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and shoes: the are a few (/couple) of our favourite things.

'For spring/summer, it's all about the shoe,' she declares in our exclusive video, below, in which she talks us through the inspiration behind her s/s 2014 collection.

Aptly, her first full footwear collection - a collaboration with master Italian shoemaker Gianvito Rossi - is also new this season, and landing at Harvey Nichols this week.

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Mary Katrantzou’s Spring Summer 2014 collection and Mary Katrantzou x Gianvito Rossi is available now from Harvey Nichols London and at harveynichols.com.