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After 20 years of making perfectly sweet lace-ups and slip-ons, Keds' is expanding it's look with eight Kate Spade designs. Look forward to stripes, polka dots, and gingham styles in classic pink and navy over a slightly pointed toe for that Oxford-tennis shoe hybrid look. Or go full classic with the shape that made Keds the Keds America knows and loves.
Ked's VP of marketing took the opportunity to name drop the brand's biggest endorsement right now, Taylor Swift, telling WWD, "We were shooting with Taylor a couple of weeks ago and she liked some of our collections that were heavy on pattern, so she'll adore [the Keds/Spade styles]." Casual. Get your girly patterned footwear on at Kate Spade and Nordstrom locations as well as on Nordstrom.com starting in February.
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