WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY: Suicoke Links With Vibram on Repair Program

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Suicoke’s collaboration frenzy is now focusing on process rather than design — and particularly on giving a second life to worn-out sandals.

The hip Japanese footwear brand has expanded its link with sole maker Vibram for the “Repair If You Care” program launching in January, whereby customers can have their worn out Suicoke styles — chunky slides and hiking sandals, for example — repaired using Vibram’s signature rubber soles.

The program will debut at the Vibram Academy workshops in Paris; London; Wien, Austria; and Athens, Greece, but will be later expanded to involve shoe repair shops and cobblers that are already partners of the sole-maker in the U.S., Europe and Japan.