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This past March, Melody Ehsani — the Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and founder of the streetwear brand ME. — was named the first creative director of women’s business at Foot Locker. The announcement not only heralded the inclusion of women’s perspectives in sport and sportswear as an increasingly powerful force; it also highlights crucial mainstream support for Ehsani’s visionary outlook when it comes to intertwining design and activism. Granted, this notion has become quite buzzy over the last year in particular. But when you consider that Ehsani, who launched her line in the mi...

Print This story is a subscriber preview of L.A. — We. See. You!, the second issue of Image, which explores various ways of seeing the city for what it is. The full package drops Wednesday, May 26. Lauren London is an early riser. In L.A., choosing not to sleep in is a spiritual practice. Seven o’clock and you’ve already missed the morning sunrise lighting up the marine layer. Eight o’clock, the traffic is already rush-hour thick. “I try to wake up an hour before I have to wake up,” she tells me. “I have definitely found that when I actually give myself space to wake up, I’m a...

Why the Sneaker Industry Isn't More Inclusive For Women, and How We Can Change That 2 Shares I've always felt intimidated by the sneaker industry, despite having worked for two major sneaker brands in my life. As a humble shoe size six, there are immediately limits to what sneakers I can and can't wear, and I'm not alone in that exclusion. The industry has predominantly favored the needs of men over women, and it's a problem that has existed for a long time. "The reasons for the sneaker industry not being inclusive stems right back to women's sporting history," Angelee Kholia, the founder of

Image via Complex Original Kelsey Amy’s first job at Nike wasn’t as a designer. When she interned with the company in 2013, she didn’t even know her current role, a senior color designer for Jordan Brand’s sport and promo product, existed. But after spending a few months doing marketing for the brand and getting a taste of the Portland life, Amy caught the Swoosh bug.  She went back home to Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania—a two-hour drive from Penn State, where she had played field hockey and studied fine arts—and soon decided she was dead set on returning to the Pacific Northwest for...

Highsnobiety / Zhamak Fullad Highsnobiety’s Honors Week is a celebration of the women — particularly the trans and BIPOC women — who have pushed our culture forward. This Women’s History Month, we’ve tapped six guest curators to go deep on the issues they care about and to spotlight their favorite women and nonbinary creators. In this story, Highsnobiety's own Lucy Thorpe speaks to sneaker industry maverick Melody Ehsani. When Melody Ehsani founded ME in 2008, few women were visible in streetwear, with only a handful heading up brands. Chitose Abe was running Sacai, April Walker had...