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On, the buzzy Swiss running shoe brand, is being added to the buzzy Dover Street Market.
On May 7, Dover Street, along with a few other key sneaker retailers including Bodega and Shoe Gallery, will launch Cloudnova, a new model intended to be worn for all-day comfort that still offers performance features.
The shoe features the company’s proprietary CloudTec cushioned sole and its Speedboard molded plate that adds spring to every step. The sneaker is designed like a sock and is available in either a black or white option. It will retail for $149.99.
“Performance used to borrow from fashion; now fashion borrows from performance,” said On cofounder David Allemann.
Starting today, customers can log on to the On web site and sign up to be the first to purchase the limited-edition sneaker. Winners will be notified on May 7.
On, like many other running shoe brands, has actually been benefiting since the pandemic and the mini-running boom that has emerged amid worldwide work-from-home orders, the company said, adding that even though its brick-and-mortar retail partners are closed, its e-commerce site has seen an uptick in sales.
On was founded 10 years ago by former professional triathlete Olivier Bernhard, who approached his friends Allemann and Caspar

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PARIS — Tradition has it that on May 1, Dior gifts its employees a sprig of lily of the valley — a French custom said to date back to the 16th century, symbolizing good luck and happiness.
This year, due to the coronavirus outbreak, the May Day custom has been put on hold as most of Dior’s staff continues to work from home. Instead, the French fashion house is celebrating the bloom, which founder Christian Dior turned into a brand signature, with a new homewares collection designed by Cordelia de Castellane.
Currently holed up in her country house some 45 minutes from Paris, the artistic director of Dior Maison has revisited the emblematic house motif with a selection of porcelain plates, hand-painted or engraved glasses, and blown-glass decorative baubles and decanters.
“It was one of Mr. Dior’s favorite flowers,” de Castellane said. “He was extremely superstitious, so lily of the valley was his good-luck charm.”
In addition to gifting the flower to his seamstresses and clients on May 1, the public holiday that is France’s equivalent of Labor Day, Dior insisted that his florist grow it for him year-round in a greenhouse. That way, he could always wear a sprig in his buttonhole, or

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