Vans California 2012 Holiday Carillo CA
Its time to get some culture back into your life with the Vans California 2012 Holiday Carillo CA. With a trio of colorways, the new kicks feature a suede upper, along with color-blocked paneling and classic waffle bottoms. If you grab the grey colorway you get a little bit of extra color on the heel – just sayin’ ! You...
Vans OTW 2012 Fall Stovepipe Collection
Having made their release for the spring 2012 season the 2012 fall collection seems to catch our eye much more than the originators. The collection arrives with four new colorways that include Wool Black, Stealth Black, Stone Washed Canvas Navy and Saddle Brown. The Vans OTW Stovepipe collection Fall 2012 will release this Friday, June 1 at select Vans OTW stockists....
CLAE Spring/Summer 2012 Closer Look
Los Angeles based footwear brand CLAE brings us clean and classic styles for the spring/summer 2012 season. We brought you the lookbook but now we give you a closer look into new materials and color-tones used on classic styles such as the Ellington, Strayhorn, McQueen and the newest addition to the family the Chambers. Now available through the CLAE online store or:...
Reebok Launches “CLASSIC” Campaign
As well know we try to stay away from “mainstream” brands that have been around before we were even born. At times we can make exceptions as this new Reebok campaign utilizes young, fresh and upcoming artists in today’s ever-changing industry.
Magic/Project Tradeshow Photos February 2012
A couple of weeks ago we attended the Magic, Project, S.L.A.T.E, STREET, Pool and Workroom Tradeshows. It was tons of fun as we got a preview of a lot of the upcoming spring/summer lines (from your favorite brands of course) that will be hitting reatilers and stockists in the very near future (if it hasn’t already). The fact that we...
The Making Of WeSC Footwear
“The Making of WeSC Footwear” invites you to Italy where the Swedish brand produces part of their Fall 2011 Footwear Collection for men and women. Filmed by Monihan Monihan (Via Highsnobiety)
CLAE – Fall/Winter 2011 – Part 1
One of our favorite footwear brands CLAE has presented us with half of their Fall/Winter 2011 line. As expected no disappointments here as they have brought back several different styles like the Hockney, Khan and Strayhorn. They have also added a new style to their ever growing collection called the Wilder shoe which has a low profile feel to it...
Nathan Clark, Creator of the Clarks Desert Boot
Since I am a frequent buyer/blogger of the Clarks Desert boot I found this piece interesting, yet very sad as well. Though it is a bit late – Nathan Clark, creator of the iconic Clarks Desert Boot has died at the age of 94. We pull from the Telegraph UK obit: “Clark, a great-grandson of James Clark, who co-founded the...
LASCO: The Making of an American Shoe Shop
We are always looking for companies and brands that manufacture on our homeland of the United States. Entitled “The Making of an American Shoe Shop,” this short film piece not only explores how the tradition of hand-crafting footwear in the United States died but also how LASCO is working hard to restore it. The video offers a nice sneak peek...
Nike SB Eric Koston Premium
We are not a frequent writer of Nike product, but since this is Koston and Kobe I think the exception is definitely there. Since many of you probably missed out on the Kobe Bryant Koston 1 ( seeing as there were only 24 pairs produced) here is the next best thing – the Eric Koston Premium. The only difference is...
