Veja news and archive

The career of… Alice Duarte, shoemaker at Veja

The shoemaking trade is not dead. On the contrary: it is very much alive, Alice Duarte, shoemaker at Veja, shares in an interview with FashionUnited about her job. She has an impressive resume: she learned the craft of shoe repair at a vocational school in France and rose to become a shoemaker for luxury fashion brands Louboutin and Chanel. Now...

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Veja appoints new global commercial director

Enrico Pasi has been named the new global commercial director of Paris-based footwear brand Veja, a role he has held since September. Pasi announced the news in a post on his LinkedIn profile. Pasi has extensive experience in the footwear industry. He previously worked as global commercial director for footwear brand Autry International from...

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Veja opens its first London store

French sustainable trainer brand Veja has opened its first store in London in the centre of Seven Dials. Located at 45 Monmouth Street, between Covent Garden and Soho, the 1,475 square foot store offers the brand's range of footwear alongside an in-store cobbler station for repairs and cleaning of sneakers and shoes from any brand. Veja...

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Veja opens first in-house store cobbler in the US

French sustainable trainer brand Veja is opening its second location in New York City in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, today, April 9, featuring its first in-house cobbler in the US. Veja Brooklyn store Credits: Veja The new 2,300 square-foot space features original brick walls, concrete floors and wooden ceilings with wooden benches and plaster...

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Veja opens a repair shop in Paris

French sustainable trainer brand Veja has opened its first standalone sneaker “repair temple” in Paris. Known as the ‘General Store,’ the repair shop is located at 11 Rue de Marseille and offers cobbler and tailoring services to fix and extend the life of sneakers and clothing for any brand. Designed to act as a hub of sustainability, the store...

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Veja and Rick Owens release fifth collaboration

Veja and Rick Owens have released their fifth collaboration together. The collection, which is sustainably made, will be the last collaboration between the two brands. The collection contains two new styles, the Performance Runner Style and Hiking Style. The shoes are made from vegan leather, organic cotton and recycled polyester. The...

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Veja opens store in former military barracks in Bordeaux

French footwear brand Veja has opened its latest store in a former military barracks in Bordeaux. The barracks, called Darwin, have been transformed into a hybrid space bringing together 50 associations and 200 companies. Veja x Darwin will act as the brands “store of the future”, where it will showcase never launched prototypes, sneakers with...

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French footwear brand Veja enters India

Clothing brand Bhaane has brought French low-impact footwear brand Veja to India. Veja sneakers are made from eco-friendly materials with a sustainable production process. A small selection of the brand’s V-10 men’s and women’s sneakers will be available in Veg-Non Veg’s flagship store in New Delhi. Veg-Non Veg is a multi-brand sneaker store....

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2019 Recap: our best interviews

FashionUnited had the pleasure of interviewing a number of fashion CEOs, C-suite executives, activists, academics and designers in 2019. As the year draws to a close, we’re looking back at the most insightful interviews we have published this year. Enjoy! “We run algorithms through the entire company. We basically use machines for everything...

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Rick Owens and Veja team up for sustainable sneakers

American fashion designer Rick Owens and French footwear brand Veja have joined forces to launch a sustainable-focused running sneaker. Designed by both studios, the collaboration brings together the innovative technologies from the Veja Running project and Rick Owens’ trademark attitude, with the sneakers available in butter-beige, black and...

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Sustainable footwear brand Veja appoints Laure Browne as Group CEO

Laure Browne, former International Brands Director at Auchan Retail, has joined sustainable sneaker brand Veja in the role of Group CEO. This is the first time in the company’s fifteen-year history that co-founders Sébastien Kopp and Ghislain Morillion appoint someone else for this role. “After 30 years of experience in French and international...

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Veja launches collaborative sneakers with Lemaire

Sustainable footwear label Veja has joined forces with French fashion house Lemaire to launch two sneaker styles. The first one, dubbed Aquashoe, is a mix of a runner, a slipper and a diving shoe made from recycled polyester in 3D effect stitching and comes in two colors: black and red. The second one is a vintage looking canvas boot inspired by...