From his home in San Mauro Pascoli, aka the heart of the Italian shoemaking industry, Moroccan-born shoe designer Karim Daoudi has been one to watch ever since he founded his design house in 2017. An alum of the prestigious research centre and international footwear school Cercal — an institution with ties to Italian footwear giants like Sergio Rossi and Giuseppe Zanotti — Daoudi consistently earns industry recognition for his innovative designs. For fall/winter 2021, he collaborated with the renowned Ballin manufacturing company on a capsule collection inspired by the colourful flora and fauna of far-flung jungle locales (think: bright green and fuchsia knee-high caged booties and sky-high pumps).