The Collabs: Irregular Choice Teams Up With Care Bears, Kenzo x Vans + More
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June 12, 2020: Irregular Choice and Cloudco Entertainment, owner of the ‘80s Care Bears franchise, are launching a collection of footwear and accessories inspired by the whimsical bears. The 35-piece line highlights the bears’ belly badge powers and spreads the message of caring and friendship. Each piece incorporates rainbows, plush stars and sparkling gems. The footwear is available for adults, children and newborns. Retail prices for the entire offering ranges from $80-$150 for children, and $125-$300 for adults. It will be available for sale on June 26 online, and at select retailers.
June 10, 2020: Kenzo is reprising its partnership with Vans and launching a new footwear collaboration. Creative director Felipe Oliveira Baptista has reimagined the Sk8-Hi high-top sneaker and the Old-Skool low-top sneaker in vivid, archival floral prints. Expanding on the skate inspiration is a capsule of ready-to-wear pieces and accessories including jersey items made with 100% organic cotton plus bob hats, baseball caps, backpacks and bags. Complementing the capsule is an exclusive limited edition skateboard created in collaboration with The Skateroom and 100% of the profits are being donated to a social skate project to empower at risk youth in Jamaica.
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June 9, 2020: The latest Sergio Rossi srAddiction collection takes the form of a collaboration with Spanish espadrille label Manebí. The line features a selection of Manebí’s most well known styles reinterpreted with eclectic colors and detailing like logo laces, glitter fabric and crystal studs. “The post COVID era marks an opportunity for who wants to act with audacity and without fear. The collaboration with Manebí embodies this attitude, the juxtaposition of two different Italian Brands creating a modern product made for summer lovers,” said Riccardo Sciutto, Sergio Rossi CEO. “It’s a crucial step for me, because today more than ever, we must move in a smart way to reach our clients, bringing fresh energy to the brand,” he added.
June 4, 2020: Hip Parisian concept store The Broken Arm has been collaborating with Salomon for five years, putting a more fashion forward spin on styles rooted in mountaineering. Newest iteration started off as an alpine trail boot with protective, water-repellent spat but has been reimagined with tweaked proportions, adapted opening mechanism and color palette. An accompanying campaign lensed by Salvatore Caputo features additional collaborator, local Parisian florist Louis-Géraud Castor of Castor Fleuriste. He creates living arrangements for the boutique with locally sourced blooms from nurseries in the Ile-de-France region surrounding Paris which formed the backdrop for the shoot.
June 3, 2020: After a three year hiatus, Hyke has reunited with Adidas for a performance line featuring both apparel and footwear. Hyke has redesigned the Ultraboost running shoe in white, black, and khaki with tape hook closure and the marble graphic detail on the heel cap and mid sole. The collaboration also features the relaunch of the AOH 001 sneaker from the previous collection. This model is inspired by Haillet, which was a Stan Smith prototype and comes in both classic white and python. Matching apparel includes dresses, tops and leggings as well as accessories like hats. Following a pre launch at the adidas Originals Tokyo store and Isetan Shinjuku, the collaboration launches globally on June 13.
June 2, 2020: Amrose Paris has teamed up with Mira Mikati for a second time. The mismatched limited edition shoe features colorful childlike renderings of a tortoise and an elephant along with slogans ‘slow down’ and ‘there’s no rush’. All the brand’s footwear is hand crocheted by women in Kurdistan and the collaboration slip-ons come with a special hand embroidered mask to match. The idea is to promote slow fashion so each kit will only be produced on demand. Preorders are available between Thursday June 4 and June 25 from the brand’s website.
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