How to make it in fashion and footwear today? Throw out the old rules — and stay the course, even when the going gets tough. That’s how today’s emerging designers are navigating the still-shaky waters ...

Technology comes first – that’s the maxim held by Aetrex, a global leading foot scanning technology company that also specializes in women’s comfort footwear and a variety of orthotics for men and ...

From the dawn of humankind, there has been a formula for making shoes. We cut pieces of leather or cloth, then sew them onto a sole. Today, everything from sneakers to stilettos are made this way.

In its Vancouver lab, Lululemon tracks women’s breast motion and centers of gravity as they run, jump, and stretch to create perfectly fitting sports bras. But four years ago, the brand’s designers ...

Just a few months after his graduation, Horatio Han watched one of his prototypes go viral, landing in numerous design blogs, The Daily Beast, and Fast Company. The piece is called Unifold. It’s ...

Have you ever had a custom-made shoe? If you lived in a previous century you likely would have. Prior to 1859, when American engineer Lyman Blake invented a sole-sewing machine, shoe-making was ...

The shoe industry, like most apparel categories, is prone to consumer overconsumption. Algorithm-driven trends and accelerated product cycles lead to impulsive shopping decisions, often made with ...