Heaven and Hell

Date: 4/17/08

Time:6:12 Pm

Location: iMac

Wow. Haven't posted in forever.

Originally seen back in February was an upcoming collaborative effort between Singaporean sneaker store Leftfoot, New Balance and famous sneaker customizers SBTG and Methamphibian. The duo set forth with the theme of "Heaven and Hell", an evolution of their initial plan of basing it on East (SBTG) meets West (Methamphibian). The two colors on the surface are distinguished by black and white, however upon further inspection, details come to life in a series of intricate highlights and exploration that pushes the realm of sneaker design. A special slide box is included which features a tiger camo print which enables you to place the slide-out portion and the box together to create a full out art piece

Spring-Summer Collection Nike 10AC

Date:  4/9/08

Time: 10:20 Pm

Location: iMac

"10AC Brainstorming" is an interview on Houyhnhnm mag with the extremely knowledgeable designers behind Nike's high-tech 10AC line. The article discusses the unique process behind the creation of this superior sports wear technology. We are also able to gain insight about the people who are behind the scenes. The key to excellent design in this case is taking the time to do things properly and "communication". The article is thus called "10AC Brainstorming". A key element of the garments are light-weight breathable fabrics, and "Dri Fit" fabric technology. This consists more or less of moisture expelling treatments and high breathability, keeping the body and clothes free of perspiration. The Spring/Summer '08 line was built around one theme color "Orange Blaze" and we can see this utilized on the windbreaker and pants, using an Orange that fades into white fumes.

Wmns Lucky Green Canvas Air Force One

Date: 3/7/08

Time: 10:30 Pm

Location: iMac

Last year Nike released several colorways of their Nike Air Force 1 Low utilizing the classic canvas upper to critical acclaim. This year, Nike is continuing their releases of canvas Nike Air Force 1 styles, but this time, its the Ladies' turn. To kick off their canvas WMNS AF1 releases, Nike recently released the "Lucky Green" Canvas Nike Air Force 1 Low. Like last year's releases, this year's releases feature a solid upper, in this case Lucky Green", a White Swoosh and a White midsole. New to this year's canvas Air Force Ones, the "Lucky Green" WMNS Nike Air Force 1 Low features a Green translucent outsole.

Simple. Plain. Effective. The nices part about these is the fact the canvas by far. It has been in the woods for quiet sometime. I need a smaller foot.

Tech Info:

Women's Air Force 1 Low Canvas 318636-311 Tourmaline/White-Lucky Green $75

Jordan 6 Rings

Date:4/2/08

Time: 8:05 Pm

Location: iMac

First came the Dub Zero. Second, the Spiz'ike. A third time is no surprise from Jordan Brand. The latest hybrid from the Jordan camp is the 6 Rings model. This shoe is a clash of every sneaker His Airness wore while stacking up those Championship rings in the 90's for the Chicago Bulls, not to mention some of Designer Tinker Hatfield's best work. We can clearly see a mixture of the Jordan VI, VII, VIII and XI, XII, XIII. The first color way to release will be a Concord AJXI inspired masterpiece with another Black/Red (pictured) version in full production form set to release after. These should be hitting select Jordan accounts in November

Now, my opinion,  I have always been anti-Dub Zero,Spiz'ike and Packs. When I got into collecting, thats not what it was about. It was about classic kicks that were straight dope to me. I actually like these. Reasons why? I like how it keeps the OG feel. It looks like all of the Jordans that are involved. 

A.R.C. x Asics Onitsuka Tiger

Date:: 4/1/08

time: 9:16 Pm

Location: iMac

This is the next collaboration between ASICS‘ Onitsuka Tiger label and New York’s Rivington Club, aka A.R.C. All suede upper with a good mix of rip-stop nylon fabric. Each comes with a red Rivington Club tag near the heel. According to the ASICS’s design team, they worked on this collaboration first before refocusing their effort on the Godzilla inspired Gel Lyte III - Monster Pack. So in one way or another, this could be consider as the very first collaboration between Onitsuka Tiger and A.R.C. Due to release May of this year. Production is limited to 216 pairs only and will be exclusively available at the 3 ALIFE/A.R.C. retail locations.

Mark Gonzales Gazelle

Date:: 3/31/08

Time:: 9:50 p.m.

Location: iMac

Hailed from Southgate, California, just outside of Irvine, Mark Gonzales (or affectionally known by peers as The Gonz) formulated a signature move by ollie across a large gap. A move that will be forever known as the Gonz Gap.  But The Gonz’s talents were not limited to skateboarding only.  He expressed his artistic side by decorating his boards with his sketches, one of the first skaters to do so.  For the better part of the last decade, The Gonz has worked closely with athletic gear giant adidas.  And in early last year, Gonzales launched his own signature sneaker, based on the classic adidas Originals line.  Over the weekend, Sweden’s Caliroots just received the latest entry to Mark Gonzales’s signature Gazelle.  The mostly bone colored canvas, highlighted with brown suede.  The colorway reflects the sneaker’s namesake - gazelle.  In fact, graphics of 2 gazelle horns can be seen on the front of the outsole wall in front

Opening Day Pack

Date: 3/28/08

Time: Seven 45 Pm

Location: iMac

To pay tribute to Michael Jordan's first albeit less talented love of baseball comes an Air Jordan 1 pack called the "Opening Day". One of the dope baseball highlights is the baseball stitching seen across the side of the toebox. Available in two different pinstripe colors. I really like the choice of materials. I don't know how to describe it, it is almost like a suede. If i could have made something different on these, I would have changed the lace son the black pair. Like the white pair I would have added a pattern to them.