PUMA Alexander McQueen, a collaboration of two fashion giants has launched a new conceptual line of shoes. The designer’s collaborative team has created the Dextral Mid collection for Spring/Summer 2012 that includes 10 different shoe designs.

Photo: AMQ Dextral Mid Shoe, from hypebeast.com

The collection is inspired by McQueen’s ‘Fight or Flight’ theme. Combining style and comfort, the shoes look cool and hip as it features an artistic print across its leather upper with a full leather lining and a lightweight rubber tooling.

An iconic Alexander McQueen embellishment is printed on the shoe’s heel portion, while a co-branded silver tag features the tongue. The collection is available throughout select PUMA stockists.

PUMA describes the collection saying: “As notorious and glorious as ever, Alexander McQueen PUMA takes its exploration of urban escapism to a wholly unexpected plane, reinvigorating it with vintage styling and signature theatrics. Inspiration is taken from the spirit and movement of an eagle, free from responsibility to anything and enabled by its great technical ability to fly. This concept is re-imagined with ‘athletic opulence’ as retro joggers are sabotaged with dressy materials and flamboyant color blocking. McQueen’s distinct feathers provide a final, charismatic, ironic touch to this latest ‘flight’ from normalcy”.

Alexander McQueen founded his own house in 1992, while Alexander McQueen PUMA was established in 2005. The brand has a ‘nonconformist yet reverent’ nature. It brings all the best of the signature McQueen’s style with all his romantic battlefields and sadomasochism, leather and eagle wings and combines it with the quality of the PUMA sportswear.