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A number of brands including Ugg, Puma, Abercrombie & Fitch and Apple have teamed up with LGBT+ artists and activists.
Today (1 June) officially marks the start of Pride Month, and many big companies have released Pride clothing collections – as is now traditional.
It’s a month for LGBT+ people to celebrate how far we’ve come while also recognising the work that still needs to be done.
Every year, big name brands take part in Pride celebrations – usually with the launch of clothing collections embossed with rainbows.
However, some brands come under fire for chasing after the “pink pound” with their Pride clothing and ignoring LGBT+ people for the rest of the year.
A Florida-based designer named Cecilia Monge has accused shoe giant Converse of stealing a design pitch she submitted to them through an internship application in 2019. She claimed that her prototype is being used for the company’s latest “Chuck 70 National Parks” shoe line. A video posted on Saturday detailing the allegations has been viewed by over 13 million users on TikTok. “The colour palette is exactly the same as the one I sent them, down.
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trainer culture.
Despite a pandemic-related delay, Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street has finally thrown open its doors, to show off the best of the latest kicks and track its evolution from humble sports shoe to an auction record-breaker.
Divided into different zones, the exhibition explores the multi-layered appeal of trainers
, such as the constant innovations that have kept customers coming back for more.
Here, visitors can explore the earliest days of
trainer-dom via the 1919 Converse Chuck Taylor All Star to the revolutionary Reebok Pump of 1989, that offered a custom fit with its inflatable tongue, and see how cutting-edge solutions have been applied to mass-market footwear.