US footwear retailer Payless ShoeSource has signed a deal with designer of the alice + olivia brand, Stacey Bendet, to create alice + olivia footwear for a Payless collection. This marks Ms Bendet's first-ever footwear collection, which will be available exclusively at Payless stores and alice + olivia boutiques in spring and summer 2008.

Ms Bendet joins designers Laura Poretzky, Lela Rose and Patricia Field as guest designers for Payless.