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Shone launches subscription service
Shone, an Italian brand of shoes for children, has launched a subscription service enabling to buy shoes at a discount. The brand offers to buy a 12-month membership card for €29.90, which entitles its holders to buy any model at €9.90, resulting in discounts of up to 75 percent on ...
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Ecoalf and Michelin jointly produce a sustainable loafer
The Spanish brand Ecoalf and the French tire manufacturer Michelin have launched a loafer collection produced from waste rubber for the sole and plastic bottles for the upper. The shoes’ knitted fabric upper is produced from a mix of 30 percent polyester and 70 percent of Ocean Yarn, which derives ...
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Stone Island, New Balance in co-branding partnership
Stone Island, the Italian sportswear group owned by Moncler, and American athletic shoe brand New Balance announced a multi-year partnership that will see their first co-branded footwear being unveiled later this year. “Our collaboration with Stone Island is not only rooted in performance innovation, but elevating our mutual values of ...
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Dr. Martens to release a boot redesigned by Rick Owens
Through his company, the American designer Rick Owens has produced a new version of the Dr. Martens 1460 Bex platform boot, whose laces recall other Owens designs. The boot will be released on March 20, at a retail price of £299 (€349-$416), with a second Owens-designed model to follow in ...
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Ugg's new capsule greens-up existing models
Ugg has launched a capsule collection to bring some of its existing shoe lines, such as the Fluff series, into compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement of 2016. Plant Power, as the collection is called, shifts the raw materials toward biodegradability. The collection is on sale through Ugg.com, Ugg stores ...
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Camper releases accessories made of used sails
Camper is releasing a limited-edition capsule collection of accessories made from used sails. To collect its materials the Spanish footwear brand is dealing with North Sails, a sailmaker established in Connecticut. Items include a grey and white backpack, a white duffel bag, a red shoulder bag and a blue bag ...
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News briefsAsics launches running shoe made from second-hand clothes
Asics is introducing the Sunrise Reborn Pack, a new running shoe made from recycled clothing collected in Japan. The limited-edition line includes two of Asics’ pinnacle shoes, the Metaride and Gel-Quantum 360 TYO, both in a sunrise red color. The collection is part of the company’s efforts to minimize the ...
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Rodolfo Zengarini obtains the footwear license for the Vivetta brand
The Italian shoe maker Rodolfo Zengarini has obtained the footwear license of the Vivetta brand, which was created by the designer Vivetta Ponti and produces ready-to-wear and accessories for women and children. Zengarini, which is headquartered in Montegranaro, in the Marche region, will start producing the brand for the upcoming ...
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OrthoLite launches thermal insole for extreme cold
OrthoLite, the American insole specialist, has launched O-Term, a new thermal insole technology using a proprietary aerogel providing high performances in extremely cold weather. Rob Falken, vice president of innovation at the company, explained that the “advanced aerogel traps micro-pockets of air without the need for loft, and it won’t ...
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ArticleCovestro uses CO2 to make shoes
The German chemical group Covestro is using CO2, along with recycled and more sustainable materials, to produce elegant, casual and sports shoes with its footwear partners. The campaign is part of the group’s efforts to expand the use of cardyon, a raw material for the production of polyurethanes made with ...
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Steve Madden lauches an eco-friendly brand
Steve Madden has launched Cool Planet by Steve Madden, which aims to offer affordable eco-friendly footwear targeted at younger consumers. The Cool Planet’s women’s collection kicks off which 19 styles retailing from $50 to $80 a pair. The brand was initially scheduled to be launched in April 2020 but was ...
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RTFKT produces a single pair of Lexus sneakers
RTFKT has designed a “one-of-one” sneaker after the 2021 Lexus IS and manufactured it in part from the same materials used in the car. It will not be for sale. The sole looks like the tires, the front like the spindle grille (with 3D printed material to imitate the carbon-fiber ...
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OrthoLite unveils a new PU foam to stabilize temperature in shoes
OrthoLite has presented O-Therm, a 2mm base-layer thermal foam that the company claims to be the world’s first and only aerogel-infused, open-cell PU foam. The technology creates a thermal barrier that blocks the cold and maintains footwear temperature through the thermal properties of O-Therm’s proprietary aerogel. Unlike conventional aerogel solutions, ...
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Pod to be relaunched by William Lamb
The Pod brand will be relaunched with the forthcoming autumn/winter season after the footwear distributors William Lamb Group acquired the international license for the brand last year. The collection will comprise women, men and children’s shoes. The Pod footwear was originally launched in 1976. William Lamb was founded in 1887 ...
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Baldinini in apparel license deal with Add
Baldinini, the Italian producer of luxury footwear, has signed a license agreement with Add, the brand of down jackets owned by the Italian company Comei & Co, for the design and distribution of outerwear. Add will produce about 100 items of both men’s and women’s “lightweight contemporary leisurewear” under the ...
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News briefsVivobarefoot wins sustainability award for algae-based footwear
Vivobarefoot is one of the winners of Arizona-based Footprint Foundation’s 2021 Ocean Hero Awards, which recognize innovative champions that are positively affecting the environment on a global scale. Vivobarefoot was honored with an Innovative Engineering Award “for developing the first footwear made from algae, a renewable aquatic resource.” Footprint, a ...
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Itochu and Aquafil join forces to sell recycled nylon
The Japanese trading company Itochu and the Italian chemical firm Aquafil have entered a partnership to promote and expand the businesses of circular nylon production. In 2011, Aquafil created the Econyl Regeneration System that turns recovered nylon waste such as fishing nets, carpets and post-industrial waste back to caprolactam (CPL), ...
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News briefsTeva releases second Anna Sui collection
Teva is releasing for the spring of 2021 a second limited-edition shoe collection designed by Anna Sui. The collection’s two models both feature a Liberty Fabrics print, titled “Botanist’s Diary,” on the theme of press flowers from English gardens. The Flatform Universal Anna ($150) is a variant of a Teva ...
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Jana Shoes releases a vegan collection
Jana Shoes’ new capsule for autumn/winter 2021, the Vegan Collection, comprises three models with a selection of 17 colors. All have removable footbeds, pressure-elastic Jana Relax zones and Relax flexible soles. Moreover, PFI Germany, the testing company in the town of Pirmasens, has certified that all materials in the collection’s ...
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ArticleSpain to invest in the re-engineering of the Elche cluster
The Elche footwear cluster near Valencia is lauching a project called Eco Challenge, which aims to reduce manufacturing costs by 30 percent through the re-engineering of the manufacturing process. The project has led to the creation of a consortium supported by the national footwear association Fice, Valencia’s shoe industry association, ...
