Adrian sums up the life of a basic sneaker freak ...
Prince among thieves ...
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... The superbowl halftime show is something simple on paper but the result is not always good . For that I gotta say Prince did an incredible performance alone last night . One female voice , two dancers , one guitar ( & his band ) and few neons for a beautiful stage ...
Get yours ...
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02/24/2007 Air Jordan Retro 3 LS
315297-062 Silver/Sport Red/Light Graphite-Orange Peel
Not bad ... but that orange .... urghhh
One Time Only ...
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"From the chaotic aftermath of a galactic impact an order emerges unlike any other , an explosion of new forms never seen before . Suddenly , all combinations are possible ; animals fuse with other animals , plants fuse with minerals , beings and objects fuse with earlier ancestors of themselves . This the rise of the hybrids"
Nike Green Label ...
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If I am correct nike launched last year the Considered project , a project dedicated to find a more ecological way to produce sneakers . Design was simplified to assemble the shoes with the fewer components , using non lining , recycled rubber , hemp laces and vege-tan leather . Craftmanship was also thought to support a better recycling of the sneakers .
Nike has probably followed the steps of another brand named Veja , the french forward thinking sneaker company , who has decided to do small things to live in a better world . How ? first by respecting the environment , and then by showing interest in doing fair trade with manufacturing countries .
Veja has indeed developed in Brazil an ecological leather, a leather tanned thanks to vegetable elements , without recourse to chromium .
The fabric of the shoes also includes biological cotton cultivated by two co-operatives of small producers in Brazil Nordeste . Based on a system of "agro-ecology" or durable agriculture concept , they do not use chemicals neither pesticides , moreover the productions are sold at fair rates .
As for natural rubber , its exploitation helps the virgin forest , since the culture needs strong and healthy living trees , which makes it possible to fight against its disappearance . The natural rubber is renewable and biodegradable unlike synthetic rubber, or plastic .
Thus Veja has tried to initiate something good for each parts from the small Brazilian producer to the consumer in order to prove that it is possible to work differently.
In the late nineties , if you remember , Phil Knight nike's CEO and creator was accused of making profits on low cost manufacturers in asia , and paticularly in china . Nike's success was too beautiful , and it was time to reveal the real nature of globalisation and its effect on people . Small salaries , hard conditions ... human rights ... you know the rest .
Since , things have probably not changed a lot , but Nike has learned to cover its back . The Considered project remains a marvelous concept , and in 2007 it looks like one of the best ecological effort of a world company so far , but we could argue about the reality of that new policy .
Nike Considered has recently been included to Nike ACG (All Conditions Gear) , reducing the potential market to outdoor sports amateurs , when the concept is in general public's interest .
The low profit made by this new line of products is certainly the cause of that movement ( of course there are other reasons but ... ) . Nike seems in the end not ready to support their own good ideas , which is sad . ( Baby boomers syndrom )
It just shows once again that this world is just all about money .
All things considered - Sneaker Freaker article
Everybody needs an iPhone ...
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... and for those who don't know yet what it is , or those who just don't care , check the following video :
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Medicom celebrating the original Air force 1 Unit
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Hopefully it's limited , so you won't have to break your wallet and your grandmother's wallet to get this set of action figures , if you are a die hard toyz freak .
Once again the japanese toy company does things the right way .
Once again the japanese toy company does things the right way .
More pics and info here
Medicom
Nike Official Air Force 1 Website
Spike Lee telling the truth ...
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just watch : The Story ; Mars In His Bedroom ; Rappin With Mars ; Can Can't ; Nobooody ; Do You Know ? ; Hang Time ; Is It The Shoes ? ; Goodbye Mars ; Do The Right Thing
Sold Out ...
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... "The Nike Air Book is the compendium for everything AIR by Nike . You will find all various Air Models with detailed images of the respective air cushion(s) and design features . Besides the technical aspects there is also a section with portraits of famous athletes who are closely connected with/related to Nike Air. A true collectors item that comes with the legendary Nike Air Max 95 Air cushion ."
Released several months ago in Japan it was available at The Glade ... "was" sadly !
The kicks were not enough ...
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Shelta is providing a free AF1 service box with all nike air force one orders . If the sneaker freak I am had to say only one thing about that ....... it would be a simple Beavis and Butthead "uuuuhuuuhh coooooool"
Link : www.shelta.se
More AF1 flavour with the Berlin event pics :
Supreme ...
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... you'd better know the name by now . Yeah you are still crying about not getting the infamous Dunk SB Supreme Cement , but it's probably not the only item you missed ... Since 2001-2002 Supreme represent the edge of streetwear sub-culture .
Created in 1994 by James Jebbia , a former Stussy head , the brand has distinguished itself from others , by setting the trends when others are just following what they have proposed years ago . A skate brand at first they have show their love of hip hop culture with various collaborations (Ghostface , Raekwon , Dipset , Public Enemy ...)
All is not awesome , but I got to admit every new season I am all hyped up by the upcoming collection .... It's full of surprises and it could be the style you could adopt in 12 or 24 months ... This is a New Yorker brand at first , and the references to the current trends and cutures out there are obvious . With the rise of LA and Tokyo based brands , Supreme alone could keep NYC at its "numero uno" place .
It remains a small company , but they are playing at an all star level . If you want to know why kids camp out during school days in front of the La Fayette(NY) and Fairfax (LA) stores , check their website ... and then check ebay reseller prices .
New collection soon on : www.supremenewyork.com
Larmes de Crocodile ...
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Beautiful and simple croc skin superstar from Adidas , available at wesoldout.com now .By the way former Adidas Basketball Operations executive Sony Vaccaro is retiring . But why talk about him ? Just read to undestand what this man means to the sneakers business :
"Within weeks, Vaccaro began the then-controversial practice of paying college basketball coaches to have their players wear Nikes.
By 1983, he was so convinced Nike should not only sign a rookie-to-be named Michael Jordan out of North Carolina to a deal but also design an entire sneaker line around him that he bet Nike his job it would never regret it.
Later, after parting with Nike, Vaccaro joined adidas and was the first person to sign a high school player, Kobe Bryant, to a shoe contract even before he was drafted.
In the 1990s, Vaccaro and his adidas grassroots system were instrumental in building up the legend of LeBron James, who Vaccaro calls the greatest high school player he ever had in his camps. "
College Basketball in the 80s , Jordan , Kobe , Lebron .... Read more at : http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news?slug=dw-vaccaro012207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Here comes the hot stepper ...
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No Ini Kamoze is not back , there were just 3 new simple suede colorwas of the Puma Stepper that were recently released in Japan . The Stepper is the midcut version of the Clyde ... the shoes are cool but my choice remains the Clyde .
Link : www.mita-sneakers.co.jp
Don't remember Ini Kamoze : www.radioblogclub.com/search/0/ini_kamoze
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