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VF Corporation appoints Trevor Edwards to its board of directors
VF Corporation has appointed Trevor A. Edwards to the company’s board of directors, effective October 22, 2023. With the addition of Edwards, VF has appointed three new directors to its board over the past 18 months who collectively bring experience in footwear and apparel, retail, design, technology, and sustainability. Edwards, the company...
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Vans is Proud to Celebrate International Women’s Day With the ‘Divine Energy’ Collection
Supporting and empowering women around the world Costa Mesa, CALIF. – Vans, the original action-sports brand and icon of creative expression, is proud to announce the launch of the "Divine Energy" Collection, in celebration of International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is a global event celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and...
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Redress Design Award 2022 seeks global entries
World’s largest sustainable fashion design competition offers HK$80,000 (US$10,000) in funding as VF’s Timberland® unveils debut collection designed with Redress Design Award 2020 winner It’s a banner month for leading Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress as it unveils plans for its Redress Design Award 2022, the world’s largest sustainable...
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Redress Design Award 2022 launches via live stream event
International sustainable fashion design competition The Redress Award hosted a livestream event via YouTube to unveil details about the 2022 edition. Applications for the Redress Design Award 2022 are open internationally from tomorrow, January 6 until March 16. During the live stream, the judges of this year’s edition also specified the design...
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Redress Design Award alumna designs a sustainable collection for Kipling
KIPLING® launches sustainable limited-edition capsule collection made from deadstock designed by Redress Design Award alumna, Beatrice Bocconi Following successful partnership between Redress and VF Corporation for the Redress Design Award 2019 Made For Change Challenge in Hong Kong, Redress and Kipling® organised their first competition amongst...
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Icebreaker gets closer to plastic-free goal in latest transparency report
New Zealand-based natural performance apparel company, Icebreaker, has released the fourth instalment of its annual Transparency Report that states the brand has reached 91 percent progress on its ambitious plastic-free by 2023 target. Icebreaker provides natural, high-performing outdoor clothing as an alternative to plastic-based synthetic...
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Vans teams up with youth non-profit Skateistan for latest campaign
For its latest campaign, Vans has announced a partnership with Skateistan, an international non-profit which empowers youth through skateboarding and education. From now until the end of August, Vans said it will donate 10 dollars from every pair of Vans Custom Skate Classics - up to 200,000 dollars – to Tides Foundation in support of...
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Vans teams up with LGBTQIA+ creators for Pride 2021
Skateboarding shoes and apparel company, Vans is teaming up with LGBTQIA+ creators and sharing their stories. The four creative ambassadors include poet, Get Lit, painter, designer, and printmaker, Tyris Winter, singer and songwriter, Serena Isioma, and skateboarder, photographer, and creative director, Sam McGuire. The ambassador’s unique...
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Vans reveal new artist stories to inspire global creativity
California streetwear brand Vans has revealed sixteen new artist stories as part of the “These Projects Are Ads for Creativity” campaign. The artwork aims to celebrate the diversity of creativity and includes spoken poetry, song-making, music videos, zine creation, VR, and murals. One of the artists is Liverpool’s Lei-Mai LeMaow who created a...
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Timberland launches first products made with community cotton
Timberland is rolling out its first products using Community Cotton fibre sourced from its sustainable supply chain of cotton in Haiti as part of its spring 2021 collection. The collection follows Timberland’s five-year journey to reintroduce cotton farming to Haiti in partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance, to create a new supply...
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Vans co-founder Paul Van Doren dies aged 90
Paul Van Doren, the US entrepreneur who co-founded footwear and apparel brand Vans, has died at the age of 90. The California-based brand, which shot to popularity thanks to the SoCal skate community, announced the news on Instagram but did not give a cause of death. “It is with a heavy heart that Vans announces the passing of our co-founder,...
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Supreme opens first store in Milan
Cult streetwear brand Supreme has opened its first store in Milan. The new store has opened in the city’s central Corso Garbialdi in the Brera district. The store officially opens to the public today, and a select group of editors and friends of the brand were allowed to preview it on Wednesday. The new space spans 1080-square-feet and occupies...
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