That pretty much wraps it up as another year of mind numbing products we’ve probably coaxed some of you into buying. This year has been one of our best yet and thanks for the continued support. We hope to look towards some good things next year. We wish everybody around the world a Happy New Years and best of luck in 2008.
Set to release soon are series of retro offerings from Reebok in some old school colorways. Aside from the lone ERS Racer, the other models are from Reebok’s back catalog of Pump running and court styles. Within the last year we’ve seen a huge push from Reebok to bring to light their older Pump styles. Be on the look out for these early next year as they hit select Reebok dealers.
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DC Shoes in association with Subtext will present a special exhibition titled Kicks late next month. The event will include a series of customized sneakers from an extensive artist list enabling the artists to capture their creativity via various DC sneakers. The artists include Ronald Kurniawan, Angry Woebots, Ekundayo, Miles Donovan, Julie West, KMNDZ, Joshua Clay, David Foldvari, Josh Kenyon, Colby Nichols, Jasper Wong, Marco Zamora, James Jirat Patradoon, Corey Smith, Josh Taylor, Sandra Equihua, and Cole Gerst. The sneaker pictured above was customized by Angry Woebots. The opening reception is slated for January 25th and will run until February 17th at Subtext.
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Puma has given the Puma RS100 an extensive reflective 3M treatment. The gray and black upper features a reflective materials along parts of the side and toebox with a mesh toebox. The heel tab features a high voltage logo. Check your local Puma dealer for availability.
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Into their second season, New York based Cake’s first Summer Collection was marked by scantily clad women among cake fights. Their 2008 Collection includes other designs such as the Monsters tee, Neckpiece tee, Geometry tee, Eyes Wide Shut tee and Cake Kills tee. This latest collection is available at select Cake stockists around the world.
In what is already shaping up to be THE collaboration of the year, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants is teaming up with Bape on a series of products including a Bapesta. The Bapesta features patent Spongebob Yellow uppers includes Bob’s mug on the heel. Other items to show your fondness for a children’s cartoon include apparel and a plush doll. Be on the look out on your next trip to Asia as the 30 year old demographic will undoubtedly eat this up.
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