The Nike1Vote initiative has given the residents of Baltimore, Philadelphia and now New York a chance to voice their opinions on the greatest Air Force 1 of all time. Previous selections for Baltimore and Philadelphia had the Ueno Sakura and most recently the Mark Smith declared winners in each respective city. The winning shoe for each city will be re-released only in that city in mid-2008. Nike1Vote will wrap up in the mecca of Air Force 1’s, New York City with a vote taking place between January 2nd, 2008 and January 31st at the following locations, Jimmy Jazz, Transit, Brooklyn USA and Niketown NYC. A video involving DJ Clark Kent, Mayor, Hawaii Mike, DJ EMZ and Curtains documents how these big time AF1 fans of New York came to the top 25 which will be voted upon by the citizens of New York.
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Japanese brand Secret Base has established itself in the toy world for its often dark imagery found on its popular products. They’ve branched out to encompass a wide variety of other items such as apparel and accessories. A series of items (including toys) are now available through Chapter World.
Flying Coffin has previewed one of their New Era 59Fifty fitted caps set to release in late spring alongside another yet to be revealed cap. The stack logo is seen on a gray body, with metallic silver, purple and black embroidery. This hat will be releasing in April.
NY Times writer Kelefa Sanneh recently documented the current downfall of hip-hop as evidenced by sluggish album sales as well as the current role of independent music labels. Despite the unconvincing numbers and the lack of multi-million album sales which proliferated itself in the earlier half of this decade, it seems as though the need to grind it out is the difference from fading out and the end of the tunnel. The full article can be seen here.
Burton has outfitted their logo with the use jewels to create this Iced Out New Era 59Fifty Fitted Cap. The entirely black cap includes a satin dice lining and a special cap carrying case as well. Available at select Burton dealers and Tactics.
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