Jimmy Choo's Sandra Choi has tapped South Korea's super celebrity stylist YK Jeong. The result: a glowing capsule collection, The Highlighted. Keen to break gender-boundaries, iconic styles like the Unisex Diamond have been given vibrant neon coats. The duo tell us more about the collection below...

How did this collab come about?

Sandra: We met through a television show. We have one shoe &ndash; the anthracite glitter Abel &ndash;&nbsp;that was featured in the television series, My Love From The Star. Having grown up in the Far East as a child, I know what TV means to Asian culture. My Love From The Star just blew up &ndash; and the shoe sold out. When I visited Seoul for the very first time, YK hosted a dinner for me and that was when I actually got to meet his friends. It was amazing how the people around the table were interior designers, illustrators, jewellers, art curators, and fashion designers. I loved this whole hub, this community, and everything that was going on.&nbsp;

YK: For me, I&#39;ve liked <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/call-of-the-wild-jimmy-choo-spring-summer-2020">Jimmy Choo</a> for years&nbsp;&ndash; since it was launched in South Korea, I&#39;ve styled many Korean stars with the shoes. When the Diamond range was launched in South Korea last year, Sandra came to Seoul. We had dinner and were able to have a deeper conversation&nbsp;&ndash; and I wanted to explore the idea of a collaborative range with Sandra. So that&#39;s how we met, and began to work together.&nbsp;

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Why did you decide to use anthracite glitter Abel in My Love From The Star?

YK: For this drama, the scene where the shoes appear was a very important part of the storyline. I remember watching Sex in The City, the series as well as the films&nbsp;&ndash; and it&#39;s actually through the series that I learnt more about Jimmy Choo and their styles and silhouettes. I was looking for that shoe. So it was an obvious choice for me to have Jimmy Choo in the scene.&nbsp;

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YK, what made you want to work on this capsule?

YK: When I style actresses and stars for red carpet events or television, I realised that over 70 per cent of my shoes of choice were Jimmy Choo. They are the perfect way to finish the look&nbsp;&ndash; my go-to. So it is natural for me to want to work with Sandra and Jimmy Choo.&nbsp;

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Tell us more about the specifics of the collection.&nbsp;

Sandra: It&#39;s based on unique Jimmy Choo silhouettes, our core. So, in the collection, we included the Diamond, which has a recognisable silhouette that has made an important mark in the sneaker world. We also have a pump, which we&#39;re known for&nbsp;&ndash; it&#39;s the silhouette that launched us in South Korea. And on the other hand, we&#39;re also experimenting! We discovered new styles, the bloafer design is a first for me. A loafer without a back, a backless loafer. Did you know that is called bloafer? On the Diamond, we have respected the shape, but we&#39;re giving her some light, some luminescence.&nbsp;

YK: The Diamond sneaker, for me, represents a new luxury, so I wanted this collaboration piece to cross over between casual and luxury. Right now, I&#39;m wearing a tailored suit but I&#39;m wearing the Diamond sneakers. This style is appropriate for both sportwear and suits. And it&#39;s a unisex item for both women and for men. What we added were vibrant colours&nbsp;&ndash; for this collection, I wanted to focus on real pops of neon colour. I thought of a diamond being a shining stone that has a different light to it from day to night. The clarity is a little bit different in each one. So I wanted to express that concept through the neon. I wanted the shoes to glow, to shine, and to really stand out.&nbsp;

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Some of the styles in the collection are unisex...

YK: These days, when I think about trends, rather than defining a certain look, I think that things are very spontaneous. And I think it is really important to not limit, especially around gender. I think the gender boundary has already been broken. I really think of this collection&nbsp;&ndash; with the sneakers, the bloafer&nbsp;&ndash; as something that doesn&#39;t have any boundaries.&nbsp;

Sandra: As a brand, I think what is important for us is not to restrain ourselves. Who&#39;s to say that a boy can&#39;t wear pink? Today is about the future, about making things that give people choice.

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You&#39;re based in different parts of the world. Was that a challenge?

Sandra: Technology helps. A lot of emails, WhatsApp messages, and then YK got on a plane to London!

YK: London is my favourite city in the world, and I wanted to come and see Sandra in London, in the HQ of Jimmy Choo where she actually designs the collection.&nbsp;

Sandra: We video-conference, we email. It&#39;s one of those things that is very feasible today with technology. Because the mindset is there, if we want to do something we&#39;ll get to it. Nothing is impossible.&nbsp;

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First seen in the <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/love-makes-the-world-go-round-l-officiel-singapore-s-february-issue-is-out-now">February 2020</a> issue of L&#39;Officiel Singapore

When Everything Is A Highlight: Jimmy Choo X YK Jeong

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