Friday luxury news wrap: Nike x Tiffany and co.

Arushi Sakhuja 

Let’s take a look at what made headlines in luxury this week. While Nike and Tiffany & Co. have released a new pair of sneakers, Richard Mille has released its first line of women’s sports watches and Louboutin completes 30 years of the red sole. Here are the top Friday luxury news highlights for this week.

An Real Age Official’s UV light changing couture

 

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An Real Age Official brought out UV-reactive garments for Fall/Winter 2023. This isn’t the brand’s first foray with UV lighting. The last time was in 2020 when designer Kunihiko Morinaga collaborated with Fendi using technical materials sensitive to ultraviolet radiation in order to change colour from white to the well-known Fendi yellow and reveal patterns.  The brand treated its fall 2023 audience to a light show fashion experience, debuting its own visual play on colour perception with a line of clothing that used UV lights to uncover heat-sensitive clothing.

Nike X Tiffany & Co’s launches second sneaker

Executive VP of Product and Communications at Tiffany and Co. took to Instagram to officially reveal the Tiffany & Co. x Nike Air Force 1 Low Friend and Family colourway. It features “Tiffany Blue premium tumbled leather uppers paired with black suede Swooshes. Additional detailing comes in the form of black nylon tongues, matching rope laces and leather linings. While branding elements include cursive Tiffany tongue tags, “NIKE AIR” embroidery at the rear, printed insoles and engraved .925 sterling silver plates at the rear. The kicks are housed inside a classic Nike orange box that is remixed with Tiffany branding on the lid while the interior is styled in the luxury jewellery label’s signature blue hue.⁠ And this possibly is the most exciting Friday luxury news highlight for sneakerheads!

Louboutin completes 30 years of the red sole

 

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Christian Louboutin celebrates 30 years of the red sole at Paris Fashion Week with a performance choreographed by Sadeck Berrabah, featuring the Neodance Academy. The star-studded Christian Louboutin The Loubi Show III took place in Paris at the Opéra Comique.

Richard Mille’s first line of women’s sports watches

Richard Mille releases its first line of women’s sports watches with the RM 07-04.⁠RM debuts six 36-gram automatic sport watches geared toward women. Enlisting six influential athletes including Aurora Straus, Margot Laffite, Nelly Korda, Nafi Thiam, Yuliya Levchenko and Ester Ledecká to create the colourways.⁠
⁠The watch is compact and open-worked. Requiring three years of development, technical director Salvador Arbona explains: “We had to resolve a threefold technical challenge: extreme skeletonisation, integration of the case with the movement and inclusion of an inverted function selector.”⁠

Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island is auctioning the Aston Martin DB AR1

Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island Auctions will soon feature a 2003 Aston Martin DB AR1 that looks brand spanking new, with only 350 miles on the odometer. This vehicle is a result of Aston Martin’s partnership with renowned coachbuilder Zagato, and it’s one of only 99 made. Moreover, this particular model is the only one finished in Ferrari Titanium Gray paint, with a Claret Red leather interior and special 19-inch alloy wheels. And, get this, it has a six-speed manual transmission and an AP Racing clutch!⁠

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