Dickies and Converse are teaming up this spring to release a line of Chuck Taylor All Stars. The first shoe is the classic Chuck Taylor low featuring Dickies detailing in the heel. The other is an all new classic boot – a design inspired by the classic work boot, featuring a moc toe rather than the typical rubber toecap. Both designs will feature an upper that is made of the classic Dickies twill.
Source: Hypebeast
This is an interesting and appealing twist for someone who’s bored of plain white soles. Size? of England is selling this Nike Court Force Low Multi-Colored Pack as part of their deadstock inventory. Unfortunately when I checked there were only ridiculously small sizes available, so it probably won’t even be available for the majority of you. But maybe some of you have kids that you might want to see rocking these? Black canvas upper, with rainbow stitching. The sole speaks for itself – it looks like they just smushed it on a surface covered with paint gobs.
Available at Size? for £65.00
Hey all! Sorry I have been M.I.A. Too much work + life. I don’t know how some of these bloggers are so prolific. Do they have day jobs?
Anyway, I have a pretty cool update (thanks to my buddy John). Turns out that some of the Nike iD Dunks are available in non-animal materials. Skeptical of Nike as always, I emailed their customer service department. Here’s what they wrote:
“With twill/corduroy options selected, this entire model is non-animal, down to the glue, stitching, etc. No inner leather or animal material, etc.”
Hawaiian skate shop In4mation has teamed up with Vans OTW previously, but I never seen it widely available. Thankfully, they’ve re-released the Bedford (in denim) and you can get them at skate shops and other online retailers. They changed the sole from before, but brown gum works for me. Use white and you pretty much have a Half-Cab.
Anyway, you can get these at Premier for $80. Click down for more pics.
This post is long overdue, considering we are already past Thanksgiving here in the States. Under normal weather conditions, the air is hovering near freezing and the ground is hardening. Cold rain falls, sometime turning into ice and sleet. You could wake up to snow on any given day. But this year has been unusually warm, at least out here in mid-Atlantic. Aside from one freak snow storm, this fall has been mild and forgiving. But that doesn’t mean the next few months won’t be nasty, wet and cold. Of course, none of this applies to my friends living in colder climes. You guys have to deal with way more shitty weather than us. So this one is for all yall.
Being an inhabitant of a large city (without access to a personal automobile), one is keenly aware of daily weather conditions. An unforeseen rain storm can leave you drenched, an unexpected cold front will leave you shivering. Needless to say, we city dwellers, who actually have to walk and be exposed to the elements, are hypersensitive to the needs of our feet. When the winter comes, we would like to keep them warm and dry. As a child of the suburbs, I never bought or wore boots. I somehow got away with wearing sneakers always. Maybe that’s because I was a dense child, but when you have a car that can take you right to where you need to go, you don’t have to worry about being exposed for prolonged periods of time.
What I’m trying to get at is that a solid, warm, water-resistant (and of course stylish) boot is essential to any person’s shoe collection. For your average person, getting a pair is as easy as going to your local sporting good store, or clicking a few times on Zappos. For us, who are trying to abstain from leather and other animal products, this proves a more difficult task. Now mind you, when I say difficult I don’t mean impossible, or even frustrating. No, I mean difficult like there are so many great looking leather boots that it’s hard to resist buying a pair!
But do not fear. Before you I present several stylish and functional alternatives to the leather boot paradigm. Some are made by known vegan brands. The others are not in that group but offer up alternative materials in common molds which would commonly use leather.
Click to see the shoes, I mean boots!
I guess I’m a little late reporting this but hey at least I’m doing it. If you’ve been here at all before you can tell right away I’m not one of those “up to the minute” type bloggers. Oftentimes I am way behind in the game.
Anyway, here’s some nice Es kicks to whet your appetite for a bit. Emerica has some too but I’m not really feeling them. Check out the Edgar in Maroon , Ecosse in Dark Grey, Square One in Navy Gold, and the Square Two Fusion Joe Brook in Black/White/Silver.
Source: Es
Sorry I’ve been off my game lately. For some reason I haven’t been coming across anything that’s really caught my eye. It seems like all the great shoes coming out are made out of leather. Pretty disappointing.
While this Urban Outfitters Chambray Sneaker isn’t anything new or particularly interesting, I thought I’d share it with you guys just because it’s pretty affordable and versatile plimsoll. Plus it’s not plain old canvas, so you get a little bit of variety out of the material, at least.
Available at Urban Outfitters in gray, blue, and red (pink?)
Update 11/11/11: Sorry everyone, I didn’t realize these contained leather. I actually recall that in the past I saw that the “Tuf” Supra shoes were leather. But I forgot. Sorry guys. And thanks guys for your comments calling me out on it. Appreciate your help.
-Henry
I’ve never been a huge fan of the Supra Skytop, but these are pretty clean. I see the appeal, but I wouldn’t rock them all the time. Here’s a bold solid color release from your favorite skater/beatmaker/delinquent Chad Muska. Holler at em Chad.
Source: Sneaker Freaker
I feel a strong sense of deja vu as I write about this new pack – Vans Era and Half Cab in blue and black denim. I just hear this voice in the back of my head that they’ve done this before. Oh well. If Vans is not original, at least the shoes look good. At least to me, anyway. If you don’t already have some denim sneaks in your collection, here’s your chance. I get the sense that Era is more frequently updated with different colors and materials, while the Half Cabs, not as much. Then again, the Half Cab’s popularity with nostalgic skater dudes such as myself is undeniable. Pick some up now and keep them on ice, who knows when they’ll be available in this style again.
NOTE: THE ERA IN BLACK DENIM APPEARS TO HAVE A SUEDE HEEL.
Available at Nice Kicks.
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I saw this book in a random store the other day and I immediately thought how fantastic it would be to be able to not only customize each color of a sneaker, but pick the materials too! Oh, what wonderful vegan combinations we could come up with: pleather, chambray, denim, or plain old canvas. Wouldn’t that be sooo nice…
