Fashion Week FW21 Men’s: The Best Sneakers & Footwear
CDG’s Foamposites Stole the Show at Fashion Week FW21
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Normally, all eyes would be on Paris runways this week for Fashion Week FW21 Men’s. However, with Highsnobiety’s second edition of “Not In Paris” running concurrently and most shows moving to digital showcases, it seems that trying to discern the latest fashion trends, highlight pieces, and footwear collaborations has lost some of its appeal.
This year, due to the ever-present pandemic, most eyes will be glued to YouTube streams and Instagram feeds to spot next season’s must-have items. Milan Fashion Week was relatively quiet, with only Prada and Samuel Ross’ A-COLD-WALL showing anything of note in regards to footwear.
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“How can you do something better than a classic? How can you re-design something?” For the Chinese-born designer Feng Chen Wang, it’s a recurring question. From a young age, Wang was customizing her first-ever pair of Nikes, because she didn’t want her parents to throw them away (as they were worn-out). And ever since then, her design approach has fundamentally been about customization: how to adapt something and give it a new life.
It’s an approach that has served her well in her career as a designer. For her Spring/Summer 2018 collection, titled “Made in China”, Wang customized a handful of AJ1s with “Made in China” washing labels and small metal letters that spelled out her eponymous label. While few pairs exist, it kick-started a relationship with the Nike group, ultimately leading to her creating her own pair of Converse Chuck 70s, Jack Purcells and Pro Leathers.
Concepts x Converse “Southern Flame” Pack
In 1891, James Naismith drafted the 13 original rules for the game of basketball while teaching at the YMCA training school in Springfield, MA. The equipment? Two peach baskets and a soccer ball. Little did he know that it would serve as the foundation of the sport’s rich 130-year history, which has produced legends, created unforgettable moments and broken cultural barriers that today reach far beyond the town of Springfield.
It’s no small coincidence that both Converse and Concepts call Massachusetts their home and often look to the sport’s storied roots to inform their future. Like the game itself, Converse has evolved over its 110+ year history – entrenched in the threads of various sub-cultures and communities since the 1917 introduction of the Non-Skid basketball shoe, now recognized as the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star.
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