Isabel Toledo Releases Shoes and Handbags for Payless | Great Footwear, Shame About the Purses

Posted on: Aug 22

Isabel Toledo is preparing to launch her first collection of shoes and handbags for Payless Shoeshource. The affordable collection marries the designer's enthusiasm for art and fashion.

"The main inspiration for my first Payless collection was to create a line of shoes that I could wear on a daily basis and that would make a bold fashion statement, but also be very functional too," said Toledo. "I am a New Yorker and I walk all over the city and in the fall that means all sorts of bad weather. These shoes have a strong graphical tone, are fresh new essentials for every woman's fall closet, and are an affordable way to make a strong statement from the ground up."

On looking at the collection, it feels like Toledo has spent too much time on the shoes, leaving the bags as a mere afterthought. While the pumps, high heeled wedges, ankle booties, and flats and contemporary and stylish, the purses seem uninspired. Comparing this cheap looking Silver tote to the matching boot is a great example of what I'm talking about. What do you think?

The collection has enjoyed an early launch at Paris' Collette store ahead of its official debut at Payless stores across America on September 7.

[Source: The Glamazon Diaries]