The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
LA CORUÑA, Spain — Zara will launch a service to embroider names onto denim clothing in Europe this month, latching onto a customisation trend which has seen shoppers able to create their own Levi's jeans or design their Nike sneakers in-store.
Sneaker- and jean-makers like Adidas, Nike and Levi's have been offering customisation for several years, where customers can add their own modifications to clothes and shoes. Although it's considered a hot trend, it hasn't brought much in the way of revenue so far.
Pop-up customisation corners in three Zara stores in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Milan will embroider words on 13 different denim designs from a €19.95 pair of shorts to a €39.95 jacket from March 27, the company said on Wednesday.
Customers of Inditex-owned Zara in Italy, Britain, Holland and Spain will be able to order personalised items from the ranges online for delivery or pick-up in-store in an initial roll-out to test demand, a company spokesman said.
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Respondents to the BoF-McKinsey Global Fashion survey identified personalisation as the number one trend last year.
Customisation ranges from smaller adaptations such as embroidery in-store to products designed almost totally by the customer like Adidas's 'Knit for You' pop-up stores that create bespoke sweaters in a matter of hours.
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