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STYLE Edit: Alber Elbaz and Tod’s bring more Happy Moments with second drop

Tod’s collaborated with Alber Elbaz on the Happy Moments collection after Diego Della Valle, chairman and CEO of Tod’s Group, bonded with Elbaz over ‘food and fashion’.
Tod’s collaborated with Alber Elbaz on the Happy Moments collection after Diego Della Valle, chairman and CEO of Tod’s Group, bonded with Elbaz over ‘food and fashion’.
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The exclusive Tod’s x Elbaz collection, which includes shoes and accessories for men and women, launched in July

If you missed the launch of Tod’s Happy Moments collaboration with Alber Elbaz, you will be pleased to hear that the cheerful capsule collection is set for a second drop in September.

When Happy Moments do come, we need to embrace them, cherish them and remember them
Alber Elbaz, fashion designer

The exclusive Tod’s x Elbaz collection, which includes shoes and accessories for men and women, launched in July.

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The Tod’s x Elbaz collection launched in July.
The Tod’s x Elbaz collection launched in July.

Elbaz, Lanvin’s artistic director from 2001 to 2015, is the second designer to collaborate with Tod’s at the T Factory, the Italian brand’s “lab” initiative that tests new ideas and creative partnerships.

The idea of celebrating different moments in life was a driving inspirational force for the idiosyncratic designer.

Tod’s collaborated with Alber Elbaz on the Happy Moments collection.
Tod’s collaborated with Alber Elbaz on the Happy Moments collection.

When asked why Elbaz chose this cheerful theme for his capsule collection with Tod’s, the Moroccan-Israeli designer said: “We all need a bit of happiness in our lives … And today more than ever.

“My initial intuition was simply to make people happy in different moments of their lives, or just different times of the day.”

The Happy Moments collection reinterprets Tod’s iconic driving shoe, a classic moccasin with a signature rubber pebble outsole.
The Happy Moments collection reinterprets Tod’s iconic driving shoe, a classic moccasin with a signature rubber pebble outsole.

Elbaz had Anna Wintour and the late Franca Sozzani, former editor-in-chief at Vogue Italia, to thank for meeting Diego Della Valle, chairman and CEO of Tod’s Group. Like all great partnerships, Elbaz and Della Valle bonded over “food and fashion”, said the designer. The pair visited T Factory later and set about planning their first collaboration.