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MEMBER BRIEF: ALLBIRDS AND ADIDAS
Thanks to a logistics overhaul executed a year earlier, Proenza Schouler’s spring collection was by March already in stores and paid for. By luck, their collaboration with Birkenstock — for which they topstitched the German sandal-makers’ popular Arizona and Milano styles, glazing them in what have become signature colours like cobalt blue and... See more
The Nine Lives of Proenza Schouler
Unlike its previous shoes, the company says Cyclon is 100% recyclable, made largely with a bio-polymer derived from castor beans. Also unlike its previous shoes, you won’t be able to buy Cyclon — you can only subscribe to them as a $30 monthly service.
Dan Frommer • Would you subscribe to these shoes?
In 2022, the Swiss shoe company On Running plans to launch the first fully recyclable sneaker, made from castor beans. You cannot buy the shoe—you can only subscribe to it. When you wear it out, you send the sneaker back to the company for recycling, and they send you a new pair.21 You may never own or throw out a pair of shoes again.