At HOTA, sneakers find their well-deserved place in art galleries at last
- Written by: Indigo Willing, Social Science Fellow, The Sydney Social Science and Humanities Advanced Research Centre, The University of Sydney. Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
PUMA X RIME NYC Luxe Sky Wedge (2013), Ed Reeve, Design Museum London.Sneakers were once traditionally associated with what fashion academic Naomi Braithwaite describes as “athleticism”: they were only considered in their relationship to sports.
But things have changed in one of the most significant yet overlooked style revolutions of...
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