Casablanca Teams Up With Ancient Greek Sandals on Shoe Capsule for Fall 2024

Casablanca debuted a new shoe collaboration with Ancient Greek Sandals during its Grecian themed fall/winter 2024 runway presentation in Paris on Wednesday.

According to the Paris-based brand it has teamed up with Ancient Greek Sandals on a range of six men’s styles and two women’s styles that reimagine the footwear brand’s signature silhouettes. The range features embroidered laurels and shearing details across a number of styles and will be available for purchase later this year.

In a virtual walkthrough in late January, Casablanca art director Steve Grimes, who heads up the footwear design for the fashion label, previewed the new shoe collection for FN.

“It’s been fun is trying to winterize a bit the some of that classic sandal styles for this project,” Grimes told FN. “So, one of the things we’re working on is a neoprene boots that’s water resistant, but has details that follow the leather straps seen in the sandals, so it has that feeling of being a Greek sandal, but as a boot. And then, particularly for men’s, we’ve got some more classic styles, some with shearling linings that are a bit more cozy.”

This new collaboration comes as Grimes and Casablanca founder and creative director Charaf Tajer focused on growing the footwear category.

Casablanca officially launched its first in-house shoe in November 2022. The Parisian brand, which before the launch had a steady footwear collaboration with New Balance, stepped out on its own for the first time with its Atlantis sneaker. The style remains a core part of the company’s sneaker business, with new colorways added each season. In November 2023, Casablanca launched its second trainer – the retro tennis inspired Court sneaker.

As for Ancient Greek Sandals, the 12-year-old brand is steadily growing. In June, the made in Greece footwear brand debuted its first men’s collection with an event during Pitti Uomo. Launching for spring 2024, the men’s collection includes refined leather flip flops, suede two-strap designs, slides and leather fisherman sandals.