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...They are banking on Giles Wilson, Dr Martens’ incoming finance chief who previously ran aviation services company John Menzies when it was listed, to lead the turnaround....
...The past few months have been challenging for iconic bootmaker Dr Martens....
...week, pop star Olivia Rodrigo has played four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, where about 20,000 people, mostly young women, transformed New York’s storied arena into a haze of glitter and Doc Martens...
...He adds that designer Glenn Martens has excelled in creating “intelligible fashion concepts that are more democratic”....
...john.gapper@ft.com Letter in response to this article:Taking (Birken)stock / From Michael Levin, Toronto, ON, Canada...
...In August 1993, Kurt Cobain met Los Angeles Times journalist Robert Hilburn wearing a short dress over flannel long johns. “Wearing a dress shows I can be as feminine as I want,” he told Hilburn....
...They are Prada’s answer to Dr Martens, except chic and lightweight. The last music I bought was Cate Le Bon’s most recent record, Pompeii....
...Glenn Martens, a fellow Belgian designer and alumnus of Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts, has long explored the avant-garde through his work at Y/Project....
...Martens and Crocs raises doubts over whether any brand is immune to fashion trends, the FT’s John Gapper notes....
...Waldron speaks at the Bernstein 39th annual strategic decisions conference in New York Results: Auto Trader FY, Broadcom Q2, Dell Technologies Q1, Dollar General Q1, Dr Martens FY, Macy’s Q1, Pennon FY...
...John Lewis stocks British-made Cherry Blossom (£1.55 for a 40g tin), while the likes of Dr Martens, Grenson, Loake and Church’s all sell their own branded polishes, creams and cleaning equipment....
...Though shares in Dr Martens stock closed 10.7 per cent down at 376.2p, John Stevenson, an analyst at Peel Hunt, said the sale was “standard private equity behaviour”, adding: “When there’s a placing of that...
...Wired) — Nietzsche’s quarrel with history (The Hedgehog Review) — Nearly a third of new subscribers to news publications cancel in the first 24 hours (Nieman Lab) — Looks like it’s too hot today for John...
...Speakers include a “senior cabinet minister”, John Lewis Partnership chair Sharon White and BT Group chief executive Philip Jansen. Oh yes, and there is some more football being played....
...We had Mohicans and Doc Martens so we went to Oxfam and bought really bad suits. MGM wanted to dazzle us, so we flew over first class.” But the honeymoon didn’t last long....
...Bootmaker Dr Martens highlights the shift of brands to selling direct to their customers rather than through wholesalers: in the company’s third quarter so-called “DTC” revenues rose 33 per cent from last...
...john.gapper@ft.com Letters in response to this article: How Dr Martens outgrew its workwear origins / From Amanda Nicholls, London E17, UK Recalling the pope who knew how to be well shod / From Harold...
...John Gapper’s column on Dr Martens (“Dr Martens have lost their rebellious innocence”, Opinion, FT Weekend, January 16) omits a significant factor in the brand’s rise to design icon status....
...John Dagleish is great in the central role, giving Milligan a gangly charm but also a restless, driven quality that makes plain the whirling mind that is both his gift and his torment....
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...John Gapper could have mentioned arguably the most famous wearer of Dr Martens shoes: Pope John Paul II (“Dr Martens have lost their rebellious innocence”, Opinion, FT Weekend, January 16)....
...Martens’ vision for the new Diesel will debut at the menswear shows in Milan next month....
...Authors were Nis Grünberg, Katja Drinhausen, Mikko Huotari, John Lee and Helena Legarda....
...Essential comment before you go John Gapper Potential investors in Dr Martens’ IPO were this week promised that the “canvas for rebellious self-expression across generations” has plenty of room to grow....
...I have worn nothing on my feet but Dr Martens boots since I was 16, which is 30 years ago. On and off, I have been the height of fashion; sometimes less so....
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