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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Cochrane

DARK SECRETS: Rage bait or good design the row s 600 sliders are an exquisite provocation | Rare Historical Photos

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The Row’s Ama slide comes in red, white or black and sells for £600. Photograph: The Row

Rounded, cushioned and with a thick strap, foam sliders have been a familiar sight on feet this summer. While they are available for £30 from Adidas or £3.49 on the online marketplace Temu, a high-fashion version is now also on offer. The Ama sliders, in a choice of black, red or white, were launched by the American fashion brand The Row this week. They cost £600.

Laura Reilly, the writer of the influential fashion newsletter Magasin, called them “The Row’s latest rage bait”, using the name for posts online designed to provoke anger, and go viral in the process.

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