After linking up with Beijing-based jewelry brand Yvmin in May, Charles & Keith is doubling down on the creative collaboration front with the launch of a capsule collection with PH5, the New York-based knitwear brand cofounded by Zoe Champion and Wei Lin.
First teased during PH5’s spring 2025 runway show during New York Fashion Week, the collaboration highlights PH5’s signature digital wave motif and is meant to celebrate the “fluidity of natural elements and the ebb and flow of the current digitized landscape,” said Charles & Keith, the Singaporean footwear label, in a statement.
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The collection will be available to pre-order from June 24 to 30 and officially launch July 1 at designated stores and online.
The trio of footwear styles, including a nylon wave-hem sculptural-heel sandal, gradient wave slip-on mules, and mesh gradient mary jane sneakers, is meant to lend a sense of play to urban dressing. The sandals, which come with fully padded gradient insoles, were a detail that cofounder Wei Lin was especially passionate about incorporating. “It’s a direct nod that reflects our roots at PH5,” Lin said.
For the PH5 designers, who have never designed footwear before, the collaboration was a lesson in how to “achieve the perfect gradient effect on the shoe uppers,” said Lin.
The collection also includes a gradient knotted crescent hobo bag, recycled polyester knitted wave-hem crop tops, and a reversible headband made with the same fabric.
“I believe we’ve created a collection that feels future-ready yet intimately grounded, functional, expressive, and entirely fresh,” said Lin.
The campaign, set against a gradient backdrop, echoes the collection’s tonal hues in green and purple and blue.
To mark the launch, Charles & Keith will stage immersive store takeovers at major retail destinations, such as Ngee Ann City and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, the Shibuya flagship in Japan, Central World in Bangkok, and City Mall in Tbilisi, Georgia.