Space helmet like face shield. The “Vue Shield� is a designn by avant-guard designer Joe Doucet
Astronaut inspired streetwear look, 2021
Future Now Magazine, Feb 2021
FU TU RE NOW 2021, after a 1 of the pandemic, we humans struggle to understand what exactly will happen with the world as we know it. As the virtual progresses and merges with our reality we ask ourselves; will we fight it, or will we embrace it?
From the Adidas futuristic shoes proto-
But many complain that masks are way
type to the Vue Shield, we can observe a
too uncomfortable and the “space helmet”
trend emanating from the virtual world,
like idea that Vue Shield brought to the ta-
merging with our world, the real world.
ble is a game-changing factor for this new
Could we be the generation that will expe-
era
of
Virtual
inspired
wardrobe.
rience the real virtual reality era? Could it be that in a very near future, we will be se-
Designer Joe Doucet explains he designed
eing people on the streets wearing astro-
Vue Shield to create a face shield that, “pe-
naut-like helmets? Well, it is not too far
ople would actually want to wear rather
from
reality.
than simply put up with.” The Vue Shield
The pandemic has changed our wardrobe
has an integrated sunglass design option
forever, that is not a surprise to anyone;
and arms that make them more practical
Masks are now part of it, and many believe
and feel less alien and intrusive on the we-
it came to stay, just like in Asia where they
a
our
current
are used to use it even before the pandemic.
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FUTURISTIC STREETWEAR Pharrell and the Trefoil brand reinvigorated the NMD Hu in 2020 and received a rather positive response from the sneaker crowd, so they will be capitalizing on this momentum in 2021. Up next for the two parties is the adidas (XETRA:ADS.DE +1.46%) NMD Hu “Cream” which has been uniquely unveiled thanks to the autonomous robot that the German sportswear imprint built for product seeding to high-profile brand signees such as Skateboard P himself, Pusha T and David Bec
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(Pharrell and adidas Build Autonomous Robot For NMD Hu “Cream” Unveiling , Hypebeast.com, 2021)
Future Now Magazine, Feb 2021