Let’s get into a little bit of backstory first behind PUMA’s new capsule collection. Back in the 1960s, apartheid in South Africa and racial segregation in the United States were rife, and racism was to some extent, was at its peak. Come the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, a young 200m sprinter by… Read more »
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The Nike X Kendrick Lamar Cortez Basic Slip Is Dropping This Weekend
The Cortez has a rich history behind it. While not only holding the title of the world’s first modern running shoe, the silhouette too has significant cultural impact amongst African American communities in Los Angeles, specifically around the Compton region, and it’s only fitting that Rap King Kendrick Lamar befits the legacy of the shoe.… Read more »
More React Element Colourways Are Coming
Quite fresh after a hotly contested round of who managed to get the UNDERCOVER X Nike React Element 87, the Swoosh is dropping some more colourways of the new silhouette. The “Knicks” colourway and “Dark Grey” are set to release tomorrow online, at Nike.com, and we have a feeling that this won’t sell out as… Read more »
The Nike Shox Is Making A Comeback
The Future: Early 2000s Style The transition to the 21st century was filled with new technologies. whatever weird, or out of the ordinary, there was a company bound to take the leap and give the new piece of tech a go. Nike was very much the same, debuting the Shox to the masses with a shoe… Read more »
The Founder Of Nike SB Has Passed Away
Apart from the OG sneakerheads, not many know the fact that the SB in Nike SB actually stood for Sandy Bodecker, and not skateboarding as many would have been led to believe. The man who created a whole new division from a shoe that was initially meant for basketball, has left us today, aged 66.… Read more »
Get Ahead Of Your Game By 4%, The Comfortable Way With Nike
By now, you would have probably familiarised yourself with the Nike Zoom Fly and the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4% which is associated with Nike’s Breaking2 project. Iiud Kipchoge, the fastest marathoner ever and members of the media have expressed their opinions on the silhouette and have agreed with the claims of it being the ‘fastest shoe on… Read more »
Adidas’ NMD Solar Hus Are Still Sitting In Stores
And Online We all had a hunch that Pharrell William’s latest rendition of the Human Race NMD would be slow moving, but not this lethargic. At the time of writing, we scouted out Isetan The Japan Store to hunt for some Y-3 Kaiwas, and stumbled upon the whole Solarhu pack, sitting pretty on the display… Read more »
Not Feeling The React Element 87? The New Updated Zoom Fly SPs Drops This Week
Mini Swoosh Things The Nike React Element 88 is all the buzz right now in the sneaker sphere, its transparent upper bringing a bit of a variety int erms of allowing people to see what socks you’re wearing. Obviously when you’re in your RM 270 A Cold-Wall* socks or Off-White camo socks, you just need… Read more »
ASICS Combines Past And Future Together For Their AW18 Show
Last weekend, ASICS invited us over to Singapore to witness their AW18 preview, showcasing the new direction that the brand is heading with a fashion runway split in between 3 divisions, ASICS, ASICS TIGER, and Onitsuka Tiger. The exhibition also doubles as a museum of sorts, debuting new models packed with ASICS most advanced tech,… Read more »
Zoom X Foam, The Boost Killer?
While Adidas is still lauding over the Boost sole, having most recently equipped a half and half Boost heel cushioning with an EVA forefoot in their POD S3.1, Nike has been tooling with whether they should release what they think, will be the foam to rival, or even beat Boost. And they have. Recall… Read more »