Despite the region’s generalised consumption slump, Italian luxury footwear brand René Caovilla, which generates 79% of its revenue outside its home country, still firmly believes in the Asian market.
 

René Caovilla recently opened a flagship store in Hong Kong, inside the prestigious Harbour City Mall, and on February 20 opened a pop-up store in Bangkok at the Central Embassy, Thailand’s premier luxury shopping destination, adding to the store already active in the city’s Central Chidlom district. The brand also has set its sights on other South-East Asian countries which have shown an interest in its products, like Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
 
In 2024, René Caovilla performed very positively in the e-tail channel, which posted a 33% revenue growth over 2023 and accounted for 12% of total revenue.

At the recently concluded Milan Fashion Week Women, the brand presented its new collection, ‘The Golden Era’, with golden details centre-stage. The label’s iconic Cleo model features in a version enhanced by a golden pattern inspired by couture ateliers, as do the two new ballet flats, and the mule and slingback models, enriched with a motif made with hand-set crystals, in a nod to exotic destinations.
 

The collection also includes the Full Crystals series, consisting of slingbacks, Mary Janes with a Parisian vibe, boots, ballet flats and kitten-heels models, characterised by cascades of small crystals and featuring mini and split buckles, pointed toes, serpent decorations and directional sparkling details.
 
The Wave series is inspired by sinuous wave-like elements enveloping the foot and ankle. Slingbacks and stiletto-heeled booties are presented in soft pastel colours and decorated with a row of black crystals, and are available also in dark-brown suede or in black with tone-on-tone crystals.
 
A novelty for Fall/Winter 2025-26 is Spark, a new serpent element wrapped around the ankle in a spiral of glittering crystals. It is used to embellish sandals in purple, orange and grey metallic fabrics, or in blue, purple and raspberry-coloured velvet, as well as bold knee-high and ankle boots in black stretch Nappa leather.
 
Two signature René Caovilla models are back in the collection, the Chandelier and Margot sandals, featured in bright hues like raspberry, purple, orange, teal and amber, as well as in classic dark grey. Braid, a model launched in Spring 2025 and characterised by a double braid element, is also included in the collection, in seasonal hues and new silhouettes: two mule versions, pointed-toe models, models with ankle serpents, and flip flops with chunky heels. Finally, the bridal collection introduces the new Dalilah model, featuring a T-shaped cross-over on the front of the foot, an ankle strap and white crystals.
 

For the season, the label is also introducing a capsule collection of mini handbags: The little Bucket Bag with all-over rhinestones in orange and gold, also available in black velvet; the Wave clutch-bag, in light pink satin, or in black with all-over rhinestones, and in a velvet version trimmed with black rhinestones, featuring a Serpent bracelet for attaching it to the wrist; and a black mini-trunk with allover rhinestones and a serpent-shaped handle.