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Champion’s new collection is all about Queen
Champion is releasing a limited-edition collection of unisex sportswear that displays pictures of and song titles by the rock band Queen. Yes, the obvious candidate, “We Are the Champions,” is included. Among the items are Reverse Weave sweatshirts and hoodies and Athletic Jersey T-shirts. The collection will be sold at ...
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ArticleHeiQ unveils high-performance cellulose yarn derived from carbon-negative materials
HeiQ unveiled what it calls a potential game-changer for the textile industry on Oct. 26 in a digital presentation. HeiQ AeoniQ is a high-performance cellulose yarn derived from a wide range of natural, carbon-negative sources, including wood pulp and algae. The new fiber is currently advancing to pilot production prior ...
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Sweaty Betty collaborates again with rēspin
Sweaty Betty has embarked on a second collaboration with rēspin, the brand founded by the actress Halle Berry. The result is a limited edition of 24 articles of activewear designed by Lindsey Flores and called The rēspin Edit. The collection’s jackets, leggings and other items range in price from $14 ...
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Schildkröt launches new fitness products
Germany’s MTS Sportartikel Vertriebs is introducing a new range of products as part of its Schildkröt fitness product line. It consists of a new push-up multi-trainer board, a sit-up trainer and a shaping loop set with three elastic loops at different strength levels. Besides that, the German brand is going ...
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New Reebok collection incorporates graphene
Reebok has launched a “commercially priced” collection of sportswear that incorporates graphene – an unusually strong, thin, lightweight and conductive material made of a single layer of carbon atoms. Researchers at the University of Manchester have isolated graphene to its thinnest layer, discovering that it is one of the lightest, ...
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News briefsOrtovox avalanche transceiver with voice navigation now available for consumers
The new Diract Voice avalanche transceiver from Ortovox, which was awarded “Product of the Year” in the Snowsports category at ISPO Munich 2021 Online and voted Best Product of the Year by the ISPO Open Innovation Community, is now available in stores. So are its slimmed-down sister model, Diract, and ...
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News briefsFoot Locker to launch new proprietary apparel line
Foot Locker is launching a new clothing line called LCKR by Foot Locker that ”merges sneaker and sports culture with the heritage of Foot Locker to bring a new iteration of casual wear to the market.” The launch is supported by U.S. rapper and activist Gunna, the first promotional protagonist ...
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Polartec adds fabric library to Browzwear for digital 3D design solution
Polartec has started a new partnership with Browzwear, a provider of 3D digital solutions for the apparel industry headquartered in Singapore, with seven offices around the world. Browzwear software users will now be able to design and create new styles with Polartec’s range of performance fabrics. An internet-based library of ...
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NURVV Run gets help to develop its smart insole
NURVV Run, the six-year-old, London-based developer of running wearables, has received an award for funding and intensive mentoring for its next phase of research on smart insoles from the creative R&D program of Business of Fashion, Textiles and Technology (BFTT). As a result, it will have access this year and ...
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Nike, Asics have the fastest carbon-plated shoes, study says
Did Eliud Kipchoge get a boost from his sneakers on his sub-two-hour marathon? It appears so, and Nike and Asics might have the fastest distance-running shoes on the market. Researchers at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, have compared the “running economy” – best conversion of energy to ...
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Reebok pays homage to street artist with new sneakers
Reebok is introducing a collection of five sneakers, each a variant on an established silhouette that plays off a work by the late street artist Keith Haring. The Classic Leather Keith Haring is black with a dog motif in reference to Haring’s subway chalk drawings. The CL Legacy AZ Keith ...
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Puma launches its lightest football jersey
Puma has introduced what it describes as the lightest football jersey in the company’s history, weighing in at 72 grams. Called dryCELL, it is made of what the German company calls Ultraweave, whose two-dimensional ripstop structure combines recycled polyester, pattern construction and trimmings to produce a stretch in four directions. ...
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Signa Sports United to launch AI-based virtual bike fitting engine
Signa Sports United (SSU), the German-based sports e-commerce platform that owns several websites for the sale of bicycles, has entered a strategic partnership with Motesque, a specialist startup for biomechanics, computer vision and AI, to launch what they claim will be the first biomechanical AI-based virtual bike fitting engine ...
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Brazilian surf brand incorporates Polygiene treatment
Oceano Surfwear has incorporated Polygiene’s Stay Fresh anti-odor treatment into a shirt collection, called Legends, developed in cooperation with a Brazilian surfing champion, Everaldo “Pato” Teixeira. The shirts, says Polygiene, “come with a guarantee that you can wear more and wash less – lightening the load on our planet and ...
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Gym+Coffee releases sleep aid
Gym+Coffee is releasing a special “mindfulness audio” recording for guided sleep in connection with World Mental Day, with a script written by an extreme sleeping adventurer, Phoebe Smith, and narration by one of the Irish athleisure brand’s ambassadors, the singer Niall Horan. Gym+Coffee says it conducted a survey of 4,500 ...
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Superdry sponsors its local football club
According to Fashion Network, Superdry is sponsoring its local football club, the Forest Green Rovers of England’s EFL League Two. Like the British apparel brand, the Rovers are based in the county of Gloucestershire, but they also happen to be, according to FIFA, the world’s first and only vegan football ...
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ArticleTechnogym teams up with Dior
In its first move of the kind to support its upmarket image, Technogym has partnered with the creative team at the Christian Dior fashion house to develop an exclusive, limited-edition line of home fitness products. The stylish, black and white line includes a treadmill, a multi-function bench and a wellness ...
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News briefsZellerfeld and Heron Preston 3D-print a fully circular sneaker
The 3D-printing company Zellerfeld and the eponymous streetwear brand Heron Preston have introduced what they call the first fully 3D-printed shoe on the retail market. The Heron01 is now available on StockX in three colorways. Made of a single material, the sneaker dispenses with seams, stitching, glues and traditional factories. ...
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PrimaLoft to save up to 70% carbon emissions with updated P.U.R.E. technology
PrimaLoft has launched an updated version of its PrimaLoft P.U.R.E. (“Produced Using Reduced Emissions”) manufacturing technology. Using its proprietary P.U.R.E. technology, originally launched in 2019, it claims to further reduce carbon emissions by up to 70 percent. Three new products featuring the latest version of PrimaLoft’s PURE manufacturing technology will ...
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News briefsKeen launches sneakers made from agricultural waste
Keen Footwear has unveiled a proprietary manufacturing process that uses agricultural waste to create what it claims to be the industry’s first sneakers with plant-based soles made without chemical solvents. The “Field to Foot” (F2F) sneakers are part of the Detox The Planet initiative and were developed by the Keen ...
