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Footwear Market To See Increased Demand For Comfortable & Fashionable Footwear

The increasing demand for comfortable and fashionable footwear among all age groups, followed by increasing participation in sports activities, is one of the important factors driving the growth of this market. Increasing awareness, regarding the health benefits followed by changing lifestyle of consumers, is another factor expected to trigger the market growth. The global athletic footwear market is highly-competitive with different players making huge investments in brand building and marketing channels.

The Wild West Collection By Hidesign

Inspired by canyons that spread out as far as the eye goes, sand dunes that ended at the horizon and the cowgirls and cowboys that owned the Wild West.

Autumn/Winter 2019 Trend

The autumn/winter season is just around the corner and everyone in the fashion industry, from leading designers to stylists and buyers to the laborious tailors, are working vigorously to bring the fashionable and current global trends to the Indian market.

Adidas Originals X White Mountaineering FW19 Collection

Debuted at Paris Fashion Week in January 2019, the outdoors-inspired Japanese label presents two new Nite Joggers, created from premium materials and technologies, featuring eye-catching co-branding.

Touch Of Luxury

Thailand-based women’s shoes and accessories brand Lyn is known for its on-trend and cutting edge designs. Part of the renowned Jaspal Group, the brand has marked its presence in India with its first store at Select CityWalk, New Delhi. It has recently launched ‘Dare to Be’, the Autumn/Winter 2019 collection inspired by Venice. In an exclusive interaction, the group’s Brand Director Suvita Singh Sachathet told S&A’s N Bobo Meitei, We’ve recognized India has a large number of fashion-forward consumers who are aware and passionate about the latest trends, yet still mindful of experiencing a balance of simultaneous value and quality.

Separating The Good From The Great

Founded by Mikhil Mehra, The Dapper Man’s and Pellé Santino’s target audience is wide and ranges from professionals to self employed individuals to college goers. Their limited collections always ensure that the styles and designs remain unique. Mikhil explains that the former caters largely to the home market while the latter beyond. You may not see the same design being sold after a few weeks or a month, thus giving each design and every piece we make a sense of authenticity, says Mikhil. S&A caught up with the founder for this issue.

Essentially Classic

The brand has a broad target market, it has had young professional buying the shoes and they have become repeat customers. It also has customers that understand the materials and construction of the shoes.

Trend Forecasting And Sourcing Diversification Seminars For Australian Expo

From sustainability and transparency to global industry trends and savvy sourcing strategies, the three-day seminar program will cater to industry professionals during International Sourcing Expo and the co-located Footwear and Leather Show from November 12-14 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

On The Fashion Track Swansind

Swansind’s products are aimed at customers who want to express themselves with style and confidence.

A Novel Experience : The Pink Post Inc

The Pink Post Inc(TPPI) is the brainchild of Sharnamli Mehra Adhar and Mitali Wadhwa, both with experienced backgrounds in the fashion and luxury market in India. After completing their Masters from the UK and working in the fashion space in India, they decided to put their experience and knowledge to use by creating a niche and luxurious shopping platform for designers and buyers to come together.

Versatility With Enormous Offerings

Sandeep Goenka, the Chief Operating Officer of Bagzone Lifestyles Pvt Ltd manages the retail brand LAVIE that deals in a range of fashion accessories. With an interest in the chemical industry he pursued engineering from Mumbai University. After having achieved numerous targets as the promoter of chemical factories, Sandeep felt a desire to pursue a deep-rooted passion towards the retail. In 1997 he joined the premium luggage brand Samsonite, known for its innovative designs in the travel and luggage space. Since that day life has been all about retail growth, demystifying retail trajectories, launching new categories and driving the brand to cater to today’s consumers needs. Sandeep is also known to be a power house of knowledge, a forward thinker and a creative mind. It was with his foresightedness Bagzone Lifestyles Pvt Ltd launched Lavie in 2010. Since the launch, Lavie as a brand has become widely popular and is present across major cities of India. Using his expertise in consumer insights and India’s retail scenario, Sandeep is bridging the gap between lifestyle brands and consumer demand. Lavie today is a product that is chic, fashionable, elegant and also has accessible price points.

Brand Of Satirical Take Over Obsession

Brandless is riding the fast-growing wave of Indian high-end fashion, a wave that AANCHAL MITTAL hopes to capitalise on. While some may look to skip rungs on their ascent to the apex of the retail world, Aanchal has always wanted to learn from each step and be fully prepared by the time she completes the climb. That meant absorbing everything those at the top could teach her, and at NIFT she had access to few finest minds. Aanchal is a woman who is not afraid of risk. I chose to create products that reflected minimalistic design and quality of product while seamlessly blending with aesthetics and is not gender or age specific, she informs S&A’s Dipika chopra

Culture Of Sustainability And Comfort

Taran Chabra thought, why do I need a different shoe for each activity? Why don’t I have one shoe for all day? He looked but couldn’t find. It resulted in a struggle to find a perfect shoe designed for all day comfort. The culmination was the launch of Neeman’s with focus on creating truly comfortable shoes

Brand Of Youthful Spirit

According to Parimal Mehhta, Horra is here to redefine the concept of luxury.

GST To Be Applicable On Transactional Value Of Footwear

The 31st GST council meeting was remarkably successful in fulfilling the central government’s objective of cutting GST rates.

Conceived From Heart Or Mind

They claim they believe in the generosity of perpetual aesthetics powered by the rationale of simplicity, and the design philosophy is simple - Stay Simple.

The Trendsetting Bugatti 'Uncopy' Collection Comes To An Indian Summer

Born in Europe, in the melting pot of various cultural differences and traditions, Bugatti– a leading shoe brand is all about great European tradition, craftsmanship, excellent workmanship and trendsetting styles coming together. To those who have worn a Bugatti - there’s no other shoe that fits the way a Bugatti does.

Shivani Malik An Eye For Luxury

The Director of Da Milano, Shivani Malik is a woman on a mission to convert the brand into a leading retailer among the young consumers.

Your Best Foot Forward One 8 Selecet

Despite challenging schedules, demanding family life, and the ceaseless judging of the ever critical public eye, Virat Kohli takes chances and follows his business dreams.

A Blend Of Traditional And Contemporary Aesthetics

Founded by two sisters from Jaipur, Azga seeks to espouse the age-old craftsmanship of local artisans and transform their works of art to wearable pieces. It draws inspiration from bold architectural carvings, rich Indian textiles, the majestic wildlife of the Indian subcontinent, the exquisite flora of the region and clean geometry.

Creating Couture Ideas

Neha Sagar started Studio Accessories as a passion for creating beautiful designs and delivering quality. She wanted to give a taste of it to ladies in India. In an interaction with S&A, Neha said, we are overwhelmed with the response and appreciation we have received!

Women's FootWear trends in india

Winter is already here, which means now’s the time to amp up the shoe game so you can get ahead of the fashion curve.

Best Of Two Worlds

Veena Ashiya recalls noticing in New York where most women carried an extra pair of heels to switch to after work for dinners. This was alien to India. Based on the concept- Life here is too chaotic, people are on the move with unplanned events that pop up every now and then- Monrow Shoes was born. There was a need for footwear that offers both comfort and style, and Monrow is ensuring that its customers get the best of both worlds, the brand’s founder informed in a tête-à-tête with S&A.

Delhi Celebrates The British Royal Wedding With A Big Heart And A Scottish Toast!

Excitement of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle at the Windsor Castle, U.K. spread over 4000 miles to reach India as well. At a special charity sundowner event held at DLF’s luxury mall, The Chanakya, it was all about celebrating the British Royal family’s spirit of generosity, gratitude and zest.

From Limited Editions To Heritage Shoes

SANGEET PARYANI has been a big fan of sneakers since he was ten. He recalls the time when he bought his pair of Chuck Taylors with profound nostalgia. Though sneaker has been a strong trend abroad, in India it is the other way until recently. With this penchant, he has opened Superkicks, a sneaker-exclusive retail outlet in Mumbai. Sangeet claims that it’s the unique curation that sets the outlet apart from others. In an exclusive interview with S&A’s Bobo Meitei, he said, the articles that we have are more lifestyle-based than any other MBOs.

Nouvelle Couture Beau Monde

Since 2008, every arm candy created at Beau Monde has been the show stealer!

Combination Of Utility And Style

What sets Yelloe apart is its style with utility at affordable price. Its product design is classic with simplicity and comes with many features with a price point much lower than its competitors with the same or higher quality and usage.

Shivan & Narresh X koovs Collection

Shivan&Narresh is a luxury holiday wear brand with swimwear, resort wear, celebration wear and accessories as its major offerings for the bold, confident and sophisticated lifestyle for millennials. Recently, the label has colloborated with KOOVS on one-of-a-kind capsule collections. The Shivan & Narresh X KOOVS collection is a mix of multiple inspirations; incorporating activewear, athleisure inspired coordinates and evening wear. This will be a line of 40 pieces- comprising of garments and accessories for men and women. S&A’s N Bobo Meitei interacted with the founders and designers, Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja, to discuss the label and more.

A Customer-Obsessed Company

Bengaluru-based Rapawalk is the brainchild of Kashif Mohammad and Aravind Maddireddy, batch mates at IIM Ahmedabad. It is an online footwear brand that offers consumers premium quality shoes at affordable prices. Customers can directly shop the curated designs or personalize any style on their advanced 3D configurator and engage in an immersive shopping experience. The founders claim that Rapawalk is the result of extensive research, a rich heritage of artisanal craftsmanship and a passion for personalized footwear, realized with state-of-the-art 3D modeling technology. S&A caught up with the duo to discuss the brand.

With Belief In Cultural Pillars

Reliance Jewels has a variety of collections across gold, silver, diamond and platinum categories. You can discover exquisite designs from Reliance Jewels which are uniquely hand-crafted and exclusive in every sense. The product collections include traditional as well as the modern contemporary form of jewellery pieces and solitaires. In an exclusive with S&A’s N Bobo Meitei, its CEO, SuNil Nayak said, “We believe in cultural pillars like respect and equality, ownership, innovation mindset, integrity in our actions.”