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Now, Anyone Can Be a Sneaker Designer

That’s the promise of Zellerfeld, a 3D-printing partner to Louis Vuitton and Moncler that’s becoming a platform for emerging designers to easily make and sell footwear of their own.
Cornelius Schmitt and Heron Preston stand in front of a table of 3D-printed shoes.
Zellerfeld's founder, Cornelius Schmitt, with Heron Preston. (Zellerfeld)

When men’s artistic director Pharrell Williams showed his resort collection for Louis Vuitton this past December in Hong Kong, one product on the runway embraced a high-tech update to the house’s usual notions of luxury

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Robert Cordero

Robert Cordero is a contributing writer at The Business of Fashion. He is a New York–based editor and advisor working at the nexus of fashion, sports and culture.

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