Zalando taps Marni for footwear collaboration

E-tailer Zalando has teamed with luxury Italian design house Marni on a new footwear collection.

According to a report in WWD, the collaboration comprises 19 styles in collections for both men and women, Marni has taken four key Zalando brands for the collaboration and put its own twist on iconic styles from Doctor Martens, Reebok, Timberland and Vans.

Images on Zalando's Instagram account, accompanied with the hashtag #StepIntoMARNI, give a sneak peek of what to expect from the range, which includes new leather textures, a subdued color palette of beige, black, white and olive, and Marni's signature fringe detailing.

Priced between 130 euros to 200 euros, the collection will launch exclusively on the e-tail site October 27.