The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Oopsy! Cleanups are never fun, but honesty is the best policy and fixing your mistake is the right thing. Brown Shoe Co Inc. said it will voluntarily recall eight styles of its children’s shoes shaped to resemble a car on concerns the footwear’s decorative wheels could detach, posing a choking hazard. The company will recall a total 1.4 million of its China-made Buster Brown & Co clog children̵…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
A new move in management for Foot Locker; but a good one. Analysts were generally positive about Foot Locker Inc.’s appointment of J.C. Penney Co.’s Ken Hicks as its new president and CEO — and they said the executive was inheriting a healthy company, thanks to the leadership of retiring CEO Matt Serra. Read the article here! This is cool, because I’m a big dancing fan with Skechers! Skechers USA announced Thursday tha…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
More eventful news in fashion collaboration! New York-based Brand Matter announced on Wednesday it has entered into a licensing agreement with Anthony L&S LLC for men’s and women’s footwear under its Caribbean Joe brand. The license will also include footwear for Brand Matter’s Jamaica Bay, Havana Jack’s Café and the CJ Breeze brands. Read the full article here! One of Macy’s own to be with a charity this year!…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but new ones can learn from the old. Shoemaker and pattern engineer Tim Noonan walks the line between the handcrafted ways of the Old world and the high tech world of sports footwear. As the owner of Noonan Custom Footwear, the Fall River resident handcrafts shoes using methods that existed for hundreds of years. He specializes in making custom shoes that range about $1,300-$1,40…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Not just in government and finances are the people wanting transparency! Monday’s show by Calvin Klein, half the clothes were super light, see-through and frequently translucent due to designs by the talented Italo Zucchelli. Zucchelli, crowned Menswear Designer of 2009 at last week’s award ceremony of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, has been a hit with his new fashion. Read more into it here! More po…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Ladies buy one pair of shoes and get all the colors you want! Yadong Yin, a chemist working at the University of California Riverside has developed a new polymer that changes color. Yin plans for practical applications in rewriteable signs, paper, and labels. All such applications would reduce pollution and the need for paper products. Women’s shoes that change color on demand with a variable magnetic field…
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
More jobs being filled! Three months after Richard Beckman took over as CEO of Conde Nast-owned Fairchild Fashion Group, he has made his first big hire. Beckman has brought on former Men’s Vogue publisher Marc Berger as publisher of trade publication Footwear News. Read the rest of the article here! Everybody was so excited to get the final results for this! Looks like men’s footwear fashion has a new cover! Fo…
