Angeline Tournier Launched Her First Ever Collection for Spring Summer 2006

Angeline Tournier Launched Her First Ever Collection for Spring Summer 2006
London based French-American footwear designer Angeline Tournier has launched her first ever collection for spring summer 2006.

The designer's debut collection was sold exclusively to prestigious Paris department store, Le Bon Marche and it is sold on-line at her web site.

Having studied shoe design at the prestigious Cordwainers College, Angeline went on to work for Matthew Williamson in accessories.

Prior to studying footwear, Angeline worked in the city as a lawyer for over seven years.

She was offered partnership at her law firm but turned it down to pursue her dream, a career in designing shoes.

Angeline's love of designing shoes stemmed from the fact she wears a size 42.5 (EU).

As her frustration grew with the lack of fashionable footwear in her size, she decided to set up a business designing and manufacturing shoes in sizes EU 36 to 44.

"I wanted to make fashionable shoes that all women could wear and for women with large feet not to feel they had to go to a marginalised specialist store to find average bland shoes in their size" says the designer.

Angeline designs on a larger last (EU 40) instead of the usual size 37 to ensure the shoe looks great on big or small feet.