I love being ahead of the style curve, especially in Manhattan. When everyone sweats your gear, and nobody else has it? Love it. That’s the case with my newest sneaker acquisition – Ato’s. Ato Matsumoto is a japanese designer who was unknown in the US until this past summer when Kanye began wearing his signature cowhide sneakers. They look straight out of Back to The Future. Nuff said. So anyways, I figure I’ll get a few more weeks of smug hypebeastery out of these until I bump into a kid in Soho with a pair on and a pink all-over-print Dunny hoodie.

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Yo, there’s gold kicks, and then there’s gold-DIPPED kicks! Created by Ken Courtney, aka Ju$t Another Rich Kid, these jawns are officially titles Indulgences No. 5 (Nike Air Dunks). They are the latest addition to his Indulgences collection, which includes other provocative examples of bling such as gold-dipped McDonald’s coffee stirrers and Bic pen caps (for your Colombian booger sugar).

This pair of gold-dipped Nikes is being offered as an edition of five (5) and was featured as part of The Black Market gallery show @ Anna Kustera on 520 west 21st street.

The show ended on August 3rd, 2007, and i’m not sure if these are still out there for sale, but you can try Anna (anna@kusteratiltongallery.com/ T: +1 212 989 0082) @ the gallery.

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Inspired by the U2 song “Sunday, Bloody Sunday,” this gorgeous new Dunk will be released as part of Nike SB’s Holiday line up. The red material is luxurious velvet, with a patent leather swoosh with gold trim! I’m gonna be watching all my local sneaker spots for this baby. Check out the Kicks On Fire blog to see the rest of the Nike SB holiday line.

I also copped these at the Reed Space sale this weekend. The Nike Dunk Hi Premium comes in a Varsity Orange/Newsprint-Myth Colorway. Classic shape made of anthracite/grey suede and orange ripstop material and a crackle sole. Upper nylon square print materials, toe box suede, back heel premium leather, too! Reminiscent of the “huf quake” dunks that dropped last year but with less hype and more style.

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I just picked up this pair of dunks at Reed Space’s fall sale over the weekend. Released in late August, the Nike Dunk High “Orange Blaze” features a vibrant Orange Blaze/Bright Cactus on a contrasting Black upper with a semi-translucent smoked mid sole and a semi-translucent Red out sole.

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Normally, I don’t think of myself as a sandals type of guy. Even when I head down to Miami every year for the WMC, I’m rocking shelltoes or dunks on the beach. However, I’ve had my eyes on the Christo sandal by the Japanese label Visvim (they don’t have a website, but you can buy their stuff at yoox.com, grandism.com, and slamjam.com), which has attained a cult-like status there, as well as with stateside hypebeasts like myself. So when I got an excuse to buy a pair recently (an upcoming Hawaii vacation) I jumped on them. Inspired by the famous artist Christo, the Visvim Christo wraps your foot in a smooth one-piece leather forefoot wrapping, while the soles of your feet rest on the fully leather-laminated orthodic footbed. The ultralight EVA Pylon midsole gives the Christo’s a sneaker-like feel and function.

This particular version is called the “Desert.” I’ve seen a lot of other versions and collaborations, including the Island series, which use all synthetics for a more water-friendly design. Some collabos have included Clot, Neighborhood, Fil, and Undercover. You can find many of these on Ebay, but watch out because there’s a lot of fakes showing up these days. The Christo is lightweight yet chunky, protecting my feet enough to feel secure walking the NYC streets or even riding my bike in midtown traffic. Too bad Fall is here and the temperatures are dropping quickly… looks like I need to book more vacations!

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