Angelique Joseph is Senior Vice President of Design and Product Development at Caleres, where she oversees the Naturalizer, LifeStride, and Bzee's brands. Ms. Joseph has been designing shoes for Caleres for the last 17 years. She became Director of Naturalizer design in 2014, and during that time, the brand elevated its look and feel and resonated more deeply with consumers. She was an instrumental leader in the creation of the Naturalizer line extension 27 Edit, helping Naturalizer leap in their NPD ranking from #19 in 2021 to #13 in 2022.
 
Prior to her time with Caleres, Ms. Joseph designed her own line of jewelry and intimate apparel and sleepwear for the former May Department Stores’ four private label brands. Her creativity extends to her mixed media painting hobby as well.
 
Ms. Joseph holds a bachelor of fine arts in fashion design from Washington University.