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dippedanddripped · 1 year

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When you hit the big 5-0, one celebration just doesn’t feel enough. Indeed, that’s the mentality that the team over at

Timberland

seem to have adopted, opting for a whole year’s worth of festivities around the 50th anniversary of its iconic 6-inch boot! Rather than parties, though, the global brand will be toasting its flagship footwear by way of a series of collaborations with a coterie of boundary-pushing creatives, spanning disciplines of art,

fashion

and design.

The news was announced today at Timberland’s campus in the heart of New Hampshire’s expansive – you guessed it – timberlands. Here, the brand unveiled Future73, a year-long initiative that sees six creatives put their distinct spin on the brand’s signature shoe:

Edison Chen

, Canadian-born Hong Kong actor-turned-creator and founder of streetwear and lifestyle brand

CLOT

;

Samuel Ross

, British designer and founder of

A-COLD-WALL*

;

Suzanne Oude Hengel

, Netherlands-based knit researcher and footwear innovator and founder of Knit In Motion;

Nina Chanel Abney

, Chicago-born, New York-based contemporary painter and artist;

Humberto Leon

, Los Angeles-based designer, retailer, creative director, restaurateur and co-founder of

Opening Ceremony

; and

Christopher Raeburn

, British designer and founder of his own responsible fashion label,

RAEBURN

.Working closely alongside Timberland’s design team, each was invited to reimagine the boot, drawing on the pioneering elements that have assured its icon status over the past half-century, and using their directional aesthetic sensibilities to propel it into the future. From Suzanne Oude Hengel’s incorporation of innovative knit techniques to Humberto Leon’s exaggerated chunky rubber soles and Christopher Raeburn’s wholly recyclable iteration, each proposes an irreverent, unexpected perspective on a boot that so many already know and love. ADVERTISEMENT

Samuel Ross' Future73 capsule

“From a cultural and historic standpoint, Timberland has always stood for craft, tension and durability,” mused Samuel Ross in a panel unpacking his Future73 capsule, which fused his yen for one-of-a-kind luxury sportswear with the American brand’s honed production capacities. “A-COLD-WALL tackles similar topics – we’ve always been interested in tensions, and the idea of recontextualising modern masculinity, which Timberland is an integral part of. That was a natural starting point, and from there, it was about trying not to repeat what Timberland had already produced – looking at how we could distort an icon, while also allowing it space to breathe.”It doesn’t all stop at the boot, though. In addition to the footwear offering, each Future73 designer has also created an accompanying clothing capsule – allowing for the holistic articulation of their respective creative visions – andthey’ve each created a second future-minded footwear design based on a Timberland silhouette of their choosing. “What an honour it has been to work alongside these amazing creative minds,” said Drieke Leenknegt, Chief Marketing Officer for Timberland. “Each has taken the Timberland Premium 6-inch boot and transformed it through the lens of their own bold innovation and design ethos, giving us a view of what the icon of the future might look like. It’s our legacy, with their vision, and together we’re forging new frontiers of boot culture.”

Needless to say, it’s all pretty damn exciting stuff, and the question that’s no doubt on your minds is: Where can I get my hands on it? Well, rather than spoil you by releasing all of these treats in one go, Timberland will be drip-feeding the Future73 releases between March and October of this year, with each capsule drop launched with a workshop-style event with the designers. The goodies themselves will then be available for purchase through Timberland, as well as through some of the most influential fashion and streetwear retailers worldwide. On your marks…

50 years ago, Timberland introduced its iconic “yellow boot,” officially known as the 6-Inch Boot these days. Though the company began as the Abington Shoe Company in 1952, the brand as we know it today was birthed in 1973 — the 6-Inch Boot was originally titled the “Timberland,” and it was so popular that the Abington Shoe Company decided to rename itself Timberland after its most popular product. Fast-forward a half-decade, and Timberland is a purveyor of some of the most iconic boots in the world of street culture today: besides the 6-Inch Boot, there’s the “40 Below” Boot, the Euro Hiker, the Field Boot and many more.

So how are they celebrating 50 years? By inviting a half-dozen world-class creatives to push their most iconic products in a fresh direction as part of a new Future 73 initiative. Timberland has tapped CLOT founder Edison Chen, A-COLD-WALL*founder Samuel Ross, fine artist Nina Chanel Abney, Opening Ceremony founder Humberto Leon, textile designer Suzanne Oude Hengel and designer/sustainability advocate/longtime partner Christopher Raeburn to give some of their most iconic styles a fresh spin, all of which were on display at the Future73 kickoff event at Timberland’s headquarters in Stratham, New Hampshire.

Timberland

Chen’s collaboration continues CLOT’s long-running mission of bridging Eastern and Western cultures with ancient Chinese script, tiger-inspired details and more across fully circular footwear and eco-friendly apparel. Samuel Ross’ creations show his knack for refined minimalism, adding by reducing. Nina Chanel Abney’s unique perspective on fine art and easygoing nature are on display across her footwear and apparel offerings. “I’m a footwear designer now!” she exclaimed with a laugh when discussing the parallels between her art practice and her steps into the footwear world.

Leon’s footwear designs play with proportion, exaggerating the most notable elements of the 6-Inch boot, while his apparel offers a unique take on modular function. Hengel’s knit creations offer beautiful tone and texture, exploring how far the scope of Timberland’s products can be expanded by completely changing their materials. And Raeburn continues his experimentation with found materials, noting that his designs drew from unique technical fabrics he found at a military surplus store and that he tried to imagine what the next 50 years would look like for Timberland while creating his products as well.

“Legacy is so important when you have an actual connection with a product,” Samuel Ross told Hypebeast at the Future73 launch event. “You feel like there’s even more responsibility there when you grew up loving something and you get a chance to create your own take on it.” Ross wasn’t the only designer to mention his personal connection to — and excitement around — working on Timberland’s icons. “This was a bucket list project for me,” said Nina Chanel Abney. “Coming in with a fresh perspective and reworking something as iconic as the 6-Inch Classic is a rare thing.”

“How do we take a piece of pop culture iconography and push it into the future?” – Humberto Leon

The Future73 collective’s footwear and apparel designs will roll out over the course of 2023, with exact release dates and further info to be announced in the coming weeks. It’s an undeniably massive project, one that’s equal parts past, present and future, and the partners were all on board with the task at hand. “How do we take a piece of pop culture iconography and push it into the future?” Humberto Leon said, recalling his design ethos when working on his collaboration. “I’ve been working with Timberland for almost 15 years, and there’s still so much to explore.”

And exploring is exactly what this initiative is about.

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dippedanddripped · 2 years

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Dr. Martens x Heaven by Marc Jacobs SS22 Collection

Dr. Martens’ latest collaboration with Heaven by Marc Jacobs creative director Ava Nirui puts a rebellious, ‘90s subculture-inspired twist on the classic Mary Jane silhouette, associated with girlhood for over a century, and a classic 2-strap sandal.

The feminine styling of both models is offset by their substantial platform soles – the 1.5-inch Bex sole on the Addina DS Bex, and the 1.6-inch Quad Neoteric platform sole for the Ricki Sandal – giving their silhouettes extra visual weight. Both models feature contrasting brushed metal buckles adorned with Heaven by Marc Jacobs’ signature double-headed teddy bear logo, and the Addina DS Bex model is finished with subversive double yellow welt stitching and Dr. Martens’ classic branded pull tab.

Since its launch in the summer of 2020, Heaven by Marc Jacobs has embodied nostalgia for the youthful rebellion of the 90s — a technicolour manifestation of a binary-defying, forward-facing generation. The latest collaboration with Heaven creative director Ava Nirui explores new ways to play with two DM’s silhouettes that capture the playful, distorted femme edge that defined the 90s — and still captivates today.

The Mary Jane silhouette has been reinvented and reinterpreted again and again since the early 1900s. An effortless slip-on style — often the first shoe worn by children worldwide. And frequently taken as a symbol of girlhood. DM’s have long been a wardrobe mainstay for anyone wanting to challenge conventional feminine dress codes. The new version of the classic T-bar silhouette has roots in the 80s — a rugged rework with durable welted construction and tonnes of attitude. From a traditional school shoe to a subversive staple. Paris runways, grunge gigs, Harajuku streets. And the new Addina Double Stitch Bex dials up the distortion to new levels

The Dr. Martens x Heaven by Marc Jacobs Addina DS Bex HMJ and Ricki Sandal will be available June 6th at DrMartens.com and select partners.

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a little while ago, a piece chipped off the end of my plastic shoe horn. it still works fine, doesn’t hurt to use or anything, there’s just a piece missing. my parents came over the other day and as my mother was leaving she had a look at the shoe horn and exclaimed, “oh, it’s broken! you’ve got to get a new one!”

i said, “yeah yeah” because that’s the only thing that gets her to move on. but like. it still works. i do not need to get a new one. what i wanted to say was, "see this is why your generation destroyed the planet". but i didn't. my parents like to think of themselves as environmentally conscious because they recycle and only eat swedish meat and i've long since given up on shattering that illusion.

like. genuinely. i cannot think about the environment for more than a few minutes at a time or my badbrains will latch onto it so hard i don't know what will become of me. and i don't know if using my things until they're literally unusable is a part of that, or a reasonable thing to do, or if my mother's right and broken things should be discarded. but i don't really care. i can't think about it too much.

#she speaks #bad brains blogging #i have a pair of shoes that i've walked into the fucking ground #and my parents hate them #they're visibly worn but not in a way that makes them worse at being *footwear* (they smell really bad though lol)#so i try not to wear them around people but when i'm exercising or just walking down to the shops? sure! they're comfy as hell!#but every time my parents see them a deep rage fills their souls and they demand to know when i'm planning on throwing them out

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