Denim is taking over the world of footwear and Keds joins the club with these denim sneaker boots. We love how they are not your typical high-fashion shoe, but instead they seem to be the perfect sneaker to kick back in, enjoy the day, and reconnect with your inner child. The printed roll-over top really makes these sneakers stand out from the crowd, and if you can get your hands on a pair of them, we’re sure you will too.
Images via Lookbook.nu.
—Elyssa Linden
Tags: denim sneakers, Keds
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From WWD ISSUE 08/27/2009
After a period of immaculately clean superskinny fits dominating the jeanswear market, the big news for spring is the straight-leg distressed look ??” coupled with extreme ripped denim, soft whiskering and splattered paint-aged effects. Here, five denim trends gaining momentum for the upcoming season.
Photo By: Robert Mitra
Acne??™s cotton denim jeans and DKNY Jeans??™ cotton shirt. Clae sneakers.
Polo By Ralph Lauren??™s cotton denim jeans and J. Lindeberg??™s cotton shirt. Keds shoes.
J Brand??™s cotton denim jeans and What Comes Around Goes Around??™s cotton shirt. Clae sneakers.
Photo By: Robert Mitra
Replay??™s cotton denim jeans and Buckler??™s cotton shirt. Keds shoes.
Diesel??™s cotton denim jeans and Threads 4 Thought??™s cotton shirt. Sperry Top-Sider shoes.
Levi??™s ripped cotton jeans worn with a TSC cotton shirt.
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From WWD ISSUE 08/27/2009
LOS ANGELES ??” Premium denim brand Citizens of Humanity is giving a twist to T-shirts through a collaboration with artist Will Lemon.
The Huntington Park, Calif.-based company is sprucing up tanks, short-sleeve Ts, tunics and three other women??™s spring styles with Lemon??™s technique of blending screen-printing with hand-painting. A tank top pops in a blue snakeskin print mottled with what resembles neon oil spills, a gray scoop-neck T-shirt is enlivened with a bold splash of azure and ruby raindrops fall all over a yellow tank dress. All will retail for approximately $135.
???I envisioned an outdoor scene and I first saw a snake sunbathing in a field of tall, verdant grass,??? said Lemon, whose previous fashion collaborations were with Marc Jacobs and MAC. ???I also imagined a small stream with a slight waterfall nearby and these first three images that were there in my mind became the metaphors for the prints that eventually ended up on the T-shirts.???
Cut from a soft, light cotton knit, the pieces are also washed and dyed by hand at Citizens of Humanity??™s laundry.
???The collaboration with Will is a highlight of the special things that we can do,??? said Adriano Goldschmied, executive vice president of design at Citizens of Humanity, which also owns his denim brand GoldSign. ???We own already a lot of technology and know-how that we can apply to our T-shirt. We own our own dye house and laundry. Our goal is to make something different.???
Choosing to collaborate with Lemon helps Citizens of Humanity differentiate itself from competitors in a challenging economy as it seeks to expand its jeans business with complementary categories such as T-shirts. Goldschmied said the company is also considering applying Lemon??™s screen-painting technique to jeans and men??™s T-shirts.
–Nikki Cho Russo
Tags: Buckler, Citizens of Humanity, Clae, Diesel, DKNY, J Brand, J. Lindeberg, Keds, Levi's, Polo by Ralph Lauren, Replay, Sperry Top-Sider, Threads 4 Thought, TSC, What Comes Around Goes Around, Will Lemon
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