Though it was originally worn by race-car drivers, Tod’s Gommino driving moccasin has become a beloved lazy-day staple synonymous with preppy, polished tomboy style. The recent launch of Tod’s Factory is revving up the classic—and the house itself.
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The series, which takes its name from Andy Warhol’s Factory collective, will see not just designers but photographers, filmmakers, and other visual artists applying their distinct vision to the Italian label. Up first: Alessandro Dell’Acqua. In September, the Rochas and N°21 designer debuted a pointy, ladylike hybrid of the Gommino and a penny loafer, along with eight other shoe styles and seven ready-to-wear pieces, in Paris. “In revisiting the moccasin, I focused on the play between masculine and feminine,” Dell’Acqua says. To wit, the rubber, pebble-soled kitten heels provide a delicate end note to the brand’s gamine patent-leather pedal pushers (as seen on campaign face Edie Campbell, right). Despite their posh Euro heritage, these are clothes—and shoes—for women who don’t dawdle in the slow lane.
This article originally appeared in the December 2018 issue of ELLE.