Orianne Collins’closet is much more than just a room to store her luxe designer shoe collection. The space is a reminder of her ability to walk, after complications from a 2014 surgery to fix a slipped disk left theOC Jewelleryfounder paralyzed from the neck down. (She’s since regained mobility.)
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Now, every time the designer buys herself a new pair of shoes, she donates to the organization. And as someone who’s been “in love with shoes and handbags all my life,” Collins has accumulatedquitethe accessories collection.
In the video, Collins takes PEOPLE inside her Fort Lauderdale home (which was not involved in thecontentious legal battle with her ex last year) to show off her rocker-chic all-black closet. The majority of the rows and rows of designer shoes include plenty of her favorite functional style: boots embellished with everything from studs and spikes, to buckles and gems.
She also shared the backstory behind two pairs of shoes displayed in glass cases, that hold special sentimental value. The first are black Dolce & Gabbana sneakers she was wearing when she took her first steps after being paralyzed.
“[They] are very important to me,” she says. “As you can see, I used them so much that the front is gone.”
source: people.com
