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Roger Federer and On launches its first tennis-inspired sneaker

Tennis star Roger Federer and Swiss performance running brand On has unveiled their first tennis-inspired sneaker, The Roger. Federer,who invested in the Swiss footwear brand in November 2019, has worked alongside the On design team to create The Roger Centre Court 0-Series, a reinvention of the classic tennis trainer combining the athletes'...

Jul 6, 2020

Fashion Interview

On running shoes launches first lifestyle sneaker

On, the Swiss footwear brand backed by tennis star Roger Federer, is launching its first fashion-focused sneaker, the Cloudnova, as it looks to expand its audience beyond running and move into the lifestyle market. The Cloudnova has been designed with a premium sneaker audience in mind, as the first drop on May 7 will be available worldwide at...

May 7, 2020

Fashion

Rei Kawakubo will receive Isamu Noguchi Award

Founder of Comme des Garcons and co-founder of Dover Street Market Rei Kawakubo is set to receive the 2019 Isamu Noguchi Award from the Noguchi Museum. With this award, the museum recognizes Kawakubo's innovative spirit and commitment to a cultural exchange between the east and the west. The Noguchi Museum will present Kawakubo with her award...

Mar 18, 2019

Retail

The return of the concept store

When Parisian concept store Colette shuttered its doors at the end of 2017, it didn’t just mark the end of an era for the Rue Saint-Honoré boutique, but for fashion itself. Often described as a haven of influence, it became a mouthpiece for the fashion industry since opening its doors in 1997. A platform for emerging, directional and luxury...

Feb 12, 2019

Fashion

Balenciaga launches first in-house eyewear line with Dover Street Market

Balenciaga is kicking off the new year with the launch of an eyewear collection, available exclusively at Dover Street Market stores in the US, UK, Japan, Singapore and China, as well as on Dover Street Market’s ecommerce. With prices ranging between 290 US dollars (230 pounds) and 570 US dollars (450 pounds), the collection includes both...

Jan 3, 2019

Retail

In Pictures: Dover Street Market opens Los Angeles store

Four years after its debut in London, Dover Street Market has opened its sixth location in Los Angeles. Theconcept store, founded by Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo and her husband Adrian Joffe, is best known for its resemblance with an art gallery. Designed by Kawakubo herself, the LA location spans over 15,000 square feet and features corners...

Nov 6, 2018

Retail IN DEPTH

Store, café or art gallery? The rise and rise of the concept store

These aren’t easy times for brick and mortar fashion retailers. As e-commerce grows and consumer behavior changes, the US has seen over 7,000 store closings in 2017. Investment bank Credit Suisse even predicts 25 percent of American shopping malls to close by 2022. The UK is no different, withan average of 16 high street stores closing every...

Aug 7, 2018

Fashion

Comme des Garçons set to launch new brand online

Comme des Garçons has revealed that this July they will be launching a new brand. The Dover Street Market fans are about to have something new to die for. News of the new collection was first announced on WWD. Dover Street Market director and Comme des Garçons chief executive Adrian Joffe confirmed that a new brand would be coming at the opening...

Apr 2, 2018

Culture

Stüssy partners with Dover Street Market for tshirt retrospective

US founded streetwear brand Stüssy will launch a retrospective exhibition at Dover Street Market from August 28. Exhibiting eight t-shirts with graphics from the brand’s archive, the retrospective will explore the significance of the t-shirt as a means of communication. “The t-shirt is such an important past of Stüssy’s past and present and it...

Aug 18, 2017

Retail

Dover Street Market to open in LA

Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo has announced that the latest Dover Street Market will be launched in Los Angeles, expected to open in March 2018. In an exclusive interview with WWD, Adrian Joffe, Kawakubo’s husband and CEO of Comme des Garçons International and DSM said the decision to open in LA “just felt like the right time and the right...

Jul 5, 2017

Retail

Dover Street Market rumoured to be relocating

Designer independent concept Dover Street Market is reportedly in advanced talks to relocate to Burberry’s former headquarters in Haymarket in London’s West End, according to Property Week. The luxury fashion retail store owned by Rei Kawakubo of Japanese brand Comme de Garçons currently occupies 17-18 Dover Street, owned by Lord Alan Sugar’s...

Dec 4, 2014

Apparel

Moynat to 'pop up' in New York's Dover Street Market

Days after Moynat, one of the oldest trunk makers in France, opened its first storeoutside Paris in London, Mayfair came news of a pop-up store opening in the US. Making its first move into the US market, Moynat is set to open a pop-up store in New York's Dover Street Market. The French luxury label will be joining the likes of J.W Anderson,...

Mar 17, 2014