Thesis Couture
Operating Status: Closed
Thesis Couture, a global fashion footwear firm, reinvents stilettos using advanced engineering and materials for improved comfort.
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2013Thesis Couture, a global fashion footwear firm, reinvents stilettos using advanced engineering and materials for improved comfort.
Thesis Couture's edge was its cross-disciplinary engineering team drawn from aerospace, virtual reality hardware, fashion science and orthopedics, a combination no incumbent footwear maker had applied to the stiletto. Its ballistic-grade polymer internal frame was patent-pending, giving it a structural story competitors built on cushioning could not match.
The founder's SpaceX and Oculus network also gave the company outsized press coverage for a seed-stage startup, with features in national business and fashion media during its 2017 launch.
Source: cbsnews.com
Thesis Couture is a closed Los Angeles footwear company that tried to engineer a comfortable 4-inch stiletto and sold its Olympus One shoe in 2017. MITS Fund held it as a portfolio company alongside a seed syndicate that included Backstage Capital and BBG Ventures.
The company site is offline and its founder has moved on, so the record is historical; remaining enrichment is archival rather than tracking an operating business.
Source: web.archive.org
The Olympus One is a 4-inch stiletto built around a patent-pending internal architecture that replaces the thin metal shank of a conventional heel with a precision-formed advanced polymer frame matched to the bottom surface of the foot. The design widens load distribution so the shoe aims to feel like a wedge while keeping a classic stiletto silhouette.
Thesis Couture sold the shoe direct to consumers through its own online store starting in 2017, positioning it at the premium end of fashion footwear before shutting down.
Source: businessinsider.com