People Footwear™ is a footwear brand that produces the next generation of classic, casual footwear. The brand believes that the simple things turn out to be the best. People Footwear is about bringing people together; stepping outside to see where the day takes you, who you might meet along the way and knowing an adventure awaits if you’re up for it. And it starts with wearing what looks and feels right.
Shoes don’t have to be complicated. People Footwear offers a contemporary design of common sense in a shoe that is stripped down to its simplest form. From construction to production, nothing is wasted and everything is streamlined to produce footwear for today that connects the best styles of the past with the best technology of the future.
The brand is excited to announce the launch of its 2015 Fall/Winter (FW15) collection hitting stores worldwide this September. The brand launched globally in Spring/Summer 2015 in 12 countries including the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.
The four core styles include the Phillips, the Lennon, the Stanley and the Senna. The styles are based on a core construction of People Footwear’s own Skylite™ performance foam, being water repellant, shock-absorbing, easy to clean and best of all, odor resistant.
The Phillips is a hybrid interpretation of a the original sneaker and features a Skylite™ EVA (Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate) Outsole, a 3D-printed mesh upper, color-matched laces, and a removable SuperCush™ EVA Sockliner. SuperCush is supremely shock-absorbing and adapts to the shape of the wearers foot and is made of compression-molded low-density EVA.
The Lennon is People’s take on a freewheeling, hippie culture-inspired footwear, aptly named after John Lennon. It is a hybrid dual-strap sandal and features a dual-density Skylite™ EVA Outsole and a micro-fiber lined PU nubuck strap with adjustable painted-metal buckles.
The Stanley is a hybrid interpretation of a classic casual deck shoe and features a Skylite™ EVA Outsole, a 3D-printed mesh upper, color-matched laces, and a removable SuperCush™ EVA Sockliner.
The Senna is a fully-molded driving moccasin dubbed after influential F1 racer Ayrton Senna. It features a Skylite™ EVA Outer with a fixed SuperCush™ EVA Sockliner, rubber traction pads, and removable laces strategically incorporated for added functionality. It is comprised almost entirely of this super-light and supremely comfortable foam that’ll be very useful for long drives.
Highlights of the season included an exclusive all-white Phillips and Stanley Knit model with Kith NYC. Expectations for the brand are high and People Footwear’s FW15 line is primed to exceed them.
The FW15 collection introduces the “little People” line, the brand’s expansion into a children’s footwear line featuring the same classic Phillips, Stanley and Senna silhouettes in “mini-me” sizes and colours. Constructed from their own performance molded foam known as SkyliteTM EVA and featuring 3-D printed paneling, these shoes are redefining the notion of comfort.
The brand will also unveil its new seasonal silhouette, which is named after a famous mountain and ski spot in Vancouver. The Cypress features a cozy WarmCore™ upper and soft-touch footbed reminiscent of a sleeping bag for the foot. The combination of a pillowy quilted upper and elastic/toggled laces means you can slip these on with one eyed closed – perfect for those “way too early” morning dog walks.
Footwear designer, entrepreneur and co-founder of People Footwear Damian Van Zyll De Jong, formerly of Native Shoes explains, “We work hard to create comfortable and stylish footwear and The Cypress is an ideal reflection of our efforts.”
People Footwear’s product philosophy is “high-performance leisure,” which means technical performance products ideal for leisurely pursuits. People Footwear’s DreamKnit™ collection is a prime example of this using digitally-knit uppers to create an ultra-breathable and super comfortable shoe. Using a high-tech digital knitting machine each pair takes one hour to digitally knit using multiple spools of thread to create a unique look and feel. “This is one of the first casual shoes of its kind and will help change the future of footwear production,” states De Jong.
Pick up a pair of People Footwear for you or your little one and head Feet First Into the Future this season!
People Footwear™ is available at Res | Toe | Run stores nationwide and is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by the Primer Group of Companies – Asia’s next retail giant. For more information on People Footwear™, check out www.PeopleFootwear.com and @peoplefootwear.
