When you make it in music, you won’t know it by the Grammys you win or the other artists aching to collaborate with you. Nowadays, as with several other career paths, the sign you are successful is when you come out with another album…along with a fashion line.
Since fashion lines from songstresses aren’t anything new, some are focusing just on certain areas of fashion for their first run. And what’s a simple and fun item to create a fashion line around? If you’re a female, shoes, of course!
Brown Shoe Co. recently collaborated with singer Fergie and her footwear collection was unveiled at FFANY in June. Fergie described her line as a mix of “hip-hop, everyday casual and high fashion with an edge” to Footwear News on June 2. Carlos Santana, Jessica Simpson and Gwen Stefani haven’t received a bad mark yet on their footwear designs. I know I wouldn’t mind buying a few myself – this shoe by Santana is just plain hot, Simpson makes some sexy booties and open-toed oxfords, and Stefani obviously channeled her Harijuku girls and anime when designing this shoe.
There are other musicians out there with fashion lines (Justin Timberlake’s William Rast jeans, for example) but shoes seems to be the smart and safe way to break into the fashion business.
