Finally!!! Nike drops a Dunk Low for the Fall 2007 season that I’m really feelin’. It’s called the Strummer Guitar Dunk, and it’s based on the 1966 Fender Telecaster of The Clash frontman Joe Strummer. Nice dark color scheme and slightly grungy leather that’s set off sharply by the laces, lower sole, and swoosh.
Image and info thanks to Hypebeast and Sneakersbr.com
Today I added five new pairs of sneakers to my little sneaker website: Supra Skytop Gold, Nike Dunk Low “Grunge,” Court Force Low Premium “Nordic Pack,” Nike Seagle Oncore 6.0, Nike Stab “Vegas”, and some German Army surplus sneakers from the 1970’s that were made by Adidas on the downlow.
Today my “sneaker game” just got tighter than a emo kid’s jeans. Peep game – The Supra SkyTop:
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Last summer I had a little free time so I wrote up a quick-n’-dirty website about my sneaker collection, cataloging all the sneakers I had collected by then. Since then, I think I’ve only bought maybe one or two more pairs, so this is still pretty useful. It’s strictly HTML, written from scratch in Notepad. Click here to check it out and see what’s in my closet…
It’s been a long, long winter this year and Nike didn’t make it any better by failing to drop any impressive new Dunks since last fall.
Now they’re making up for it, bringing out a whole bunch of hot new kicks. These are some of my favorites so far – the “Linoleum Crew Pack.”
Although these originally debuted in January, I just discovered them a few days ago. I haven’t seen a pair of Dunk Mids I’ve wanted until I saw these.
Like the Dontrelle Willis Mids, these Dunks manage to be high-profile without going over the top into clown-shoe Bapeland. The white-and-tan-lasered design reminds me of the Crooks & Castles chain-gang design, which is a good thing. You can’t go wrong with a combo of red, white, black, and tan. I’m also feeling the Linoleum Pack’s hoodies and jackets, which use the same print and are apparently made from cashmere. More pics after the jump…
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It’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated this blog, but this pair of shoes is the first I’ve seen since the Michael Lau Woodgrain dunks that truly impress me from an art and design perspective. Similar to the Puma Satori shoes, which were modelled after Samurai armor, these are woven from genuine Kimono fabric. A truly exsquisite shoe for the ladies.
The folks at Freshness Mag say:
“They are inspired by the traditional style of the Japanese Geisha and are made from real kimono dress fabric found in vintage shops throughout Japan. The bright, elegant, one-of-a-kind fabrics create distinctive folds on the shoes reminiscent of folds in a kimono. The back is collapsible allowing the style to be worn as a slip-on shoe or a slide.”
My only criticism / question is why Puma didn’t opt to for the two-toe “Tabi” look… I think it would have made these shoes even more distinctive. Anyway, more images after the jump. (Thanks again to Freshness for the pics.) Continue reading
This super uberduper exclusive Nike Dunk was created by Michael Lau for the opening of Honk Kong’s flagship Nike store.
Retailing for around a cool two G’s, this Dunk is firmly in the “look but don’t touch” category. Out of all the new Dunks to come out in 2006, this is definately one of the most original and handsomely-realized designs that I have seen. Check out the exclusive website for this release – and make sure to click on the “english” tab unless you’re fluent in Hongkonginese.
The shoe box is made of the finest walnut, and comes with a 6†Walnut wood color NY FAT figure and a mini skateboard wood tag. The “Skate:Shoe:Board” features 4 drill hole graphics laser crafted into the heel representing the drill holes on a skateboard. The inscription “gardener meets nike at hong kong flagship 29.09.2006’ is also laser engraved on to the heel. An image of the original NY FAT figure is also printed on the insole. Thanks to Freshness Mag and Kix-Files.com for the info.
