Luchador Flyer Dunk High

NikeSkateboarding.org just posted some pictures of what look like REALLY exciting shoes. First of all the shoes are in red,black, and white which have always been the most popular colors for shoes since Micheal Jordan started playing basketball. What makes it even more special that it is in those colors is that Jordan Is which created the big controversy in the first place were based on the Dunk Highs.

The print section is based off of fliers promoting Luchador (Mexican masked wrestling) matches. While Luchador was at it's peak of retro kitch popularity several years ago it's so cool it can't really become passe. Basically Luchador is so new sincerity that you can't get sick of it. the original interest in Luchador wasn't ironic, it was a sincere interest in kick ass masked wrestling. These shoes are flamboyant and flashy but definitely not ugly in a bad way. These shoes have me the most excited about a pair of shoes since I first saw the H.R. Pufnstuf Dunks or Supreme's Public Enemy Vans Sk8 HIs. So basically these are the most legitimately hot shoes I have posted since I started this blog, and I have a general distain for dunks.

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I really love 3M scotchbrite. These are Air Max 1s that will only come out in one store in Malaysia. I think scotchbrite just the greatest material and everything on earth should be made out of it. I will blog inproportionately about it because I love it. It's very new sincerity. It's so ridiculous yet at the same time honestly fun and amazing.


The thing I like about the Labron IIIs is that they have clean, simple lines and are extremely expensive. The thing I don't like about them is they don't come in pink...

UNTIL NOW!

Air Kitchen Sink

Memorial day weekend has been pretty slow for sneaker news until I saw this from kix and the city. These shoes are called the "lay-up" from the basketball inspired clothing label UNDR-CRWN. The shoe is truly grotesque. In many cases I am writing about well designed shoes with unappealing colors, this is a unappealing shoe with unappealing colors. However somehow I am oddly drawn to them. This is the seconds run of this sneaker and they are using far more bold materials. This shoe features cement pattern sole, elephant print (both inspired from Jordan brand), visable air, basketball pigskin material, and white leather with over-sized perforations, purple suede and hiking boot style laces. Go bold or go home.

NIKE SB posted the new shoes that will come out in September. The Mork And Mindy Dunk highs take the cake as the ugliest. They are inspired by Robin William's character's outfit. the sole is clear and through it you can see a rainbow on the sole that matches his suspenders. I really like what Nike did taking the ugliness from the inside of Robin's joke stealing heart and showed it on the outside of this ugly shoe. Good work fellas.
This pair of zoom teams is actualy verynice and woudl match well with jeans and works with most fall colors.

BLING BLING!

In the never ending quest to find a place to put all the worlds (fake) diamonds comes this, sneaker bling. it looks like they fasten like clasp envelopes.
Really guys? Is this the legacy you want to leave? you can pick them up from lowtex for 2400 yen for a set of 4.

multi color NB

Yet another Multi colored NB only for Japan. It's a collaboration/abomination from Stussy, Hectic and Undefeated. I don't get why it always takes so many parties to accomplish something like this.

You asked for it

Baron Vaughan, one of my favorite comedians, and one of New York's sexiest reads round house kicks. I talked to him Thursday at Oh Hello at Rififi, New York's best comedy/burlesque venue. He said he was in the market for a pair of sneakers and would like me to post something flashy, but not ugly. This will be the first in a series of interesting limited sneakers that aren't ugly, but worth considering for actual purchase.
Cheech Wizard was a great comic from the 70s. Cheech was basically a red ball with legs that wore a huge floppy yellow hat with red and black stars. Cheech lived in a weird fairytale land and spoke some sort of gibberish jive. I read some Cheech stuff a while ago because I heard that it was a huge influence for the guy who made Fritz the cat. Some time soon Puma will be coming out with these Clydes along with the hoodie. Hopefully they will come with an extra set of big fat red puma laces.

Fashion Journalism Integrity

Kix in the City posted a picture of this ridiculous AF1. According to them only two pairs exist. One is owned by Labron James. The other, pictured here is owned by the the fashion editor of XXL magazine. It makes me second guess the authority of the entire magazine's staff.

I have a question for the Music Editor or anyone else who feels like leaving a comment
Sneakers are to Seafoam Green Suede
as Rap Music is to ______________

Patent leather

James K. Polka was inspired by a post of mine to research patent leather on wikipedia. According to wikipedia patent leather was invented in New Jersey. How fitting. I'm going to be very respectful of New Jersey and not tear New Jersey a new one, because the whole state is the original one.

I recommend checking out Solepedia which is a great reference site for shoes of various levels of ugliness. I will also added it to the link bar on the side once I am done posting.


P.S. James thanks for reading and linking. I can't comment on your blog because you need to be a member of Blogger to comment. I am using blogger beta and they haven't figured out how to let us cross comment. You don't have a email address listed or anything. Who are you and do I know you in real life.

Teen Kelly Court Force Hi

So Nike designed this Court Force Hi with hot pink/safety yellow soles. It has baby blue and more hot pink and safety yellow though out. They topped it off with sea foam laces. The head of Design was about send the design off to a sweatshop supervisor in the Philippines when some mail room guy came in with the executive's new issue of SPIN magazine. The exec ask the young lad if he had any ideas the make the shoes more visible to a velociraptor. The young man suggested making the swoosh gold. The executive promptly fired himself and promoted that young man to vice president of R&D.

P.S. I'm just kidding. I have no knowledge of the inner workings of NIKE, just an active imagination.