MADRID, March 14 — Zara will launch a service to embroider names onto denim clothing in Europe this month, latching onto a customisation trend which has seen shoppers able to create their own Levi’s jeans or design their Nike sneakers instore.

Sneakers and jeans makers like Adidas, Nike and Levi’s have been offering customisation for several years, where customers can add their own modifications to clothes and shoes. Although it’s considered a hot trend, it hasn’t brought much in the way of revenue so far.

Pop-up customisation corners in three Zara stores in Amsterdam, Barcelona and Milan will embroider words on 13 different denim designs from a €19.95 (RM100) pair of shorts to a €39.95 jacket from March 27, the company said yesterday.

Customers of Inditex-owned Zara in Italy, the UK, Holland and Spain will be able to order personalised items from the ranges online for delivery or pick-up instore in an initial roll-out to test demand, a company spokesman said.

Respondents to the BoF-McKinsey Global Fashion survey identified personalisation as the number one trend last year.

Customisation ranges from smaller adaptations such as embroidery instore to products designed almost totally by the customer like Adidas’s ‘Knit for You’ pop-up stores that create bespoke sweaters in a matter of hours. — Reuters