Month: May 2023

Hundreds of hungry fashion students graduate from London’s top universities every year, looking to break into the capital’s ever-expanding creative landscape. Such can be said for Annie Purdy, who recently graduated from London College of Fashion’s BA footwear design course. The designer wants to enter the footwear industry with inventive designs that embrace sustainable practices. Purdy’s debut collection salvages junk left on British hiking trails. Titled “Waste,” the offering utilizes discarded umbrellas, jackets, waterproof bags, and food containers to create boots and sneakers for cyclical wear. Purdy has collaborated with London’s eco-conscious imprints Are You Mad and Re=Comb to source recyclable plastic scraps for every pair. The padded kicks boast a blue, green, and red palette, featuring repurposed umbrella liners, toe boxes made from hot water bottles and bicycle tubes, and twisted lacing systems assembled with seanets found on Southampton’s Lepe Beach. The patchwork-style design is complete with cemented sole units and a waxed finish. Take a closer look at Annie Purdy’s debut footwear collection, “Waste”, in the gallery above. The shoes will be released via the designer’s social media channels in the coming months. Elsewhere, APPLIED ART FORMS SS23 honors ancient Japanese techniques.

Nike continues to expand its lineup for the upcoming summer season, this time dropping a new iteration for its low-top classic. The Nike Air Force 1 Low arrives in a textured aesthetic, surfacing in a “Grain” colorway constructed with premium organic material. This season, the AF1 staple is dressed in a grain, deep royal blue and polar color scheme. The show ditches its typical leather build and is instead covered in full in a shaggy suede material. The textured feel extends to the entirety of the upper, tongue, Swoosh and heels. The upper itself is covered in the grain color to match the Swoosh, laces and inner lining. Royal blue accents the heel tabs and insoles while the Nike branding is contrasted in white on the heels and insoles for added detailing. The shoe sits atop a semi-translucent rubber outsole to round out the design.The Nike Air Force 1 Low “Grain” to release in the coming months at select retailers and online at Nike for $120 USD.In other footwear news, here’s an official look at the Nike LeBron 20 “Laser Orange.”

Nike has unveiled a brand new women’s exclusive Dunk Low.Crafted with premium leather and nubuck, the forthcoming iteration’s upper is fully dipped in a relaxed hue of pink, landing even on the branding details found on the panel swoosh, tongue tag and debossed Nike heel logo. The shoe rests on a contrasting white midsole — the only pop of color — and semi-translucent pink outsole, and is tied together with matching pink laces for a clean finish.Check out the shoe above. This Nike Dunk Low WMNS is set to release in the coming months via Nike and select retailers for a retail price of $120 USD.Elsewhere in footwear, take a first look at the Jacquemus x Nike J Force 1 “White.”