The New CHARLES & KEITH x Coco Capitán Capsule Collection In Singapore Features Whimsical Art On Bags & Shoes

By Karmen on 15 Jun 2022

Digital Editor

The fashion world, from high end designers to fast fashion labels, has often taken inspiration from art. Take the UNIQLO X Louvre Museum collection from last year. This time, the art and fashion worlds collide in the CHARLES & KEITH x Coco Capitán capsule collection.

Renowned for her poetic musings and artwork, the Spanish-born artist has created art that has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the world. Her collaboration with CHARLES & KEITH features two pieces, a bag and a pair of shoes, in androgynous and structured silhouettes and covered with her art. The brand's usual san-serif logo has also been given a Capitán-style treatment with her signature handwriting.

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Inspired by the childlike innocence of the game "He loves me, he loves me not," the Perline Penny Loafers ($139) has blue daisies stitched on classic black loafers alongside Capitán's handwritten prose, "Loves Me Blue, Love Me Blue Not."

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The charming daisies also cover one side of the Double Handle Sculptural Tote Bag ($109), and on the other side is a short poem telling a hopeful tale of a solitary blue flower blooming through concrete.

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Notice the uneven stitching of the daisies and letters. This is a deliberate choice to give the wearer of the shoes and a bags the feeling of owning a personalised piece.