Who says back-to-school shopping is only for kids and college-bound adolescents? According to Citi Research analyst Kate McShane, athletic footwear and apparel companies are generally in the best shape this b-t-s season. Several brands and retailers are expected to partake of revenues from the second-biggest spending event of the year, and potential investors are keeping their…
With newly launched shopping apps and special in-store promotions in their arsenals, footwear and apparel retailers are hoping back-to-school 2016 will boost otherwise lackluster margins. As one of the largest spending events of the year revs up, retailers and brands have a lot on their plates. And they’re not alone. Parents, kids and college students…
Titled Giuseppe Junior, the children’s line translates Zanotti’s experience designing for the offspring of Kimye, Beyoncé and Karolina Kurkova, and makes use of rarefied materials such as nappa leather, velvet and laminates alongside metallic accents, gold and crystals on seven styles of the brand’s signature bar buckle sneaker. Best known for its luxurious sneaker designs…
The kicks’ baroque metal flame appliqués is an overt reference to Kanye and Giuseppe’s previous collaborative heels and the album’s artwork, while the firetruck-red leather harkens back to Kanye’s post-MBDTF replica shopobsession with regal red Philip Lim tailoring. It’s been almost four years since G.O.O.D. Music dropped Cruel Summer, but the work’s influence is still…
Constructed from premium red Nappa leather with a white contrasting midsole, the result is a futuristic and conceptual design, which taps Cudi’s affinity for the idea of intergalactic travel. Luxury footwear designer Giuseppe Zanotti has created an exclusive sneaker drawing on Kid Cudi’s style, which takes a look down memory lane to when the designer was…
Titled Giuseppe Junior, the children’s line translates Zanotti’s experience designing for the offspring of Kimye, Beyoncé and Karolina Kurkova, and makes use of rarefied materials such as nappa leather, velvet and laminates alongside metallic accents, gold and crystals on seven styles of the brand’s signature bar buckle sneaker. Best known for its luxurious sneaker designs…