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Three new designers to join Payless ShoeSource

14 Sep '07

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Most recently, Kittle served as men's footwear designer for Cole Haan since 1998. From 1997 to 1998, he was with Reebok International Ltd as creative director for footwear design for the children's and classic categories.

Prior, from 1996 to 1997, he was vice president of footwear design for Ralph Lauren Footwear and from 1994 to 1996 he served in the same role for Rockport Footwear.

From 1987 to 1994, Kittle was with Reebok in a range of design roles, including design group leader, design director and senior designer.

He started his footwear design career in the UK working with such companies as Clarks Ltd, and K Shoes Ltd. Kittle holds an honors diploma in footwear design from De Montfort University in England.

From 1998 to 2005, Frantz served as founder and chief executive officer of Hand Maid by Michelle Frantz, which was acquired by Line Up Group Inc in April 2005.

After the acquisition, Frantz served as creative director and head designer for the newly acquired business. Prior to founding her own business, she served as stylist and creative assistant at Maryam Malkapour, where she assisted to style celebrities such as Sheryl Crow and Mick Jagger.

Frantz holds a bachelors degree in fine arts from the Otis/Parson's College of Art and Design, as well as a master's degree in fine arts from the University of California-Los Angeles.

Chris Torres has held various footwear design roles for Reebok since 2003for the lifestyle, basketball and entertainment categories, including significant work on the Pump line. He is a 2003 graduate from the College of Creative Studies with a bachelor of fine arts in industrial design.

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