Portuguese label Atelier do Sapato sought the inspiration for its 2010 Spring/Summer collection in Bedouin culture: layering, pleating and gathers serve as effective details here. Multi-layered and welt-sewn soles look brushed by a desert storm. Calfskin suede is supersoft like finest sand while imitation matt snakeskin looks sun-bleached.

Styles include hand-worked flat and high sandals with cork platforms and desert boots with crepe soles. The colour scheme features black, midnight blue, dark olive, denim nuances, different shades of sand and ivory.