Casadei FW24 at Milan Fashion Week

Casadei FW24 / Fall Winter 2024 at Milan Fashion Week entitled A DESIRE FOR LIGHTNESS

“The beauty of shoes, what causes women to dream, and makes them turn heads but also command respect, with a stiletto heel or even just a simple ballet flat”. These are the words of Cesare Casadei, Creative Director of the brand.

The new collection for the upcoming Casadei Fall Winter 2024 season is dedicated to all those women who love glamour that generates beauty.

Cesare Casadei creates footwear for women today: resourceful with clear goals in life. His work is marked by the celebration of women, of being able to wear a pair of sandals, slingbacks or boots, feeling perfectly at ease in any situation.

For Casadei Fall Winter 2024 collection, the focus is on five models that highlight the brand DNA.

STARDUST boots for Casadei FW24

Long and luminous fringes flutter on Stardust boots, marking the rhythm of your stride with the shimmer of their namesake. Fluid, harmonious, and hypnotic, they create a seductive wake of brilliance that make these boots perfect for a red carpet or showbiz event, for high society or rock’n’roll atmospheres. To create this extraordinary light effect on the boots, a haute couture design with a Blade heel, Casadei has used 150 strings of fringing, each embedded with rhinestones.

Multiple points of crystals create a sexy and magic look for women, also turning heads as Stardust boots stand out on all occasions. The fringes create a sparkling explosion reminiscent of Fellini’s “City of Women” backdrop as well as the poet Ungaretti’s famous verses “M’illumino d’immenso” (“I flood myself with light of the immense”). Paired with the shiny Stardust bag with luminescent fringes.

The MICHELLE platform shoe for Casadei FW24

This shoe is slender and streamlined, with a look that highlights proud and conscious femininity. And it’s no coincidence that it bears a female name, Michelle, embodying the spirit of a romantic but determined woman.

With a moderate platform sole of just one and half centimetres, and a 9-cm heel, this is an all-purposes shoe suitable for many different occasions, and for all-day wear from morning to evening.

The fine laces that fasten at the ankle offer another seductive detail. Michelle is a timeless model from the brand’s archives, well-loved by women for its capacity to always be in step with the times.

You choose it, you fall in love, and you never let it go. Colour options include the classic beige with black, but there’s a new addition to the palette: Lady Bug, a burgundy blending blue and violet. It’s back at Casadei in an ultra-modern version, to satisfy the new demands from women.

The CHARLIE boot for Casadei FW24

A homage to punk-rock culture, in a boot made with the highest level of artisan expertise. Two twists of chains, with hooks sewed into the leather, create a sort of choker for a bold detail that gives the boot a rebel look. Charlie offers the thrill of the non-conformist, with a boot that enjoys the highest artisan quality and a super-soft leather upper on an ultra-light sole.

The new SUPERBLADE for Casadei FW24

This is a real celebration of the Blade heel in a mirrored version, metallic and brilliant as befits a real limited edition. The Blade heel is enhanced with rhinestones in the same vibrant colours that highlight the length of the blade. Glamour is taken to the umpteenth degree by a variety of colours that dress up the heel in dazzling Platinum, Lipstick red, and a fuchsia rechristened as Inter Stellar Magenta. Sensational colours for special evenings.

The POLAR boot for Casadei FW24

This is a cocooning boot, enveloping, embracing and warming. A boot that makes walking a pleasure. In the mountains, after skiing, or in the city to tackle the winter chill, or as a simple aesthetic choice. Because Polar boots are in faux fur, made expertly by artisan furriers. And the double CC of the C-Chain (embodying the initials of Cesare Casadei) is inlaid into the fur, against a background of two bands of colour: Minou pink and Rodeo leather.

The same faux fur is featured in the CAMPIGLIO sabot clogs, decorated with rhinestones and pretty to wear in the house or outside, together with thick and colourful socks. They go well with bags that are also in faux fur, the iconic blade clutch and tote bag.

All this engenders a collection that allows women to dream and enjoy moments of pleasure, with small and big distractions in the unmistakeable style of Casadei. “We live in difficult times but we have the right to dream”, explains Cesare Casadei.

“And my contribution to women’s happiness comes with a cult object, the shoe, an object that defines the personality of a woman and accompanies her on a journey that lasts a lifetime. My biggest satisfaction comes from seeing a woman wearing one of my designs. She sees them in a shop window (or on the website), falls in love, tries them and buys them. And behind this choice there is always a bolt of lightning, total love at first sight, which makes women say ‘I like them. I want them’”.