New Hot Sneakers n Shoes: November 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009

Dope Find of the Day

Story time.
[I apologize in advance for my derailed train of thought]

I was leaving a friend's house today and it was so cold outside that I had the oddest urge to smoke a cigarette. I've never smoked a "Loosey/Lucy" (lol) in my life so I wouldn't even know if they warmed one up or not. That thought, in turn, reminded me that the majority of artistic people and their imagery utilize cigarettes. Artsy people are pretty fucked up mentally, perhaps the tobacco provides some stimulating depressant. Hm. At any rate. I continued my thought for a few minutes more and almost peer pressured my damn self into thinking smoking would make me look "more artsy". And then I snapped out of it and came to the conclusion that cigarettes are only sexy in photography, more specifically, that of high fashion.
Besides, kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray.

And then, after all of that, I come across this today:

Bizarre, right?

Enjoy.

She should be holding a cigarette.

Chucks as wrestling shoes?

Waddaya think? I think they work :-)

Today I am mostly wearing

....my new Onitsuka Tiger Tai Chi's.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

US-made Size 9.5 whites

US-made Size 9.5 whites
Originally uploaded by jimshooz7

The white chucks and jeans combo is basically unbeatable, isn't it?

Friday, November 27, 2009

Customised Xhi's

NH converse gold sale
Originally uploaded by nokhookdesign

New and Red!

New Adidas Wrestling Shoes
Originally uploaded by yatenkaiouh

As seen on Flickr.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Uhg!; Ugg Boot Season ... Again

Well, I was going to rant on and on about how I feel that UGG boots should just die already, until I looked around and realized that they had evolved - thank goodness! I mean, those "Uggs Classics" should really be buried in the back yard and forgotten about, but they have some new styles, that much to my surprize, I'm diggin'.

OUT

Looks like Ugg took one right out of the Harley Davidson playbook with these much cooler motorcycle boot inspired ones.

(Harley Davidson Boots, below)

Hey, whatever it takes. Anything is better than those classic Uggs that appear much better suited for hunting Woolly Mammoth than cruising the mall in Southern California.

The Art of the Con: Converse All Stars

As far as I am concerned, the only thing the Punkers, Hippies and Fashionistas have agreed upon is the since the dawn of time is the timeless classic known as the Converse All Star.

A little unverified research tells me that this baby was introduced to the masses back in 1917!

That's just crazy - also known as the Converse Chuck or the Chuck Taylor this has to be the most imitated (but as cliche as it sounds) but never duplicated single piece of footwear on the planet.

In the late 70's I was conviced they only came in baby blue.

Now available in more colors than the rainbow and more patterns than you would find in the Artist Formally Known as Prince's closet ... and even a design your own version directly from converse!

I do remember an almost military style availabl exclusively a LLBean 10 years ago or so that I really wanted ... wonder where those babies wound up?

The original has also been revamped as of late by designer John Varvatos to go beyond the canvas original. (seen here, right)

High Top, Low Top, Slip On ... whatever! Get some.

Either way, here's to another hundred or so years on top of the shoe pile.

Thanks Converse!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Converse Art

Converse
Originally uploaded by Carlos Zarate

I like this. It makes me wish I could draw Chucks too.

Unworn Vintage Adidas Absolute

UNWORN VINTAGE ADIDAS ABSOLUTE WRESTLING SHOES
Originally uploaded by aucwd

Nice! I have these in the black version.

All Stars Weekend - Part 3

I finished off my All Stars Weekend with a flourish - these cool USA-made optic white classics.

All Stars Weekend - Part 2

I wore these classy vintage navy blue hitops all Saturday. USA-made, of course :-)

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Be Inspired

Supermodel Daul Kim, one of the most recognizable faces of Chanel, Alexander McQueen and others, is yet another victim of the pressures of beauty in our culture. She was found hanging in her Parisian apartment on November 19th. This is especially haunting to me not only because I am currently building my journalistic portolio and am doing a piece on this very subject, but because this seemingly acclimated young woman was exactly one year younger than me, born on May 31, 1989. I have always been affected by this subject because being so enveloped in such a narcissistic industry the lack of reality is, all too often, distorted and ultimately, very jading. This 20 year old woman won't have the opportunity to explore all of life's opportunities because sadly, once you [seemingly] have all the keys to life's doors, there's nothing left to explore.

What would you do if you could see everything?
I'd learn to close my eyes.

“I wore high high heels and short short skirts
to hide my depression and weakness

tried to hide my loneliness by hornyness

tried to deny how predictable my patterns are”

-daul kim

Friday, November 20, 2009

All Stars Weekend - Part 1

This weekend I shall be wearing Converse All Stars exclusively. On Friday evening, it was these:

Vintage wrestlers - from the 80s

All Black Tyguns

...as seen on ebay (click the title to visit the auction page). Every so often a very unusual Tygun colorway appears on ebay and this is the latest. I like them!