Textile Insight

ON CONSTRUCTION Ventilation and breathability of the upper material helps keep the feet cooler. Many running shoes sacrifice this feature for fashion design and logo placement, if you can do it all by keeping the upper material flexible, breathable and still fashionable with your logo, it would be appreciated. Male 57 More grip on the shoes. Sometimes they can be incredibly slippery on trails with mud and rain. Male 39 Don't fix it if it ain't broken. Sometimes they make the perfect shoe and it only lasts one iteration before they go and completely change it. Male 53 To stop making small tweaks to shoes that work well. Instead of making a minor adjustment to a shoe that changes the fit (especially the shape of the upper), just keep a good shoe good. Male 35 Stop with the narrow toe box. we need toeboxes shaped like feet. Male 41 Wider toe boxes. Male 32 Bring back stability shoes and shoes whose primary focus is support and injury prevention. Also more bright colors and patterns for mens shoes. Male 27 Make the pull-on-tabs/loops on the heels just a little bit bigger. Male 45 Using a last that isn't shaped like a deformed pointed foot. Male 45 For road shoes, I'd love to have a little bit of water resistance on the forefoot. Seems like every pair I have and have had get soaked with a little bit of moisture on the road. Male 40 Stop putting trash insoles into running shoes unless the midsole has some level of ergonomics. Male 41 Please make the tongues bigger on shoes, a lot of them are short and end up scraping my top of my ankle. Male 28 More foot shaped shoes. I'm not sure why this isn't taking off. Male 35 Don't squeeze my toes. Also, if I wanted a performance boost, I'd ride a bike; I don't have interest in shoes with a giant heel stack. It also just feels unsafe to have my ankles that far off the ground. Male 31 Ensure fitment stays consistent throughout iterations of a type of shoe. Male 34 When making a thick midsole, flair the outsole to better support the stride. Male 27 To design a shoe that is more natural to our feet. Wide toe box allowing for toe splay is a must. Low drop to allow for natural foot striking. Not a super high height stack. Male 25 Splayed forefoot, deep heel cup, zero drop, moderate cushion, grippy soles. Male 54 Shoes that will last longer and not wear out so quickly. Good size of Toe box being more open to prevent blisters, toe nails falling off, due to the toe box being too small to allow for swelling. Male 48 Better styling. new wave designs seem to be making them purposefully hideous. Male 37 Why do you need to make the brand logos so big on most running shoes? Male 37 Although progressing in the latest technology is important, let's not lose sight of the wearability, comfort, performance & price. Seems like a lot of brands are more focusing on shelf appeal & popular tech like carbon fiber or PEBA and they lose track about how it can affect the runner in the short, mid and long term. Male 42 I would ask them to use a sole that is long lasting. Most soles don't work well on pavement to trail surfaces. Male 39 I would like to see more retro inspired running shoes that have updated fit and function. Male 37 If you could ask footwear designers to change one thing about RUNNING FOOTWEAR in general, what would it be? More laceless options. Male 46 Is there a way to design more comfortable laces? Male 44 Why are a lot of the times the laces from a material that comes undone so easily if not put in double tight knots. Male 37 Make shoelaces out of a material that stays tied! Male 46 I would appreciate a slip on running shoe. Male 37 Quality lacing system that does not always require tying. Male 33 I looked for there to be more all black shoes. ey used to make them in a few brands, and now they are very hard to find. Male 43 Allow for more color options for men's footwear. NCAA Men's basketball teams are wearing hot pink and lavender hued shoes against their uniforms. LAVENDER!! e 70's macho man image is dead. Men don't just wear black or white anymore. Male 37 I would love if the general shoe was a little less flashy. I'm not a runner who likes to wear bright orange shoes while running, and I oen feel that some of the more reputable brands and quality shoes have odd colors rather than simply being gray or black (more my speed). Male 27 Too many shoes are white on the bottom and hard to keep clean looking. Male 41 Producing flashy colors combos but also a mellow version with the same flash i.e. a black shoe with bright blues, reds, greens, etc... accents. Male 33 textileinsight.com Summer 2024 ~ Textile Insight • 31 ON COLOR ON LACES Be more forward about the intent of the shoe, is it for marathons, is it tempo, it is daily training. ere are too many versions that are so similar! Male 41 AND ... S E I Z E T H E T R E N D ! CARPE TRENDEM POWERED BY W W W . M E S H 0 1 . C O M

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