Seventies cinematic icons continue to inspire the Jimmy Choo Spring Summer 2012 Collection. Think Anouk Aimée from the film Justine with her sultry glamour and insouciant style. The direction is decidedly sporty, loose and eclectic with tribal and artisanal touches. Her evenings are glittering with disco finishes of mirror leather, lucite and crystals.

Sportswear influences manifest in Justine, a new handbag with slouch appeal in unstructured calf. Variations of the luscious leather bag reveal an unzipped front pocket exposing a hidden flash of textured python in bright colours of yellow, coral and jade. This relaxed utilitarian shape continues in softly unstructured clutches luxuriously accented with python.

The sportif journey continues with Tailor, a perforated mesh lace-up atop a cork wedge with sneaker-style stripe. Volume and colour are dramatically expressed with wedge Leora covered in suede, and Letita, a double-buckle coloured opanca platform sandal on a 145 mm heel. Casual days strolling are spent in cork wedge sandals or Venetian slippers, this season’s chic flat.

Jimmy Choo continues to draw inspiration from the 70s, with slight touches of tribal and a little bit of disco

The tribal and ethnic are woven in literally and decoratively into the collection. Animal print and exotics, a Jimmy Choo signature, extend through in leopard print, crocodile, python and elaphe. Cording, braiding, patchwork and tassels bring to light an artisanal hand. Hand-woven in leather macrame, the Iris sandal is embellished with multi-coloured resin ornaments, an ode to the magpie style of fashion innovator and doyenne of ethnic embellishment, Iris Apfel.

The Jimmy Choo muse always has glittering evenings planned, and this season’s collection references 70s disco with strappy sandal Thunder in cobalt, violet and Klein blue crocodile. Lucite wedge Inga sandals evoking graphic mod design are poised for the dance floor, accompanied by Lucite box clutch Cadence, attached by chain link wristcuff.

W: jimmychoo.com