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Byline: Irini Arakas
This one has it!" says Edmundo Castillo, plunking down a $13,000 glam-rock grape-colored crocodile riding boot. "A woman walked into the Paris store, bought the boot and the $12,000 bag to match. She just had to have it." The 39-year-old, who became design director of Sergio Rossi in November 2004, after being named a finalist for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund prize, has one thing on his mind. "My main objective is to drive foot fetishists and shoe obsessives crazy. I have spent hours perfecting a peep toe that reveals just the right amount of toe cleavage to make my fans absolutely mad."
This fall, Castillo debuts his first full collection for Sergio Rossi. In a season filled with luxe jewel tones, Castillo's Art Nouveau-inspired offerings have all the components to make a shoe lover genuflect: boots in glowing amethysts and deep azaleas, glossy purple patent leathers, silver paillettes, gold-chain links. . . . "When I arrived at Sergio ...