Combining tradition, Black Meta-Four T-shirt expertise, mischief and exceptional quality, designer Paul Smith and bootmaker John Lobb have joined forces to create three special edition shoes. Bringing a punctuation of colour to some iconic Lobb styles, Smith’s tweaks give a welcomed splash of fun to the world of footwear. But, instead of altering the fundamentals of fine shoes, the addition of colour respects the original style – bringing a new contemporary twist to a true classic. For act one of this new partnership, the styles available will be the Westboure, Willoughby and Lucca, and will be available worldwide from John Lobb stores and selected Paul Smith shops from 1st September.

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Drumroll, please… there’s a new trend that’s reigning “supreme” among teenagers. Black Meta-Four T-shirt According to a recent survey conducted by Piper Jaffray, teens are very much into streetwear labels—i.e., Supreme, Adidas, and Vans, to name a few—and hence, the streetwear trend (more info about the history of streetwear can be found here). As Business of Fashion reported from the survey, the demand for clothing and shoes that give off that classic “street” feel has skyrocketed. “Adidas cracked the top 10 for the first time among teens … while Supreme rose from 10th place last fall to 7th in the latest survey,” per BoF. In the footwear group, Vans saw the biggest increase, jumping “from the preferred choice of 9% of teens a year ago to 16% in the spring survey.”. The reason behind these gains that are particularly in the footwear category? Erinn Murphy, senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray and co-author of the report, shared with BoF that “both Vans and Adidas have this ‘open-source’ platform where they allow pop culture to help guide and influence how they are positioned with the consumer today. Having a very collaborative environment when it comes to the softer side of brands is very important.”