Cultural Heritage and Culture Industry Design Saigon Socialite Heritage Art Shoes by Fashion4Freedom The designers strives to instill modern ingenuity into ancient craftsmanship to pay homage to the resourceful collaboration that builds traditions. The Saigon Socialite collection is a collaboration across three villages - an orchard, pagoda carver and leather cobbler - in the Forbidden city of Hue, Vietnam. The 'reincarnated soles' require 18-25 days to conjoin scrap Persian lilac wood, with French leather-work and the time-honored craft of pagoda carving for a modern statement of art and fashion.