Timberland yesterday announced ‘Canvas that Cares,’ a new initiative created to raise funds for non-profit organizations through the auction of custom-designed, limited edition Earthkeepers footwear.
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It’s quite a usual thing for brands to release festive or commemorative editions when it comes to some big dates or holidays like the Royal Wedding or Christmas or any other notable occasion. But adidas decided to go further and created a new pack to pay tribute to a song—Run-DMC’s 1986 track My adidas, which has become the anthem of the sneaker brand. To pay tribute to the song about the iconic sneaker, which is celebrating 25th anniversary this year, the brand is releasing DMC x adidas Superstar ‘My adidas’ sneaker, which will cost $150, in just a few days—on 11.11.11 at 11 am PST at Shopadidas.com, adidas Originals Stores, and select adidas accounts.
Levi’s is committed to making its jeans as ‘planet and people-friendly’ as possible by adopting water-saving and sustainable sourcing goals and tracking the life-cycle of jeans to see its environmental footprint—as it turned out, water use impact from growing cotton is the biggest (49%), followed by consumer use (45%). Following the launch of Water<Less jeans, the Levi Strauss company is releasing 2 million pairs of Levi’s and dENiZEN jeans containing sustainably farmed fiber, a blend of Better Cotton, which is grown under the Better Cotton Initiative in a way that is healthier to the environment and communities, and other fabrics.