Ravel has announced its collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum. The partnership sees the creation of an exclusive collection inspired by the V&A’s archive of distinctive and popular 20th century textile designs. Created for SS17, the capsule collection of four classic styles includes a heeled court, a block heeled sandal, a summer wedge and a structured flat. The collection is based around a striking floral and geometric print – both hand selected from the museum’s rich archive, by the Ravel and V&A team. Taking influence from the ‘70s, a decade when Ravel was Carnaby Street’s footwear destination, this range features fun, bright prints by Mary Yonge (1908–2010) that reflect Ravel’s renowned sharp sense of style. Yonge taught at the Central School of Arts and Design and had a long and successful career designing bold fashion and furnishing prints for the major textile manufacturers of the time. Yonge’s striking textiles have been injected into the Ravel SS17 collection, including a brightly coloured pattern, composed of densely-packed flowers in pink and red paint, against an orange background, also composed of petal-like shapes. The Ravel design team worked closely with the V&A to retain the authenticity of the original printed fabrics and designs, and each pattern has been artfully re-imagined.

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