Zaha Hadid meets Lacoste

The über-architect is branching out, now into shoes: her latest fashion collaboration (she previously designed an all-rubber gladiator-style ballet pump-cum-wedge for the Brazilian label Melissa) is with Lacoste, which will offer a limited-edition pair of shoes like those pictured above in its spring 2009 collection.

The textured leather shoes are designed to wrap around the feet to allow "the evolution of dynamic fluid grids," according to Hadid, so the shoe expands and contracts to adapt to the shape of the feet.

The Zaha Hadid collection will launch in 2 phases — a limited edition pre-release of 1000 pairs will be available in boutiques and selected stockists from March 2009, with the diffusion range available in May.