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"   Photo: Melissa  Brazilian shoe brand Melissa has collaborated with a diverse group of designers, from Jason Wu and Vivienne Westwood to Jean Paul Gaultier and Gareth Pugh. The latest creative mind in the hot seat? One of its country&amp;#039;s own: Up-and-coming Brazilian designer Pedro Louren\u00E7o. &amp;quot;Melissa invited me to design a shoe with total freedom... I was immediately excited with all the possibilities plastic has to offer,&amp;quot; says Louren\u00E7o. &amp;quot;I always loved the idea of creating a product that can be produced and ready to use straight from a machine\u2014the complete opposite of what I do. Plastic gave me the possibility to create shapes and three-dimensional effect without seams or apparent fusion.&amp;quot; The collaboration produced two shoes: the Melissa Number N\u00B0 1 + Pedro Louren\u00E7o ankle strap heel ($175), which hits stores in November, and the Melissa Divine + Pedro Louren\u00E7o ballet flats ($90), which debut in July at the new Melissa Galeria in New York (102 Greene Street); both come in a number of colors, including pink, black, blue, and yellow. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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