Like to have some reading about Nike? Wired has a article about Nike by Mark McClusky.
“From the day in 1970 that legendary University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman poured rubber onto his wife’s waffle iron to create a new running shoe sole, Nike has been a company dedicated to pushing the technological envelope in search of shoes that cushion, support and protect athlete’s feet.
Which is why its emphasis on running barefoot is so unexpected.”
Read the rest of the article here. Info via Freshness.
As Marc Ecko is putting up the “Getting Up Festival: Canada”. Dopefiend chats with the organizer of the festival, Paul107 about photography, Nike SB’s, and what Marc Ecko has to do with street art. Read the interview here.
The new Adidas Stan Smith II is the revolution of the original Stan Smith but more comfortable with the thin tougue. The collaboration with Oki-ni is releasing in October with three unique twist of original tennis colours. Info from Crooked Tougues.
On the Foot-Patrol site, they say something about the new Nike new project, “The Gentlemen’s Pack”.
“The next big wave on the 20th August, ‘The Gentleman’s Pack’ from NIKE: Air Zoom Trainer 1 Mid and Free Trainer. The shoes use high premium fabrics and the collars and tongues use a suiting fabric inspired by gentleman’s bespoke suits hence the name ‘The Gentleman’s Pack’. This is all we know at the moment. We’ll update more when we hear more info… Keep an eye on….”
Also, the Beautiful Losers Blazers are now available on their on-line store for 65GBP.
Undftd/Undefeated’s site has a little bit of an update. Not only is the Undftd Dunk high which are in the Clerk Pack is up, a series of Jacob Arabo sneakers is also up. Don’t they only make watches? Guess not! If we can have Diamond Dunks then why can’t we have Jacobs sneakers? They comes in all black and all white, having the two big airport names, JFK and LAX as their names. The JFK series uses leather and crocodile leather, and LAX uses leather and ostrich leather. Available now at Undftd.
Did you guys get the Tiffany Dunk? In order to match them, there is no better choice than the original one. PointSevenFive is having them soon next week, don’t miss the chance.
