In its Vancouver lab, Lululemon tracks women’s breast motion and centers of gravity as they run, jump, and stretch to create perfectly fitting sports bras. But four years ago, the brand’s designers ...

Join us on an exciting journey into the world of innovative footwear design with Alexander Osipov! Discover how everyday materials and pure art come together to create unusual shoes that defy ...

Sara Valeri is an emerging name in sports products and footwear design. She is reshaping the industry by combining fashion, performance, and technology. As a Venezuelan-born designer, a woman in a ...

The footwear development process hasn’t changed much over the past few decades. Shoemakers have been designing and fitting footwear with many of the same traditional measurement tools such as lasts, ...

From the dawn of humankind, there has been a formula for making shoes. We cut pieces of leather or cloth, then sew them onto a sole. Today, everything from sneakers to stilettos are made this way.

For shoe designer Mary Alice Malone, working on both men’s and women’s footwear was a fascinating challenge. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, the founder and creative director is a graduate of ...

Despite decades of progress in sports science, women runners still wear scaled-down men’s shoes. A new study exposes how this one-size-fits-all approach affects comfort, performance, and injury risk, ...

The shoe industry, like most apparel categories, is prone to consumer overconsumption. Algorithm-driven trends and accelerated product cycles lead to impulsive shopping decisions, often made with ...