OUTDOOR performance footwear manufacturer brasher has teamed up with British menswear designer Nigel Cabourn to launch a new fashion range.

Richard Cotter, managing director of the Sunderland-based firm said the partnership would help develop a younger, more youthful image for the brand.

Newcastle-based Nigel Cabourn has developed three exclusive styles of expedition-inspired footwear as part of brasher's autumn winter 2006 Urban range, which will be launched in September.

Mr Cotter said: "There's such a strong synergy between our outdoor heritage, which spans more than 30 years, and Nigel's clothing range, which has been directly inspired by expedition-styled clothing and aimed at a younger segment of the population."