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Adidas builds on Mr Bailey partnership with new collaboration

Sportswear giant Adidas Originals has revealed a new ongoing partnership with Mr Bailey, building on its previous collaboration with the designer back in 2020. The duo will be working together on reimagining the brand’s Trefoil Ozworld pieces. For the project, Mr Bailey, who is the founder of London-based footwear studio Concept Kicks, will be...

Jul 4, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Cole Haan unveils shoe collaboration featuring Keith Haring's artwork

American performance lifestyle brand and retailer Cole Haan has unveiled a new collection of shoes featuring some of Keith Haring’s most iconic works of art. The four-piece Cole Haan x Keith Haring collection pays homage to the pop artist’s life and legacy and includes the brand’s best-selling ØriginalGrand and GrandPrø Rally styles featuring...

Jun 21, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Allbirds launches collaboration with Rosie Assoulin

Sustainable footwear brand Allbirds is launching a playful slider for summer in collaboration with fashion designer Rosie Assoulin. The Allbirds x Rosie Assoulin Sugar Slider was born through a “shared appreciation for natural materials,” explains the footwear company and their “synergistic passion for sustainability”. Launching on June 15,...

Jun 15, 2022

Business

Cordwainers Footwear Awards names 2022 winners

The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers has announced the winners of its 2022 student Cordwainers Footwear Awards, with Sam Lilley a student from De Montfort University taking First Prize. The awards were established in 2014 to support the future of the shoe industry by celebrating and encouraging young footwear talent. They are open to students...

Jun 14, 2022

Fashion

Amazon Fashion launches AR shopping for footwear

Amazon Fashion is tapping into augmented reality (AR) with a new interactive, mobile experience, ‘Virtual Try-On for Shoes,’ which allows customers to visualise how a pair of shoes will look on themselves. The online retailer said the feature would be available to customers in the US and Canada, using the Amazon shopping app on iOS, to virtually...

Jun 10, 2022

Business

Dr Martens prepares to enter resale market with Depop

Dr Martens has revealed plans to enter the repair and resale market through a new collaboration with online second-hand marketplace Depop. The duo will be working on the heritage brand’s ReSouled scheme, in which used Dr Martens can be repolished, given new laces, soles, heel loops and insoles before they are put back onto the market at around...

May 30, 2022

Business

Arklyz acquires sportswear retailers Shoe City and YCMC

Arklyz has announced the acquisition of US sneaker and streetwear retail chain Shoe City together with its e-commerce counterpart, Your City My City (YCMC). The Baltimore-based retailer will be joining the brand management group through The Athlete's Foot (TAF), its most recent acquisition in the sports footwear arena. Arklyz said its goal is to...

May 30, 2022

Fashion Featured

Malone Souliers to collaborate with stylist Jason Bolden

Luxury British footwear brand Malone Souliers is teaming up with celebrity stylist Jason Bolden on a capsule collection inspired by the “effortless flair of contemporary Hollywood”. The Malone Souliers x Jason Bolden capsule collection will launch in November with a range of women’s and men’s shoes inspired by Bolden’s roster of clients, which...

May 30, 2022

Fashion

Paul Frank signs footwear licensing deal

Paul Frank has signed a strategic licensing partnership with Unlimited Footwear Group (UFG) to design, produce, market and distribute Paul Frank branded footwear in 50 countries including the UK, across the EU, Eastern Europe, Switzerland and Scandinavia. The Paul Frank footwear will launch collections for men, women and kids for spring/summer...

May 25, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Converse unveils playful collaboration with Peanuts

Comic strip Peanuts is continuing its fashion collaborations with a limited-edition playful footwear Converse collection for adults and kids launching globally on May 24. Converse celebrates humour and positivity with its Peanut collection that includes Converse sneakers, clothing, accessories, and customisable Chucks. The collaboration aims to...

May 24, 2022

Culture

Louis Vuitton’s Nike ‘Air Force 1’ collaboration on display in New York exhibition

An exhibition dedicated to Louis Vuitton’s collaboration with Nike has opened in New York, displaying a collection of 47 customised Nike ‘Air Force 1’ styles by the luxury fashion house’s late creative director, Virgil Abloh. Running through to the end of May, the public exhibition features some of the beloved designer’s last works, with each of...

May 23, 2022

Business

Designer Brands appoints new president of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse

Footwear retailer Designer Brands has announced the appointment of Doug Howe to president of DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, one of its retail concepts, as well as to the role of executive vice president of Designer Brands. At DSW, Howe will be responsible for day-to-day leadership of the company, overseeing its direct-to-consumer channels while...

May 23, 2022