Brown buys remaining 50% interest of Edelman Shoe

07 Jun '10

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Edelman Shoe, Inc. is led by Sam Edelman, CEO, who, along with his wife Libby Edelman, are the creative visionaries behind the brands and the other businesses they currently manage. The couple has worked together for more than 25 years, beginning with the very successful launch of the Esprit footwear business launched in 1983 and again in 1987 with the launch of the Sam & Libby brand, which was later sold in 1997. Sam Edelman has a proven track record in the footwear industry, beginning in 1975 when he collaborated with his father to create the "Horseshoes" brand, which was licensed to Ralph Lauren, and included a key executive role at Candies and as co-founder of Kenneth Cole Productions. Libby Edelman was a noted senior fashion editor in the 70's and early 80's with magazines such as Harper's, Seventeen, and Glamour, followed by a major role as director of public relations at Calvin Klein. After moving to California in 1983, Libby joined Sam as president of the Esprit Children's Division. For the following 25 years they have worked not only as life partners, but also as business partners. Today, Libby leads not only the marketing efforts of Sam Edelman, but is also lead designer of the libby. edelman footwear brand, which will launch ready-to-wear, jewelry, handbags, belts and legwear on HSN in August 2010.

Brown Shoe is a $2.3 billion global footwear company. Brown Shoe's Retail division operates Famous Footwear, a leading family branded footwear destination with over 1,100 stores nationwide and e-commerce site FamousFootwear.com, approximately 270 specialty retail stores in the U.S., Canada, and China primarily under the Naturalizer brand name, and footwear e-tailer shoes.com. Through its wholesale divisions, Brown Shoe designs and markets leading footwear brands including Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, Franco Sarto, LifeStride, Etienne Aigner, Sam Edelman, Via Spiga, Vera Wang Lavender and Buster Brown.

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