The biggest sneaker convention wrapped up the third instalment of SneakerLAH 2017, certainly bigger than the last, this year’s SneakerLAH impressively met over 25,000 sneakerheads under one roof!
The two day event kicked off sneaker culture activities to connect with the sneakerhead community; highlighted aspects of streetwear fashion, lifestyle, music. The sneaker exhibition display over 350 pairs of rare sneakers by Vans and Adidas. At SneakerLAH marketplace, streetwear brands and over 50 vendors provide services to fulfil sneakerheads their sneaker essential needs. Influential collectors and shoppers were able to sell and trade sneakers to find the perfect sneaker to add to their collection such as established brands like Vans, Puma, The Hundreds and notable homegrown streetwear brands like Pestle & Mortar, Stoned and CO, Against Lab and many more.
Other exciting activities that went down include a friendly competitive lacing competition, fashion show by Reebok, a trading pit for attendees to trade sneakers with each other. Skate enthusiasts took over the mini skate ramp hosted by Vans welcomed skaters to show-off skate tricks. For the waffle heads out there, shoe customization by legendary shoe customizer, Mark Ong SBTG held his world famous workshop in collaboration with Vans, designed for every participant to take home the knowledge and skills of personalizing their very own one-of-a-kind pair of kicks. To keep up with current sneaker events, Bryan Chin, founder of SneakerLAH rounded up a group of huge sneaker collectors, Bunga, Calen Leong, Nelson Tan, Mark Ong SBTG and Syafiq sat down to “Talk Lah” on current global sneaker trends and in-depth opinions of the industry.
The event was hyped all weekend by MC Dan Shiv, along with music performances by KL’s prominent artists such as Naufal featuring Harvinth Skin and Zamaera, Airliftz, Arabyrd, Jhin, SaturdaySelects by DJ Vin & Lionel Rizki. Each day of the two day weekend event hosted a lucky draw, lucky winners walked away with more than 100 pairs of hyped and rare sneakers and the grand prizes of two vespa!
Thank you for everyone who came to support SneakerLAH, we were stoked to meet everyone of you! Tremendous thanks to Future Sound Asia as official venue partner, Vespa as official sponsor, Tune Talk as official telco partner, Rastaclat, Pantun Pins, Stoned and Co as official merchandise, Masses as official media partner and official event photographer are Shafiq Anak Saleh and Mellowed High.
See you again next year!
