NEW YORK — Brown Shoe Co. Inc. said today that it has brought on Edmundo Castillo to serve as creative director of its Via Spiga brand.
Castillo’s first collections for the brand will make their debut for the fall 2012 season — and the CFDA Award-winning designer will head both creative and design responsibilities for Via Spiga, which includes six lines a year, and oversee the company’s licensees, ranging from handbags, eyewear, outerwear, hosiery, belts and men’s footwear.
“I have been following Edmundo’s work for years, and from my first meeting with him, I was certain that he was the one to fill the role as Via Spiga’s next creative director,” said Brown Shoe president Jay Schmidt. “Joining forces with a designer of his caliber will only take us further on our journey to elevate the Via Spiga brand, a key part of our contemporary fashion portfolio.”