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Article: NINE LIVES; WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC NATURE AND MODERN SENSIBILITY, NINE WEST CREATIVE DIRECTOR FRED ALLARD AIMS TO KEEP WOMEN AU COURANT.(dialogue with Fred Allard)(Interview)
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- Footwear News
- Article date:
- June 4, 2007
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Byline: Tatianna Beedar
10:24 AM: I arrive at 1411 Broadway, where I meet Fred Allard, creative director of Nine West Footwear and Accessories. Flanked by his team of accessories designers, Allard is selecting fabric for the upcoming collection. He is interested in some yellow and green canvas, and gets particularly excited over some embossed and printed cork swatches.
10:43 AM: Allard gives me a tour of the newly remodeled design floors. He shows me the inspiration closet, filled to the brim with assorted shoes and accessories that he and his staff have collected from around. Allard emerges with a vintage pair of YSL espadrilles.
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