picture of my COMUNITYmade custom Traction in hemp and suede with gold-foil Handcrafted in DTLA stamp As custom work is a big part of what COMUNITYmade does, my design on the Traction is in the queue. Usually you wouldn’t expect to hear anything from the brand at this point especially since they have been gracious…
New Balance Becomes an Official Marketing Partner of the NBA Source: New Balance and NBA Announce Multiyear Global Agreement Where do people get their sneaker information? Do people actually look up information about sneakers? Are parents who are low to middle income with children researching running shoes or are they looking for the best prices?…
Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video Noah shows me my uppers of my pair of COMUNITYmade Traction custom sneakers. He explains the lasting process and shows you COMUNITYmade’s custom lasts. This is a great video for those who are interested in the process of what happens with a…
Source: http://www.brooksmuseum.org/current It isn’t often that I get to combine my love for art and my passion for sneakers as it relates to traditional artistic endeavors beyond shoe construction and customizing. There are a number of occasions where sneakers play prominently in the medium used for creating visual art. My daughter created a photography series…
Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video Noah introduces me to Richard who is the cobbler/fabricator of my pair of COMUNITYmade Traction custom sneakers. We get a look at the process of taking the fabric and preparing for the last before the shoe is adhered to the outsole. This…
Custom Shoe Consultation: https://www.comunitymade.com/products… The steps in creating a custom, handmade shoe aren’t as difficult as they seem and the process allows for me to share as much information as possible. While the sneaker community thrives on the opportunity to establish how many pair of shoes we have in the collection and the best pairs…
Part 1: https://arch-usa.com/building-a-custo In the previous video with Noah from COMUNITYmade we laid out the steps it would take to go from conception to actual product. In this video we take the time to talk about, 0:30 The Cost of a COMUNITYmade shoe vs the cost of shoes made in China 1:58 Minimum Wage…
Source: https://www.comunitymade.com/ Part 2: https://arch-usa.com/building-a-custom-shoe-with-comunitymade-cost-breakdown-and-material-selection-part-2/ The buzzword for the entire sneaker industry is “sustainability”. Every brand has made it a point to highlight what they are doing to become carbon neutral. Saucony ran an ad during the Super Bowl. adidas has heavily invested in Parlay for the Oceans to utilize recycled plastic. Nike and Under…
FUELING THE FUTURE OF FOOTWEAR is a hands-on master class featuring footwear design, color & material design, and brand+marketing design. Source: PENSOLE x Allbirds – Pensole Design Academy Allbirds is the beginning of the end for me. Anyone who knows me understands that I don’t look at Allbirds in the same way that everyone else does….
Running requires motivation, and that motivation remains unique to each runner. Everyone has their own reason as to why they run and their own targets of how far and fast they want to go. It is once t Source: Why We Run If I make a shoe that doesn’t do anything there are a limited…
Buy and sell authentic Jordan shoes on StockX including the Jordan 3 Retro UNC (2020) and thousands of other sneakers with price data and release dates. Source: Jordan 3 Retro UNC (2020) *** I’m writing these for those people who don’t have a hookup or discount. Since I do 3 checks before my decision I will…
Source: The KAWHI Signature Shoe Revealed All-Star Weekend is the biggest sneaker moment of the year. The NBA takes over a city and activations from brands are at the forefront of all discussion on websites and even people who aren’t interested in sneaker ‘culture’ become aware of the shoes that the NBA athletes are wearing….
picture via NBA.com Source: PUMA.com | Forever Faster. Digital chunks, NBA viewership, influencers, Youth culture and sneaker culture… all of these things crash together but aren’t discussed in detail by those attempting to understand how to create an environment where basketball sneakers become treasured gems again. All of these things matter to marketing teams, but…
I was in the process of doing a video for the Vapor Off White and because I’m not a fan of the shoe I decided to respond to Virgil Abloh’s comment that Streetwear is dying. I explain that streetwear can’t die because style is what you make it. The only way something dies is if…
Source: J.Cole | PUMA.com The abundance of options that exist in footwear means that the company that carries the most shelf space is typically the company that wins. There isn’t any secret that one company dominates the hearts and minds of consumers when it comes to sportswear. As a matter of fact, it’s what makes…
Source: Pensole Design Academy – Portland, Oregon BOSTON, MA – FEBRUARY 9, 2020 – As the world leader in producing high-performance rubber outsoles, Vibram has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with PENSOLE Academy, which starts this year. This new agreement further establishes the longstanding relationship between the two organizations in fostering strong industry relationships and developing innovations. In this…
In 2014, Clearweather an Independent family owned footwear brand based out of Santa Ana, California was driven to create our own path in the corporate sneaker world. Source: Clearweather Official Website | Less Corporate, More Independent.
The original Moon Racer was developed in 1971 as one of Nike’s first shoes. This updated pair is a lifestyle version of the shoe that features React cushioning with a VaporFly designed outsole. The shoe is built from canvas and premium leather and arrives with a Goddess of Victory carry bag. [ebayfeedsforwordpress feed=”http://rest.ebay.com/epn/v1/find/item.rss?keyword=Nike+Moon+Racer+QS+Sail%2FGym+Blue-Solar+Red+BV7779-100&categoryId1=15709&sortOrder=BestMatch&programid=1&campaignid=5337944803&toolid=10039&customid=moonblk&listingType1=All&topRatedSeller=true&feedType=rss&lgeo=1″ items=”7″] …
The Kyrie 5 takes on the iconic colorway of the Air Jordan 4 Retro Bred and features the cement midsole and the classic Bulls colorway in one of the cleanest looks for the shoe this season.
The Rokit designed Kyrie 5 appeared during NBA All Star Weekend 2019. The limited release shoe features a number of eye catching details like a translucent Flytrap lacing system, an volt translucent outsole and a retooled upper with an inverted 3M Swoosh. Rokit branding is molded into the heel counter with Rokit branding on the…
The Jerry Lorenzo designed Skylon II features a Recrafted upper comparable to models created by the leader of Fear of God. The shoe isn’t as coveted as his ultra modern take on the basketball silhouette, but this white version is clean and the pop of patent leather black on the Swoosh gives the shoe a…
The Fear of God brand from Jerry Lorenzo is immediately associated with a distinctive look and a premium feel. This Skylon II has to grow on you. The details are subtle, but the quality is there however the color pallette creates a diffused look that isn’t as eye catching as you would think a FOG…
