Katy Perry is expanding her footprint in the fashion world with the launch of a shoe collection done in partnership with Global Brands Group. Katy Perry
Footwear, which includes a range of sandals, sneakers, stilettos and
pumps designed to reflect Perry’s bold, colorful personal style, made
its debut at FFANY in New York earlier this month. The collection will
launch at retail in department and specialty stores as well as
e-commerce for spring 2017. Perry indicated that the shoe collection
could be the beginning of something bigger.
“It’s been a
creative goal of mine to be a real contributor in the affordable fashion
space,” said Perry. “Launching 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.”
Perry is known for her bold,
vampy, often cartoonish style, often wearing custom designs by Jeremy
Scott. Some of the materials used in Perry’s spring 2017 footwear
collection include lucite and vinyl, mixed with metallic and floral
prints. Prices range from $59 to $299.
Global Brands Group
Holding Ltd. licenses, manages and controls brands. Within its
portfolio are JLo by Jennifer Lopez, Sean John, David Beckham and Juicy
Couture, as well as Rachel Zoe for footwear, among others. The company
also has a venture brand management company with Creative Artists
Agency, called CAA-GBG Brand Management Group.
“In
addition to being one of the biggest music icons of today, Katy Perry is
an incredibly talented and creative individual, whose style and
confidence speak to women around the world,” said Jason Rabin, president
and chief marketing officer North America of Global Brands Group Holding Ltd.
This is Perry’s first fashion
venture, although she’s had a significant presence in the beauty and
fragrance world. She launched her first fragrance, Purr by Katy Perry,
in November 2010 with Nordstrom. Coty
acquired the Katy Perry fragrance license from Gigantic Parfums in
2012. She’s since launched Meow, Killer Queen, Royal Revolution, Mad
Potion and Mad Love. In April, Perry launched her first makeup line, the
Katy Kat Collection with CoverGirl.
In terms of market reach, Perry has 91.8 million Twitter followers. Her single “Rise” has been in continual play the past few weeks as NBC chose it as its official anthem for the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio.
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