Author: Mike Sykes

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for lending me a bit of your time this morning. I hope your week is off to a fantastic start so far. I don’t know how many of you are anime fans, but I finally got around to seeing the new “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” movie. I’d give it seven stars out of 10. Solid, but man. The flashbacks! Ugh. Anyway, let’s get to the good…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Happy Friday! Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for reading the newsletter today. Appreciate a bit of your time. Here’s to an awesome weekend. Hope you’ve got some great plans ahead. After a few busy weekends in a row for me, I’m hoping this one will be a bit more chill.HOUSEKEEPING: The homie Priya Rao has a new newsletter! Go subscribe to Full Coverage, our briefing on the beauty business. In her…

Hello, friends! Welcome back to The Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me this morning. Appreciate you. Hope you had a fantastic weekend! Do y’all play fantasy football? I hope the answer is no. Remind me never to play again. My season is somehow already over after an injury to Joe Burrow. Sigh. Better luck next year, I guess. Let’s talk about something else. Can’t Cancel HypeIn 2023, fresh off accusations that he’d fostered a toxic work cult at his studio, Tom Sachs’ reputation was in the dump. Any talk about the…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for reading today! We appreciate you giving us a bit of your time. I hope you had a fantastic weekend. My jaunt to the Rhode Island Seafood Festival was a success. Did I spend too much money? Probably. Did I eat way too many lobster and scallop rolls? Definitely. But you don’t count your pockets or your calories while vacationing! Anyway, let’s dive into the newsletter.…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for rocking with me today. Hope you’ve got a great weekend ahead of you. I’m headed to Providence this weekend for the Rhode Island Seafood Festival! Very exciting times. Gonna stuff my face with so much lobster. Hopefully, I’ll be out of my food coma by the time we send Tuesday’s newsletter. Let’s jump in!Turning Wellness Into LuxuryKith’s claim to fame has always been its flexibility.…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to The Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for reading. Appreciate you spending some time with me this morning. Hope you had a great weekend. If you’re in the US, I hope your Labor Day was great. Does this mean summer is technically over? Please say no.While you’re at it, make sure you subscribe to the homie Sarah Kent’s amazing sustainability newsletter. You guys are in for a treat with this one this week.…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to The Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for reading. Appreciate you spending some time with me this morning. Hope your week was awesome. It’s Labor Day weekend here in the states! If I’m being honest, it’s a bit of a sad time for me because it basically means summer is over. But, hey. At least it’s college football season, right? While you’re at it, make sure you subscribe to my friend Marc Bain’s…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for reading. Appreciate you giving me a bit of your time this morning. Hope my friends over in the UK had a nice bank holiday!Thanks for the fun first week here at BoF! The newsletter was sent without (too many) hitches, and we’ve had some fun stories and content that you all seem to enjoy. A handful of you have hit me up on socials to…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning, friends! Welcome back to the Kicks You Wear. Thanks so much for spending a bit of your time with me today. I appreciate you. Hope you’ve got a fantastic weekend ahead of you! I’ve got a brunch scheduled for Sunday I can’t wait to get to at Dirty Habit here in Washington, D.C. That French toast is calling my name. A bit cliché, I know. But don’t knock it until you’ve tried it! HOUSEKEEPING: If you’re not…

Subscribe to The Kicks You Wear with Mike D. Sykes, a drill down on the red hot intersection between sports and fashion.Good morning! Welcome to the Kicks You Wear! Thanks so much for rocking with me today, folks. I appreciate you for giving me a bit of your time today.This is KYW’s first send on The Business of Fashion’s platform! It’s been a long time coming, guys. This newsletter’s humble beginnings are not lost on me. I thought this would be something 30 people read for fun. Now, we’re here, on one of the best international platforms in fashion. It…