Uh-oh. We’ve got another ‘butt-buster’ settlement! Last September we revealed that the FTC had filed and won a whopping $25 million dollar settlement against athletic shoe titans Reebok for false advertisement of their Reebok’s EasyTone walking shoes, RunTone sneakers and Easy Tone flip-flops. We also let you know that the FTC wasn’t stopping there in [...]

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Pop icon meets iconic shoe. Today we bring you (finally) the video (filmed nearly a year ago) featuring pop star and Adidas spokesperson Katy Perry chit-chatting with Jeremy Scott about his latest collaboration with sports brand Adidas. We’re not sure why the vid is just hitting the net now, but we’re glad it is, ’cause it’s [...]

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It seems Reebok’s EasyTone brand isn’t letting a little FTC lawsuit get them down. Instead they’re upping their game by bringing in Ms. Miranda Kerr as the new face of the brand. Known as much for being a Victoria’s Secret Angel as for being the wife of actor Orlando Bloom, the Australian supermodel is now [...]

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Exciting news of the philanthropic front! Sportswear merchandiser The Finish Line Inc., has announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Special Olympics to sell the non-profit’s merchandise online and in it’s US stores. The partnership will see the company supporting the D.C.-based Special Olympics organization by serving as the first national sponsor [...]

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In a fit of we’re-not-gonna-let-a-little-legal-trouble-get-us-down, “barefoot” running brand Vibram opened the doors of it’s first ever US flagship store, adding fuel to the “barefoot” running trend. This Boston-based beauty joins it’s European sister stores (Milan, Italy, and Spain) in offering up the brands odd-looking sports shoes in this US city’s historical main retail drag Newbury [...]

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With those bikini’s calling from the back of the closet, you may be looking for a touch more oomph in the motivation department? If you’re anything like me, I can think of nothing so inspiring as shopping for a great new pair of kicks, especially if they’re adorned in the same colorful hues as those [...]

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Yes, even more in this weeks sneaker news—(Hey, we did warn you that sneakers were trending.)  Another collaboration, in fact. This time Targets ‘main muse’ Missoni launches it’s 5th (that’s right, count ‘em) collaboration with sports brand Converse and it’s just as zig-zaggy as you could possibly imagine. Priced at $200, and available at Missoni [...]

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Between celebrity-designs and a non-sanctioned Hermes pairing, it seems everybody (except Kristen Stewart) wants to pimp out a pair of Vans. And it’s high time we add Kenzo to the list. Design house Kenzo has paired up with the footwear label to release a collaboration called Vans Era. They dropped this fashion bomb along with [...]

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From Hello Kitty cosmetics, to H&M’s latest offerings, to Vera Wang’s Universe — who doesn’t love a good collaboration? Well we here at SoleVine.com certainly do… so we don’t have to tell you how excited we were with Nike’s latest pairing with the UK’s Liberty of London. 2011 was the kick-off for the meeting of [...]

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Uh… oh. Houston… it seems we might have a problem. The long arm of the law is apparently reaching out to those Vibram FiveFinger sports shoes that we covered back in 2010. WWD is reporting that a Florida woman is taking the foot-glove brand to court for what she says are “misleading claims about the [...]

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