MOABSLIDEWOVENEVENT

MERRELL 1TRL

MOAB SLIDE WOVEN EVENT

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The Opportunity

For SS26, Merrell 1TRL wanted to put the Moab Slide Woven in the hands of the people who influence how, when and where products get worn: editorial stylists, celebrity image-makers and other industry creatives.

Rather than treating the launch event as another mass seeding drop, the opportunity was to make the product genuinely useful to them; to position the Moab Slide Woven’s combination of elevated design, craftsmanship and outdoor functionality as a versatile styling tool and quiet-luxury staple.

The Impact

We reframed seeding as participation. Guests received the Moab Slide Woven ahead of the event, and were invited to arrive wearing it their way. This filled the event with live evidence of the silhouette’s versatility, with each look contributing to an evolving digital style archive – rather than disappearing into a gifting bag.‘Woven luxury, grounded utility’ became the creative thread connecting product, space and content. At Shoreditch’s Oranj, woven window treatments cast layered shadows across the entrance, while a style mirror, Polaroid wall and conversational prompts encouraged guests to capture and explain their looks.

Food presentation echoed the shoe’s woven pattern, with woody and leathery scents extending its material world beyond the visual. A hands-on workshop with maker collective NOTS brought the product’s craft story into the experience, inviting guests to create bespoke woven keychains using premium materials and Merrell 1TRL steel tags. Dazed was brought in to capture the people and thinking behind the looks, while former Boiler Room Head of Music Dean Bryce provided the soundtrack.

The Impact

The event replaced one-way product gifting with a more credible exchange between Merrell 1TRL and the stylists most likely to use the Moab Slide Woven on set, on talent and within their own wardrobes.

By making every guest a model and contributor, the format generated live, real-world styling inspo while opening conversations around craft, utility and quiet luxury. This built the foundations for longer-term creative relationships, rather than prioritising reach for reach’s sake.