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unusual facts about National Union of Knitwear, Footwear



1939 FA Cup Final

Portsmouth manager Jack Tinn said afterwards that his side won thanks to the help of his "lucky spats".

Admir Raščić

Sun Pegasus's apparel sponsors, Adidas, had to specifically arrange for size 13 footwear to be delivered to Hong Kong for Raščić as they have never marketed such size shoes in Hong Kong previously.

AJWright

Like its sister company T.J. Maxx, AJWright sold clothing, domestics, giftware, footwear, accessories, and fragrances at prices between twenty and seventy percent below regular prices.

Alexandre Birman

Alexandre Birman (born October 1, 1976) is Brazilian footwear designer and founder of his self-titled couture brand, "Alexandre Birman".

Barnaul

Leading industries in the city work with diesel and carbon processing; as well as production of heavy machinery, tires, furniture and footwear.

British Boot Company

The British Boot Company (formerly known as Holts) is a shoe shop in Camden Town in London famous for being the first retailer in the world to sell Dr. Martens footwear in 1958.

Cheri Gaulke

While a resident, Gaulke published "Impedement", a handmade book that investigates the abuse of women’s footwear and feet through the ages-from the ancient Chinese foot binding to high heeled shoes of the present.

Dress shoe

Following the criticism, their footwear was eventually auctioned off on eBay to raise money for a young cancer patient, Jaclyn Murphy of Hopewell Junction, New York, who was befriended by the team.

Duarig

Duarig is a footwear trademark founded in 1886 in Balbigny (France) by M. Giraud.

Episcopal sandals

The pontifical footwear is used only at Tridentine Pontifical Solemn Mass and at functions performed during the same, such as ordination, but not on other occasions, as, for example, Confirmation, Solemn Vespers, etc.

Erskineville Bootmaking School

In 1949 the Boot and Shoe Trades School was renamed the Department of Footwear and continued to teach out of Ultimo until 2009.

Famous Footwear

Prior to 1974, due to its discounting policy Famous Footwear was unable to purchase footwear from the two leading athletic shoe giants of the day, Adidas and Puma.

FC Bihor Oradea

In 1960 the team merged with the footwear factory "Solidarity" and, finishing first in the 1960-1961 regional championship, it promotes to the Divizia B after a play-off at Sinaia.

Footstar

Footstar originally consisted of three former Melville divisions – family footwear retailer Thom McAn, athletic shoe retailer FootAction USA, and Meldisco, which operated footwear departments inside department and discount stores, primarily Kmart.

Guy Mariano

Mariano contributed a part in Lakai Limited Footwear's skateboarding video Fully Flared and won the "Best Street", "Best Video Part", and "Readers Choice" awards at the 2008 awards event that is presented annually by the Transworld Skateboarding magazine—the video itself won the "Best Video"award.

Hankaar

This is obtained by Sewa and hence, one sees the practise of devotees cleaning the footwear of visitors to a Gurdwara so that the mind of devout Sikh is made more humble.

Industrial district

Industrial districts in Central and Northeastern Italy have a coherent location and a narrow specialisation profile, e.g. Prato in woolen fabric, Sassuolo in ceramic tiles or Brenta in ladies' footwear.

Insolia

Early in 2005, Insolia reported that Qantas, a major Australian airline, had chosen shoes containing the Insolia component as necessary footwear for its 7,000 flight attendants.

Irthlingborough

Dr. Martens has a long history with the town; the manufacturer R Griggs, owned by Max Griggs, had its head office in the town until production moved to China in 2003, much to the displeasure of the National Union of Knitwear, Footwear & Apparel Trades.

Jeff Nicholas

Jeff's design and creative direction work can be seen on merchandise, album covers, posters, websites, and other materials of many well known bands, celebrities and brands, such as Justin Timberlake, Foo Fighters, Beck, Jason Mraz, Beastie Boys, DVS Footwear, RCA Records, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Joe Rogan, Blood Is The New Black, and many more.

Joe Lopes

Presented by Etnies footwear and Element Skateboards, thirty skaters entered the contest but first place was awarded to Joe Lopes.

Karl Schlademan

After retiring from Michigan State, Schlademan sold Adidas footwear in Lansing, Michigan.

Kinky boots

The film Kinky Boots was released in 2005 and told the story of an ailing company of high quality traditional men's shoe manufacturers that found a new lease on life making high heeled footwear for transgender people and drag queens.

Lakai

Lakai Limited Footwear, a footwear company based in Torrance, California.

Leicester College

The creative heart of Leicester College, St Margaret’s Campus is where courses in Art and Design, Fashion and Footwear, Computing, Media, Photography and Print take place.

Lisa Wilcox

In 2000, Wilcox and A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 co-star Tuesday Knight founded a footwear jewelry retailer company called ToeBrights which is still in business today.

Louboutins

Christian Louboutin, a fashion designer most renowned for his self-titled footwear label

Luther Cressman

His most significant discovery came in 1938, when he discovered a pair of perfectly preserved shredded sagebrush bark sandals at Fort Rock in Oregon that were radiocarbon dated from 10,500 to 9,300 years old, making them the oldest footwear ever discovered.

Macbeth Athletics

Macbeth Footwear is a company created by Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus from the platinum selling punk band Blink 182 and Jon Humphrey, a former concert promoter and vice president of the skateboard company Adio Shoes.

Mary Oyaya

She has been featured in fashion magazines such as CAT and S where she has advertised Salvatore Ferragamo and Gucci sunglasses, Chanel, and Jan Logan jewelry and footwear with Sergio Rossi.

Matthew Rubel

Collective Brands was the parent company for Payless ShoeSource, a footwear, accessory and lifestyle brand company; Collective Brands' Performance + Lifestyles Group (formerly The Stride Rite Corporation); and Collective Licensing International.

Mudd Jeans

Until 2009, Mudd products could be found in the United States at Kohl's, JC Penney, Sears, Shoe Dept., Target, Famous Footwear, Bealls, Bon Ton, Carson Pirie Scott, and Stage.

Nocona Boots

In addition to Nocona Boots, Justin Brands is the owner of five leading footwear brands including Justin Boots, Tony Lama Boots, Chippewa Boots, and Justin Original Workboots, making it the world’s largest manufacturer of western footwear.

Payless ShoeSource

Payless ShoeSource is an American discount footwear retailer headquartered in Topeka, Kansas in 1956 by brothers Louis and Shaol Pozez that is owned by Collective Brands, Inc. In 1961, it became a public company as the Volume Shoe Corporation which merged with the May Department Stores Company in 1979.

Plugger

Flip-flops, a type of footwear similar to sandals but without securing the ankles

Prada gender discrimination case

“For Prada, fashion, luxury and style have always been aspects of a project that goes beyond production of clothes, footwear and handbags. Interest and careful observation of the world, society and culture are at the core of Prada’s creativity and modernity. This has pushed Prada beyond the physical limitations of boutiques and showrooms, leading us to interact with diverse, seemingly distant worlds, and introducing, very naturally, a new way of creating fashion.”

Recreo

The city's economy is driven mainly by industries that export their products to other countries and the rest of the country, which are: food industries, Arcor, clothing, Fabrizzi; armed accumulator, Plaka, footwear, Willy; appliances, Barbero, textiles, Sabri and Tejica, minerals, ores of the Playground.

Rolling Thunder skate park

This contest (sponsored by the Emerica Footwear Company) went on to inspire the world famous "Eric Koston Game of Sk8" contest series.

Stride Rite Corporation

In addition to the Stride Rite brand, the company markets footwear under the following owned or licensed brands: Keds, Grasshoppers, Robeez, Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider, and Jessica Simpson Kids.

UGG

UGG Australia, a brand of footwear, bags, clothing and other goods

Vetoba

He is noted for his footwear, which consists of large Kolhapuri chappals (a type of leather flip-flop).

Vince Camuto

The following year he launched four footwear brands for Dillard’s Department Stores, including Antonio Melani, Gianni Bini, Nurture and Michelle D. Later that year, he acquired the footwear licenses for BCBG Max Azria and BCBGirls.

Waffle iron

In 1971, Oregon track coach and Nike Co-founder Bill Bowerman used his wife's waffle iron to experiment with the idea of using waffle-ironed rubber to create a new sole for footwear that would grip but be lightweight.


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