The reincarnation of antiquity. Color schemes in trendy themes for the spring-summer season 2019
Galina Kravchenko - expert in fashion assortment management, business consultant, specializes in the development/purchase of commercial collections of clothing and footwear, adaptation of commercial trends, formalization of style DNA, category management of assortment in various sales channels (offline, online, marketplaces, wholesale).
Bodhi Theme
Reflects the increased interest in ancient cultures, rites, food traditions and methods of treatment of the tribes of the Amazon, Australia and South America. This influence is noticeable in various areas of modern life and art.
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So, the Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez Veliz, the owner of the restaurant “Lima Floral”, instilled in his clients an interest in traditional Peruvian cuisine using local ingredients. The traditions and secret knowledge of shamans and doctors are becoming a new popular area of treatment and nutrition for modern man.
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Lisa Ross, an artist and photographer from New York, in her works shows the sacred places in which there are idols and various significant relics.
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In the provocative documentary "The Reality of Truth" by Michael "Zappi" Zapolina discusses the use of psychedelic botanical means to remove from the physical world and explore higher spiritual spheres.
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Aboriginal art inspires a new sophisticated design. For example, the artist Lanita Numina Napanangka is known for her work, made from rhythmic abstract points of natural shades.
Such increased attention to ancient civilizations demonstrates the desire of modern man to be closer to nature, as well as appreciate the diversity of life that planet Earth gives. People became more interested in other nations, their traditions and culture, as well as studying their roots and genealogy.
The color palette of the Bodhi theme is muted and at the same time juicy shades of natural dyes. The main role is played by brown, burgundy, yellow and green shades.
Santa Fe Theme
Dedicated to the desert valleys of America. The combination of dry sandy landscapes with flora and smooth rocky surfaces create a new complex beauty that makes you think about the eternal and penetrate spiritually. The theme is inspired by modern architecture, new furniture solutions and paintings by the American artist Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Unusual desert landscapes have long been a refuge for soul seekers, as they have great spiritual strength. So, for example, the house Aerie, located in Arizona - an ideal example of how architecture can not stand out and become a continuation of the famous Red Stones Canyon. This is a complete unity with nature.
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Interior and furniture designer Faye Toogood was inspired by the art of ancient tribes and repeated the curved shapes of stones in her work.
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The distinctive beauty of places like Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico is the main inspiration for iconic American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Her paintings are dedicated to desert valleys and canyons.
The Santa Fe trend color palette is sandy, golden, reddish shades of sunset in a deserted valley, and mustard shades of Red Stones Canyon. The warm blue color of the evening sky dilutes this warm palette.
Theme "Valley"
Impregnated with retro nostalgia for one-story America during the Cold War. These are idealized memories of life in the suburbs. The theme is inspired by old photographs that urge us to look at life in the suburbs from a new perspective.
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The works of photographer Karen Khachaturov are made in a surreal style. His photographs attract attention with their detachment and make them see society from a different angle. It conveys the mood of everyday life, using a palette of sweet pastel colors and surreal suburban images.
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The famous photographer William Eggleston, a pioneer of color photography, showed the everyday life of the middle class in a “new color." Cars, homes, advertising, clothing, interiors have turned pink, orange, blue and lemon yellow. All these paints, which still did not exist forty years ago, appeared thanks to the chemical industry.
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Bill Owens, a well-known American photographer, published the book Suburbia in 1972, which was accompanied not only by his pictures, but also by his stories about the life of the middle class living outside the city.
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In cinema, the study of this topic was manifested, for example, in the work of director David Lynch, the author of the drama "Twin Peaks", which shows in detail the lives of strange residents of a provincial American town.
The color palette of the Valley theme is a combination of sweet, sugary pink, yellow, mint and soft blue with cardinally bright and rich red, blue, orange and light khaki.
Top Fashion Theme - This is a new approach to the modern functional design of a fashion product, which must be not only intellectually minimalistic in appearance, but also high-tech in functionality. This trend is expressed in clothes, shoes and accessories due to the simple and perfect cut and design in cool or bright colors.
Modern minimalism is a requirement of a person’s life today, his freedom of choice in work and the construction of life. Thus, according to forecasts, by 2020, more than 40% of the US workforce will be freelance workers who seek to diversify their professional lives and are ready for temporary work. Young ambitious managers choose their own startups instead of large corporations.
Also, due to the fact that we live in a very dynamic time, and people often do not have enough time to solve simple everyday tasks, a huge number of new technologies and services are created and implemented to make their implementation as easy as possible. Technology continues to penetrate our lives. Modern gadgets, vacuum cleaners, teapots "grow wiser" before our eyes and look perfect: soft, rounded shapes and calm shades.
The “Top” theme color palette is a combination of red, blue and green, as well as cold gray-blue shades with brown and powder.
Spring/Summer 2026: Five Trends for Athletic Shoes
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Main trend themes for footwear and bags collections for the fall-winter 2025/26 season
Store Manager: Strategic Asset or Redundant Position?
Owners of small shoe stores often juggle multiple roles: negotiating with suppliers, managing inventory, handling marketing, and even personally participating in sales. In such an environment, it's difficult to focus on strategic development and operational management. This is where a store manager comes in – a key employee who oversees daily processes and ensures stable business growth. However, many owners believe they can handle this on their own. SR fashion business management and development expert Maria Gerasimenko explains why a store manager is essential and why you can't do without one if you want to grow and scale your business.
Euro Shoes — March 4-7, 2026 at the WTC Congress Center
From March 4th to 7th, leading brands from Europe, Asia, and the CIS will gather at the WTC Congress Center in Moscow to present their Fall/Winter 2026 collections, capture current trends, and set the direction for the fashion industry.
What factors influence pricing, and how to work with retail prices for shoes
Footwear retail is one of those segments that is highly dependent on seasonality. Pricing in the footwear business, in turn, depends on a multitude of factors, from production costs to the vagaries of weather and regional factors.SR's expert in product assortment and management, Emina Ponyatova, discusses the key principles of pricing footwear products, as well as the main pressure factors and challenges facing footwear retailers in 2025, and offers recommendations on how to ensure successful and profitable retail.
Customer profiling in a shoe store. What is this technique and how can it be used in sales?
Profiling is a scientific method of "reading people," allowing one to create a psychological profile of a person and predict their actions or behavior in certain situations, or even catch them in a lie. Profiling is used in sales because the salesperson needs to understand a person's emotional state and their underlying motivations for purchasing. An expert and practitioner in sales growth in fashion, SR, discusses this method and its practical application in footwear retail.
SOHO Fashion Group: 20 years of sustainable growth and collaboration with global brands
This year, SOHO Fashion Group celebrates its 20th anniversary—a significant milestone that highlights the company's sustainable development and its contribution to shaping the Russian fashion market. During this period, the company has established a leading position in the industry, forging strong relationships with international brands and establishing itself as a reliable representative of the fashion segment.
Just a month until the Euro Shoes exhibition in Moscow!
We are counting down the days for the main international exhibition of footwear and accessories Euro Shoes Premiere Collection in Moscow! The exhibition will be held from August 27 to 30 at a new premium venue – the capital's congress center WTC on Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment.
Salvatore Ferragamo's Shoes Inspire Pastry Chefs
Italian confectioners have created cakes that are exact copies of six legendary pairs of shoes from the archives of the Italian "Shoemaker to the Stars" maestro Salvatore Ferragamo. They were presented in the 10_11 restaurant of the Milan hotel Portrait Milano, which is part of the hotel management company owned by the Ferragamo family.
Main trend themes for footwear and bags collections for the fall-winter 2025/26 season
Whatever aesthetics your collection adheres to - craft heritage, elegant minimalism inspired by traditions or, conversely, futuristic forms - if your customer strives to be fashionable and you need to regularly update your assortment with current trendy novelties, pay attention to the design trends, models and details of women's shoes and bags in the fall-winter 2025/26 season described in this article. To prepare it, the author used materials from the international trend bureau Fashion Snoops, which is a source of commercial forecasts for the seasons ahead, and current trend analytics of key events in the fashion industry around the world: industry exhibitions, shows, shows.
How Pareto's Law Works in a Shoe Retail Store
Analysis of the company's performance is an important quality of a manager. Many indicators in the retail business are subject to analysis, primarily - sales planning and inventory balances, KPI performance by employees, the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, the number of sellers, their work schedules and many other factors that affect the final result of the store. In this material, SR expert on increasing sales in shoe retail Evgeny Danchev, using the Pareto principle, understands the reasons why revenue and volumes of goods sold are distributed very unevenly between weekdays and weekends. The author is confident that the Pareto principle is indispensable in the systemic analysis of sales management efficiency and sales results. But it is important to apply it correctly and interpret its meaning.
Clarks: 200 years of quality, style and innovation
In 2025, the legendary British brand Clarks celebrates its 200th anniversary – an impressive milestone that demonstrates its enduring relevance, impeccable quality and global appeal.recognition of the brand. Since its foundation in 1825, the company has not only created shoes, but also set the standards for comfort and style, remaining a symbol of British craftsmanship and innovation.
New brand in the SOHO FASHION portfolio – BEVERLY HILLS POLO CLUB
SOHO Fashion continues to grow and develop in the Russian footwear market, and in 2025, the leading distributor's brand portfolio added a new one – the legendary BeverlyHills Polo Club (BHPC). This is an international brand that has become a symbol of the American way of life, freedom and style. Founded in the 1980s, it is inspired by the spirit of polo sport, which
associated with elitism, aristocracy and an active lifestyle.
Micam and Livetrend presented a selection of footwear trends for the spring-summer 2026 season
The Italian international footwear fair Micam presents the "Spring-Summer 2026 Trend Guide", developed in collaboration with Livetrend. The guide is based on the analysis of social networks, online marketplaces and fashion shows, as well as new technologies such as artificial intelligence and Big Data.
The Battle for the Sports Shoe Market
Fashion market experts and economic analysts predict a decline in sales of Nike and Adidas. The leadership positions of the unsinkable sports giants may be seriously shaken in the coming years, as they are being pushed out by young, bold and active competitors – challenger brands. Why is this happening, and what are the main reasons for such changes? Daniya Tkacheva, a fashion market expert and practitioner with 20 years of experience in sales management, and 13 years of experience in the Nike Russia team and fashion retail, shares her view on the situation on the market in the sportswear and footwear segment.
The cyclicality of fashion and its impact on the financial results of the fashion business
Stylists and experts never tire of telling both professionals and ordinary consumers of goods and services in the fashion industry that fashion develops cyclically. The cyclicality of fashion has a significant impact on the financial results of the fashion business, since it dictates periods of demand and decline and determines which goods will be in demand at a certain moment. SR expert in assortment planning and management Emina Ponyatova talks about which aspects of the cyclicality of fashion should be taken into account by shoe retailers in their work, and how they affect the financial performance of the business.
PETER KAISER - the best brand of 2025!
"CAPRICE Schuhproduktion GmbH has received a certificate for awarding PETER KAISER the title of "Top Brand 2025".
Shoe educational program: what shoe soles are made of
“What is the difference between TEP and EVA? What does tunit promise me? Is PVC glue? What is the sole of these shoes made of? ”- the modern buyer wants to know everything. In order not to smash his face in front of him and be able to explain whether such a sole suits him in soles, carefully read this article. In it, process engineer Igor Okorokov tells what materials the soles of shoes are made of and what makes each of them so good.
How to set prices that will earn
Some businessmen still confuse the concept of margin with the concept of trade margins and set prices for their goods, guided solely by the example of competitors. No wonder they go broke! Analyst at the Academy of Retail Technologies Maxim Gorshkov gives several tips and formulas with which you can set not only ruinous, but also profitable prices.
Sales of shoes and accessories: effective techniques for business rhetoric
Which speech modules are effective in communicating with potential and current customers of shoe stores, and which are not, Anna Bocharova, a business consultant, knows.
We form the salary of sellers: expert advice
“How do you charge your consultants for personal or general sales?” Is one of the most popular questions causing a lot of controversy and gossip on the online forums of retail business owners. Indeed, how to properly form the earnings of sellers? But what about bonuses, where to get a sales plan from, do employees allow them to buy goods at discounted stores? In search of truth, the Shoes Report turned to a dozen shoe retailers, but no company wanted to disclose its motivation system - the process of its development was too complicated and individual. Then we asked four business consultants, and finally became convinced that the topic of seller motivation is very complex, because even our experts could not come to a common opinion.
The whole truth about Bayer. Who is he and how to become one?
Bayer is no longer a new, but still a popular and sought-after profession. It’s fashionable to be a buyer. Buyers are at the origins of the emergence and development of trends. If the designer offers his vision of fashion in the season, then the buyer selects the most interesting commercial ideas. It is on buyers that the policy of sales of stores and what, in the end, the buyer will wear depends on. This profession is surrounded by a magical fleur, often associated with a lack of understanding of what exactly is the work of a buyer.
Technology Selling Issues
There is nothing worse than meeting the buyer with the words “Hello, can I help you with something?”, Because the seller works in the store just to help. Criticizing this well-established pattern of communication with the buyer, Andrei Chirkarev, business coach for effective sales and the founder of the New Economy project, shares the technology of truly selling issues with readers of Shoes Report.
Fur, and not only: types of lining
In the production of winter footwear, various materials are used that are designed to retain heat and meet the requirements of consumers: natural sheepleather, artificial fur, artificial fur from natural wool and others. All types of lining fur have their own advantages and disadvantages. Let's consider the properties of each of them.
The best models of Czech shoes of the past
In Soviet times, for shoes from Czechoslovakia sold under the Cebo brand, customers stood in line for four hours and did not regret it, because Czech shoes were considered to be of high quality, comfortable and fashionable. Shoe designer Juraj Shushka shared a photo archive of his collection with Shoes Report magazine, which contains the most interesting Cebo models from the 1940's to the 1980's.
Retail Arithmetic
Before you begin to solve specific problems, you need to find out how accurately all the leaders of your company understand the basic terminology of retail.
How to fire a worker without tears, scandal and trial
Sooner or later, any manager is faced with the need to part with an employee. Properly and on time the dismissal procedure will save the company money, and the boss himself - nerves and time. But why sometimes, knowing that a break in relations is inevitable, we put off the decision for months?
