Christian Louboutin x Idris & Sabrina Elba: Socially Conscious Fashion
The “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” Season III Collection is the latest collaboration between friends Christian Louboutin and Idris and Sabrina Elba and promotes empathy and equality.
Preconceived notions and judgments often create a space of difference and inequality. In such times, placing ourselves in the other person’s shoes becomes pivotal to understanding their perspective. Christian Louboutin’s collaboration with Idris and Sabrina Elba, for the third edition of their “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” (WAMIMS) capsule collection takes a fashionable and empathetic stance toward social equality.
“The Three Of Us Have Such Separate Identities, But With ‘walk A Mile In My Shoes,’ Our Vision Is Stronger When Connected, Which Is Beautifully Symbolized By The Braid.”
— Christian Louboutin
Drawing inspiration from African culture, the collection has braided details and a vibrant pattern incorporating the WAMIMS acronym. The braids also represent the three designers’ strong friendship while highlighting their Christian Louboutin unique self-expression.
“The three of us have such separate identities, but with ‘Walk a Mile in My Shoes,’ our vision is stronger when connected, which is beautifully symbolized by the braid,” said Louboutin.
On a much deeper level, the empathetic idea of walking in someone else’s shoes is connected to walking toward racial tolerance, an important conversation that began after the death of George Floyd in 2020.
In just the past two years the WAMIMS initiative has raised $2 million US for six charitable organizations that contribute to this same cause and are dedicated to promoting social equality and the creative growth of youth in the United States, U.K., France, Ghana, Somalia and Sierra Leone.
To ensure full and continuous support for these organizations, the WAMIMS initiative’s year-round profits are used to support this cause of empathy and equality. The collection is also raising funds for The Gathering for Justice, an American organization whose goal is to abolish child incarceration and address racial injustices that are widespread in the American legal system.
The “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” collection is available online and at some Christian Louboutin boutiques.
