By Miriam Driot
Like many successful tech startups, Philippe Meynard launched online retailer Planet Shoes in his garage. It has since evolved into a major player in the digital tier and expects to make the leap into brick-and-mortar in 2014.
Casual Fridays are becoming très chic with shorts suits. By Melodie Jeng
Classic constructions take today’s craftsman from work to play with ease. Photography by Trevett McCandliss, Styling by Lyndsay McGregor.
The treasures and Textures of Exotic Locales Inspire a Lush and Playful Season of Sneakers
Steve Libonati, president of Ralph Libonati Footwear and distributors of El Naturalista, Blundstone and Vivobarefoot, on why the portfolio is positioned for significant growth in the coming seasons.
Recently I got a phone call while in the bowels of the Times Square subway station about this month’s fashion shoot while it was in progress. My creative director wanted to know whether it would be okay to use a men’s shoe on the female model. Having just seen the Broadway smash Kinky Boots a few days before, I immediately thought about the musical’s storyline. There doesn’t seem to be anything taboo in men wearing women’s knee-high red leather stiletto boots these days, if the strong ticket sales and the Tony Award for Best Musical are any indications.
Forget clunky cash registers. The future of retail is written in the cloud.
By Lyndsay McGregor
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