Carla Truitt and Eight Royale: Fashionable, Foldable Comfort BY CRISTINA DEPTULA Flats with the elegance and ease of butterflies, for women to wear to the office, the symphony, a party, or a coffee shop
C arla Truitt’s beautiful mother, and other women in her life, inspire the designs she uses for Eight Royale’s foldable flats. “I’m surrounded by graceful, elegant, intelligent, talented, and beautiful ladies. These women will pull on an
be taken off, folded, and stored when needed. The idea for foldable shoes came from another source, as the Paris-loving Truitt explains on the brand’s website. On August 12, 1843, an incredible phenomenon was witnessed on the fashionable Rue Royale in the eighth arrondissement. The
Hermés scarf over a classic tee and jeans yet still dazzle with a vintage, black cocktail dress. I think of what they want to wear and design around them,” she says. BEAUTY, PRACTICALITY, AND COMFORT Eight Royale’s products are designed to combine practicality and comfort. After the personal disaster she’d dreaded for years, getting her stiletto heel caught in a Manhattan sewer grate on her way to an important business meeting, Truitt developed a line of shoes that can easily
Illustrated London News reported that “a vast cloud of
butterflies” of every color and shape had covered every lamppost and storefront on the street. Eight Royale’s shoes fold up and open again like the wings of butterflies. Truitt carefully researched the material used in her products before deciding on the design. “Our loyal customers will attest that our foldable flats unroll easily and are as soft as ballerina slippers. Because of
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