Charlotte Olympia’s Travel and Africa inspired shoes

New York – Charlotte Olympia Dellal likes to keep things funky and fresh with her shoe
designs. This season, for her spring/summer 2016 collection, the shoe
designer looked to themes of travel. Dellal named the collection “I Married
Adventure,” after a memoir written by Osa Johnson, a woman who travelled
the world with her photographer husband in the early half of the twentieth
century.

Dellal, who was born in South Africa, really let her home continent come
through the designs with lots of leopard and zebra print. She even used one
non-endangered breed of snake for a handbag for this season’s collection.
Certain leather pieces were also stamped to resemble crocodile or ostrich.

Charlotte Olympia unveils latest collection

Many of the other designs outside of the realm of specifically referencing
Africa included a boxy clutch with travel stickers, shoes and bags covered
in maps, and a handbag shaped like a sun hat. In regards to her ability to
create such full themes for a collection, Dellal told fashionista.com that
“it happens naturally.” It’s quite the natural talent she has as she
manages to churn out cohesive collection after cohesive collection every
season.

For certain pieces, she tones down on the theme, for example one pair of
shoes has leopard print only on the inside of the sole so only the wearer
knows it’s there. This is meant to appeal to customers looking for more
conservative items, and not so much of the fashion flare stuff.

Dellal’s signature “Kitty” style is back at its finest, and this time in
the form of an espadrille flat. The “Kitty” style has become a major
signature of Olympia’s brand, and one of the most high in demand items by
her customers.

Earlier this year, Dellal made headway as she became one of the nine
designers who did their variation of Cinderella’s glass slipper for Saks’
Cinderella collaboration. The designer continues to prove time and time
again she has a new trick up her sleeve for every season. This latest
collection proves that Dellal doesn’t disappoint.