To celebrate its 20th anniversary, German brand Hugo Boss has launched an exhibition in London under the name “Red Never Follows” that showcases versatile artistic pieces by 20 international modern creatives, inspired by HUGO.
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Levi’s starts a new chapter in the history of women’s jeans. First introduced in 1934, the Lady Levi’s jeans were revolutionized over the past decades and reached its perfection in 2010 with the introduction of the Curve ID fit system. Now, Levi’s is rolling out its latest innovation, Levi’s Revel, which will make the perfect yet better. The brand’s latest line is built on exclusive Liquid Shaping Technology, which is fused into the denim and controls its stretch.
New Balance is rolling out a new international brand campaign, “Runnovation,” to celebrate innovation and muscles, excellence and effort, pain and self-control, tears, sweat and smiles behind the sports achievements, personal or official. The marketing initiative by Arnold Worldwide continues the narration started by NB’s previous campaign, “Let’s Make Excellent Happen” in 2011—now, the focus is on fresh interpretations within running and on a person, an amateur or a pro.
Nike has released a new app, MAKING, to inform product developers on the environmental performance of the materials they use in their work. The app, powered by data from Nike Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), contains detailed information on silk, leather, wool, polypropylene, rayon-viscose and more.
American multimedia artist Doug Aitken has teamed up with Levi’s to launch a travelling art initiative, Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening, in the USA. Over three weeks in September, an unusual train designed as an art studio will be making stops in ten U.S. cities, bringing site-specific “happenings” and “cultural interventions” to each of destinations on the list.
Diesel calls the global audience to participate in another revolution, now within the brand. Nicola Formichetti, a new artistic director of Diesel, has initiated a digital campaign called #dieselreboot, inviting consumers to contribute to the “full blown reinvention of one of the world’s most iconic brands.”