Temperley London and Giuseppe Zanotti unveil 25th-anniversary footwear capsule

Temperley London is no longer treating anniversary dressing as a one-night affair. The British label has stepped into footwear with Giuseppe Zanotti, unveiling a tightly edited capsule of heels, flats and sandals that pushes the brand deeper into accessories, where frequency, margin and visibility all look better than waiting for the next formal invitation.

The lineup is small but pointed: black satin slingbacks with a crystal-and-gold ankle strap, plus strappy gold leather sandals finished with crystal accents. Prices run from £495 to £1,200, a range that puts the collaboration squarely in the luxury occasion space, but with enough breadth to catch a wider customer than a single red-carpet moment. The shoes were made in Zanotti’s Italian ateliers, which matters here. Temperley is not just borrowing a famous name for sparkle; it is using specialist footwear craft to make the leap from dress-driven brand to a fuller lifestyle proposition.

That shift has been building since Times Square Group LLC took a majority stake in November 2023. The company said the investment would support a growth plan that includes a new London flagship and international expansion, while Temperley London has been explicit about moving into bags, shoes, ready-to-wear, accessories and swimwear. In other words, the shoe capsule is not a side quest. It is a test case for how far the house can stretch beyond occasionwear without losing the romantic, bohemian identity Alice Temperley built when she launched the label in 2000 after graduating from the Royal College of Art.

The collaboration also makes sense on the brand side of the ledger. Temperley London has long sold a world, not just clothes, built on craftsmanship, storytelling, responsible practices and that softly rebellious English-countryside-meets-evening glamour. Footwear sharpens that language. A good shoe can do what a gown cannot: enter the wardrobe on repeat, anchor tailoring, finish a party look, and signal taste from the ground up. For a house trying to broaden its lifestyle footprint, that is commercial gold.

Sarita Jha, Temperley’s CEO, framed the partnership as a meeting of two globally recognized brands built on creativity, craftsmanship and enduring luxury. Giuseppe Zanotti brought his own calling card, the clash of Temperley’s romantic elegance with his more disruptive footwear instinct. Alice Temperley said the project answered a long search for shoes that could sit alongside her tailoring and eveningwear, and the capsule’s timing, as the brand marks 25 years, turns that search into strategy. With Alice Temperley still creative director and Luca Donnini still chief executive officer, the message is clear: Temperley is not just celebrating a milestone. It is using it to widen the house.