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Florsheim by Duckie Brown steps into women’s shoes

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While I was in Paris to see the men’s fall and winter 2011-2012 runway collections, I popped into the Capsule show (a showcase for fashion brands that’s organized in a trade-show-booth format ) to get an early look at the collections brands would be showing during the upcoming New York Fashion Week in mid-February.

That’s where I discovered that for fall, the Florsheim by Duckie Brown men’s footwear line would be expanding its footwear offerings to include two styles of women’s shoes.

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At launch, the women’s collection will include a brogue (set to retail around $415) and a saddle shoe ($300), with each style available in about a half-dozen colors. Among the most eye-catching on display were the metallic brogues (pewter or gold) and a black saddle shoe with a perforated lace design.

The collaboration between the Florsheim footwear brand and Duckie Brown designers Daniel Silver and Steven Cox also plans to add a line of brightly colored socks to the product mix for fall and winter 2011.

-- Adam Tschorn, reporting from Paris

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