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Sky-High Disco Kicks

These Gridded Platform Shoes from Pixie Kitsune are Futuristic

— September 5, 2014 — Fashion
These Qozmo DisQo platform shoes are designed by YRU and Devowevo. Available on Pixie Kitsune's web shop, the sky-high kicks are a daring accessory that will make you at least 4" taller.

In addition to its 4" heel, this vegan leather shoe also features a 3" platform. The accessory's built-in platform is wrapped with EVA material that boasts a gridded and visually vivid design.

This futuristic sneaker pays homage to the outrageous disco styles of the 70s and marries the decade's flamboyant styles with those of today. While the wedge sneaker was making waves a few seasons ago, the platform shoe is back and all the rage for young style-setters who are looking to the past for inspiration.
Trend Themes
1. Platform Resurgence - There is an emerging trend for platform shoes, offering disruptive innovation opportunities for shoe brands and manufacturers to develop more daring and adventurous designs.
2. Futuristic Design - The gridded and visually vivid design of Pixie Kitsune's Qozmo DisQo platform shoes represents a move towards futuristic aesthetics in fashion, which offers disruptive innovation opportunities for designers and stylists to explore multidisciplinary collaborations with technology experts in wearable tech
3. 70s-inspired Fashion - The resurgence of platform shoes reflects a craving for nostalgic fashion from the 70s, presenting disruptive innovation opportunities for designers to explore more daring, flamboyant and outrageous styles across clothing, accessories, and beauty products.
Industry Implications
1. Footwear - The platform resurgence trend represents a significant disruptive innovation opportunity for the footwear industry, particularly for shoe manufacturers and designers to tap into new generations' interest in nostalgic fashion with a futuristic spin.
2. Fashion and Beauty - The platform shoes resurgence offers innovative opportunities for the fashion and beauty industry to develop new retro-futuristic aesthetics, bridal and wedding beauty trends, and contemporary interpretations of nostalgic styles
3. Wearable Technology - The futuristic design trend in fashion and footwear presents disruptive innovation opportunities for wearable technology, providing solutions for creating technologically advanced and sustainable materials, personalized fashion, and integrating biometric sensors to enhance fashion accessory functionality.
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