Please follow social distancing rules and mask up. Stock & Belle is located at 387 S. Main Street in Downtown Memphis. (https://stockandbelle.com) They allowed me to visit their store to do the unboxing for the STUDIOmade custom by COMUNITYmade (https://comunitymade.com). I took a moment to put together a look for my new shoes and to…
In December, I wanted to get a new pair of kicks, but I didn’t want to grab a recent release from a major brand. My reasoning was simple, I didn’t want what everyone else was wearing. I had rectified this issue previously by picking up a pair of Merrell Gridway Canvas. I still have that…
Source: Palmetto Slide I was going to start the week off with information and pictures of my custom that’s coming from Los Angeles, but instead I wanted to share this link to the premium slides COMUNITYmade is offering. The made in Downtown Los Angeles brand has crafted a slide looks buttery. The shoe can also…
Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/ I’m finally back with Product Manager, Noah, after the COVID-19 quarantine, COMUNITYmade has returned to their shop, but not without a variety of complications and unfortunate issues. The store was broken into during the quarantine and some employees actually contracted the virus. Everyone has recovered…
Source: “WE CARE” COLLECTION Before the COVID-19 quarantine was established I was in the middle of creating a custom shoe with COMUNITYmade. I was documenting the process and placing videos on my YouTube. The contrast with how I made shoes for my shoe companies was stark. As I’ve stated a number of times, my shoes…
Visit https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video I show the process of the cobbler beginning the repair of my custom shoes from COMUNITYmade. Noah sent me pictures of the process last week prior to the shutdown of stores in California to maintain social distancing as the unknowns around COVID-19 are too great. I did my best to…
Visit https://www.comunitymade.com/ The process of creating a custom Traction from COMUNITYmade has been a fantastic process. This week my shoe was supposed to ship, but Noah hit me up to tell me that the toebox counter was created incorrectly and didn’t capture the shape of the Traction. He sent me pictures of the shoe…
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…
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…
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…
