Pictured above, a retail wall at Hibbett Sports. Notice the remaining colors of the Crocs and how few Nike and adidas slides are available? The Crocs had sold out in all of the colorful styles, but Hibbett’s had dedicated an entire section to Crocs. This was at a more ‘urban’ location for Hibbett Sports, which…
Following up the Air Jordan 5 Men’s Raging Bull is the GS version of the shoe. Differences in packaging should be noted. The men’s version arrives in a woodgrain printed box, with woodgrain print paper. The GS version is in the classic cement print box with cement paper. The suede is the same as the…
The store, sited on a 2,400 square-foot (approximately 220 square-meter) parcel, has a spacious layout and a full lineup of various products. Source: 【NEW STORE INFORMATION】New Store Opens on America’s West Coast, in Beverly Hills ASICS and Onitsuka Tiger has been doing amazing work on the tech and start-up side of the industry. I was…
The Raging Bull makes its return in a box built like a stable. The brown wood grain print covers the box with a Toro Bravo stamp on the site. The paper features a wood grain pattern on the men’s pair, and the upper has a rough suede with the classic 3M tongue. SRP is 190.00…
Let’s be honest, for Nike to really become a sustainable company they would have to eliminate 75% of their SKUs. They would still have far too much product entering the market to be considered more eco-friendly. The latest rollout in their Move To Zero is a program they’ve labeled as Nike Refurbished. In my opinion,…
The Paint Drip could represent either an ice cream cone with sherbet or an Easter Egg. Either way, the colorway looks like spring. The shoe features a distressed leather heel and collar with paint dripping down the heel midsole and a fabric collar.
A year ago I worked on a custom shoe with COMUNITYmade. The premise was to create a shoe that we could possibly release in limited quantities, but Covid-19 hit and the momentum we had created for the shoe waned. That custom we created reminds me so much of this collection from Ronnie Fieg. The seasonal…
The SP version of the Dunk Low arrives with an additional set of shoestrings in a Nike branded bag. This colorway is for the University of Virginia. The classic pack from the 80s recaptures the hoops mania around the NCAA Tourney and dominance of the Cavaliers.
The story behind the new Brandblack Rare Metal II Aqua is really dope. Sites Discussed in this video: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/web-view? https://brandblack.com/collections/rare-metal-2/products/ https://us.vibram.com/company/news-events/wrap-tech/ Weartesters video on the Rare Metal II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI2RRnhOurM
Inspired by Nike’s introduction to the Dunk via their college pack in the 80s, the UNLV version of the classic Dunk arrives in the low cut version featuring all of the cues to recapture Nike Basketball’s rise to dominance.
Source: https://vimeo.com/535695413 I often refer to the film Finding Forrester when I talk with students about writing. There is a moment in the film right before Ornette Coleman’s disjointed jazz begins to play when the main character Jamaal is sitting with Forrester attempting to break out of writer’s block. At that moment, Forrester tells him,…
Source: Vans Surf | Shoes, Clothing & More | Free Shipping and Returns Crocs is a brand that I have always considered as a nursing shoe or a Wal-Mart model that people wore because they were cheap. To be honest, the majority of the time that I saw Crocs, they typically were knock-offs or no…
Source: Release Information: GF-01 ‘Hand Distressed Suede’ John Geiger has co-opted the Air Force 1, but has he made it his own? This is a question I continue to raise as brands like Air Kiy and to a lesser extent SIA have garnered the kind of success that creates a complex range of thoughts for…
Teddy Santis Named Creative Director of New Balance MADE in USA The owner and founder of Aimé Leon Dore will team up with New Balance for a long-term relationship Boston, MA – April 5, 2021 Source: Teddy Santis Named Creative Director of New Balance MADE in USA I’ve explained on this site for a few…
Buy my books on the sneaker industry: https://arch-usa.com/product/sneaker-resale-retail-in-the-new-normal-navigating-the-sneaker-industry-in-a-dtc-world/ https://arch-usa.com/product/how-nikes-c-d-o-shifted-the-sneaker-retail-landscape-how-long-form-content-can-move-e-commerce-forward/ The Nike Mystic Dates Air Max 1 was a part of a premium pack dropped by Nike in 2020. The all leather construction features soft leather and simple, but elegant colors that definitely look like the perfect option for the OG sneaker community.
Visit https://q4sports.com/ I get asked at least once a week about starting a sneaker company. The more I learn, the more I want to tell people, don’t. We don’t another sneaker company creating more waste, but my heart understands the desire. I get it. I was browsing Facebook and saw a post from Quintin Williams…
This black and gold Jordan 1 hit last year, and I’m almost certain it was created for the 2020 Olympics. The irony is a few years back a City of Angels colorway dropped featuring pebbled leather and old gold and it went to outlets. The shoe was eventually marked down to 79.99. This model didn’t…
There are a host of issues with third party resale platforms. This is not a deal breaker for people using StockX, but for sellers who move more than the casual pair, it’s frustrating to get returns when the website fails to offer the buyer other options outside of the perfect deadstock release. It’s a common…
Nike released a pack last year that, in my opinion, looks better than any shoe they dropped on Air Max Day, including the Bacon. The Air Max 1 Premium pack featured and all leather upper and arrived in an array of colors including orange, maroon and this sage/olive green pair. I like to call kicks…
The Kindness Day pack from Nike featured an upgraded version of the Air Force 1 Shadow. The platform version of the classic Uptown features a layers upper that recalls the design on Nike’s Soulland collabs. This pair includes a Kindness Day pin which and embroidered Be Kind heel tabs and rings up at 120 vs…
I do not condone violence at all. I just had to put that out there because this song is about killing dudes. What exactly does Under Armour do when they are featured in a video that is super viral racking up millions of views in less than a day? Right now Nike is suing MSCHF…
Visit the New Balance site to peep the new BB9000: https://newbalance.newsmarket.com/latest-news/all/new-balance-hoops-unveils-the-bb9000/s/a8350a15-6c3a-463c-bcae-2a48c859d3e5 Visit arch to read the post on injuries due to overuse: https://arch-usa.com/lebron-james-exposes-the-problems-with-aau-and-travel-ball-proving-that-im-not-crazy-after-all-of-these-years/ In this video, I conflate two topics… which I shouldn’t do. New Balance is rolling out a new bball lifestyle sneaker. It looks great and doesn’t have anything at all to do…
