Shadowbox Boxing Studio Opens in New York

Follow the fashion crowd on social media, and you’ll likely have noticed a peculiar phenomenon: The waif is out; the gym rat is in. Pretty young things who once posted selfies around the clock are shamelessly showing off their exercise routines — and no workout is more in vogue than boxing. When Adriana Lima needed a post-baby slim-down before the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, she put up her dukes. Gigi Hadid attributes her sculpted arms to the sport. Designers are picking up the banner, too: Alexander Wang designed boxing gloves for his H&M collaboration last fall, as did Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel — ringside, Cara Delevingne and Binx Walton traded gloves for lace-up boots and quilted bags in the ad campaign. And as part of Louis Vuitton’s Celebrating Monogram project, Lagerfeld created a full set of boxing accessories. Retail price: $175,000. Just in time to cash in on the trend comes Shadowbox, a boxing studio catering to women that’s opening next month in New York’s Flatiron District. Whitewashed and spalike, it’s more beauty salon than gym, with C.O. Bigelow bath and body products available in the locker rooms. “We’re going to try to bridge the gap between what’s great about the sport traditionally

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