear Association of New York earlier this month. The 31-year-old singer, who is no stranger to eclectic fashion, promises a collection that brings her off-the-wall aesthetic to your tootsies. Judging from the sketches and the fact that she mixing lucite, vinyl and wild embellishments in floral and animal prints in the footwear, you can pretty much guarantee you wonât be wearing these to the office.
Katy is pairing with Global Brands Group to launch the reasonably-priced collection (if you consider $59 – $299 reasonable), creatively called Katy Perry Footwear. The manufacturer has previously collaborated with Jennifer Lopez, Sean John and David Beckham. The shoes will hit shelves in Spring of next year, as Katy revealed in a tweet posted on Monday.
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— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) August 15, 2016
The âRiseâ singer, who has dabbled in perfume and cosmetics in the past, hinted to Womenâs Wear Daily that this collection could be the start of some sort of fashion empire:
âItâs been a creative goal of mine to be a real contributor in the affordable fashion space,â said Perry. âLaunching a footwear collection felt like a natural first step for me. After years of investigating and researching partnerships to find the right fit for the debut of my line, I found that Global Brands most resonated with my artistic ideas. They understand my vision, my eye for detail, and have the international reach and resources to bring my canvas of ideas to life.â
Some sketches from the new collection, which also includes sandals and sneakers, have been posted online and they certainly scream Katy Perry. The race car-inspired shoe I could only see wearing at a Halloween party and the juryâs out on the white shoe with the multi-colored star accents – more so because with all of those stars, they look like mini torture chambers for your feet or, as I like to call them, âsitting down shoes.â I do have to admit that I kind of like the blue fringed heel mule. Iâm a sucker for that cobalt blue shade. If she doesnât do a (left) shark shoe, I will be slightly disappointed.
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At least finally a shoe that isnt boring but wtf with every show needing to be 6+ inches high thats so not comfortable. If u go to buy shoes u either have flats or 6+ inches as if there is nobmiddle ground so annoying
Can I point you in the direction of Irregular Choice shoes? đ I don’t work for them, I just f*cking love them. Definitely not boring and not all six-inch stilettos either.
Oh my God I just went to a flash sale in Harajuku on vacation and I SO WANTED THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND TEACUP HEELS! Unfortunately size 40 something just doesn’t exist over there. đ
The Alice In Wonderland shoes are gorgeous! I’d shell out for those if only they were just “inspired by Alice In Wonderland” instead of being related to those bloody awful films. đ
Some things make me feel old. Weirdly, heel height is one of them. When I was a kid, think 90s, 3″ was “the high heel” and 4″ would be the crazy high heel. Now you can barely find a cute “mid-heel” at 3.5″ in stores.
Seriously? Let’s work together people. Can’t cute shoes come in all heights?
Yes please!!! At 5’9 this girl needs just a little more and call me crazy but I like to actually be able to walk too, lucky for me Jimmy Choo has my back but there should be more awsome sexy shoes at 3-4 inches! (another kid of the 90s đ
Apparently, we’re not supposed to walk. My city has brick and cobblestone sidewalks. I shake my head whenever I see someone trying to walk around in a pair of very high heels. The shoes and the ankles do not fare well.
Also it looks ridiculous like a wounded baby giraffe kinda walk not so sexy
Those taxi shoes are a knock off. Kate Spade maybe. Probably not going to go away from the standard brands here.
Late Spade two years ago.
I can see only a select few women buying these shoes. The look like something the younger set might get hooked into. However, I don’t think they scream comfort in any way. Quite the opposite. It’ll be interesting to see the sale outcome with them. Perhaps people will buy them just because they are KP’s.
“Launching a footwear collection felt like a natural first step for me.” Groan.
Bunny rabbits. And eyes. Because with upskirting being a concern, we need shoes with eyes looking up our skirts too. And those taxi shoes have been done before.
The shoes with the thick tiled heel in the link photo are cute.
I’m not her target market but even if I was I wouldn’t go out of my way to find them. Most celeb partnership brands seem cheesy to me, the most recent ones I’ve seen being Carrie Underwood workout wear and Daisy Fuentes stuff at Kohls. I get weird secondhand embarrassment from them.
When my mom downsized she gave me some kitchen stuff. I liked these orange mixing bowls, until I turned them over and saw the name Paula Deen stamped on the bottom. Ugh.
I’m the same way. If it’s got some celebritie’s brand on it I immediately like the thing way less. Isn’t that weird? Like why should it matter if the thing is good? But it does. Maybe because I don’t want to be associated with said person or enjoy the idea that it looks like I’m buying the thing because it’s “made” by that person.
I do have 2 of Katy’s lipsticks. And I quite like them :S
I hope she does a special Orlando paddle board pair, where the heels are shaped like…well you know what..
*coffee snort* Thanks, shelly
More unnecessary crap shilled by famous people. So annoying đ
Why not? So many celebs has their own line of something these days. Katy is pretty succesful at what she does, so why not also her?
Damn! I cant get the pics of her shoes, on my phone.
The second picture in the sketches, the blue one with the fringe, I need it. Also, the stars one could be really cute if the colors aren’t too obnoxious.
I love the fact that they’re all high. I can’t manage to walk in anything under 3.5-4 for some reason, and cannnnnooootttt do platform shoes at all.
I like the race car shoes and would totally buy them. Granted I am an unabashed F1 lover and already have a massive shoe collection, so they would be at home with some of the off the wall ones I already have.
The wearing of odd shoes for work is something I do often. I wear business suits 99% of the time, in black, grey, dark blue, etc, and it would be a safe bet that there is a bright, cool pair of shoes on my feet. I can’t help it. All the suits may make it easy to pick an outfit in the AM but I need a bit of fun in my day and my shoes are it. The race car shoes would get worn the weekend of the Montreal F1 race.
Corny Shoes, but then you’d be going for that aesthetic if you are after a “Katy Perry Shoe”
Hahahahah. Exactly my thoughts.
I’m definitely out of her demographic but I can’t help but wonder who would honestly buy those shoes and where the hell would you wear them?
I wouldn’t buy these ones specifically, but darn if I haven’t bought a buttload of ridiculous shoes in my time. They are perfect for enlivening a tedious office job, I swear. Wild shoes pair well with dull workwear (what else is a unicorn-head-heeled-shoe or a green-mermaid-scale-boot going to go with except basic black?!), it’s better than a boring pair of courts, you can hide the feet under your desk all day if the bosscomes by and you don’t want to draw attention to the fact that you’ve done all your work by 10am and are just emailing friends to bitch about the people you work with, and if you’re sitting down all day, heel height isn’t an issue (so long as you don’t land on your arse between the car and the lift and the coffee machine)…
Cheap and nasty. Ugly shoes too.
Already a flop.
my automatic visceral response to these shoes is, ‘too young for me.’
However, I’ve gained a few millenial female coworkers as of late and I’m charmed. In many ways they are ‘old soul’ and choose comfortable flats for work (while I still toddle it out in my heels), wear less makeup, simple hair, aren’t all up in their looks and appearance (as I admittedly was when I was their age and perhaps still am).
I guess my question is….who is going to wear these shoes??? Lol.
My opinion is that when supposed musicians get their mogul on by launching these silly products, they are doing it to secure their future because they know they don’t have enough musical talent to skate on. Anyone who does this is not a real musician, they’re just professional celebrities.
So is Paul Newman not a real actor since he had a salad dressing line? Is George Foreman not a real athlete for having a grill line?
What a silly point of view.
It’s kind of both, but I admit I’d consider the taxi shoes because I find them delightfully tacky.