Love it or hate it, with the rising superstar status of LeBron James, his latest signature shoe has been subject to a lot of special attention from the folks over at Nike Basketball.  The Nike Zoom LeBron VI has been styled and released in almost every sort of variety as one could imagine, but it does not seem to be stopping anytime soon.  In November of 2008, we saw the Nike Zoom LeBron VI “Big Apple”, which was featured in a red patent leather design that was supposed to represent the nickname of NYC.

While there is no official information available yet, rumors have surfaced regarding a 2nd round to a New York City edition of the Nike Zoom LeBron VI, this time with the theme of a taxi cab.  Only one photo has been made available, the shoe is outfitted in a black/yellow-silver colorway with sime dope details including a metallic silver Swoosh and yellow patent leather around the toebox.  Like we said earlier, there is no official release info available for this shoe as of now, but you might expect to see this on LeBron’s feet during his next appearance at Madison Square Garden on February 4th.  via MarcSJ08 of NikeTalk

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Chances are, if these weren’t customizable online, we’d have no reason to show you a pair of Keds Champions.  As it stands, these offer an interesting view of some of your body’s internal workings, albeit in your bony feet.  If you want to name these, we can call them the “Human Internal Organ Anatomical Drawings”, but it’s the polka dots on the outside toe and side panel along with a heel stripe that really set these off.  Zazzle.co.uk offers several different options for laces and other details on the shoes, but they’re only available in ladies sizes.  Head over there if you feel like rockin’ something that probably no one else in your neighborhood will have.

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You might look at two of the three colourways here and say, “Oh, I get it.  The shoe is called ‘Tobacco’ because of the colours,” but you’d be wrong.  In fact, the adidas Tobacco was released over thirty years ago and is set to be revitalized and re-released as a part of the adidas Originals Collection.  Only the all black pair won’t evoke a pipe, with the other two relying heavily on browns.  Take a look at all the pics after the jump, then hop over to Size? to cop any or all three.

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The Air Jordan 2009 has made quite a stir in the sneaker world since news and pictures of the shoe broke in the fourth quarter of 2008 and was officially unveiled a little over a week ago.  We have seen a ton of pictures of the white version of the shoe MJ himself was holding at the press release, but little has been mentioned of the black colorway until now.  With a better look, we see that the black/varsity red-white colorway of the next signature shoe for the Air Jordan line isn’t exactly a traditional bred Air Jordan.  Aside from the red stitch right below the heel, and some red on the out-sole, there is not too much red seen anywhere on the shoe.  Instead, the upper is mostly black with white around the ankle and around the out-sole/mid-sole.  Look for these to release in the earlier part of 2009 for the price of $190.00.  If you can’t wait, however, Sole-Locker as some sizes available now.

04/11/2009
Name: Air Jordan 2009
Style #: 343084-062
Color: Black/Varsity Red-White
Price: $190

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Back in October, RoyalFam SBTG released their Jackal and Hyde Nike Dunk Dead Generals Edition for the re-launching of their website and new apparel.  If you don’t remember, the set of two Nike Dunk Highs that comprised this last Dead Generals drop feautred a plethora of materials and new construction, such as a zip-up lace cover.  The next set of custom sneakers from the desk of SBTG are is a pack of two Nike Dunk Lows dubbed, “Dead Generals Part 2: Skeleton Comrade”.

Like the first Dead Generals series, these Dunk Lows feature selvage denim sewed onto the front and back panels accented by red/off white trim right above the sole.  You’ll notice that the Swoosh is translucent on the red version of the shoe, and on the blue version the Swoosh is black with blood splatter on the bottom part.  On the blue colorway, the toe-box is blue with a darker blue used in the fabric on the mid and heel area along with the blue laces.  For the red colorway, all the blue areas on the other shoe are black accented by the red Swoosh.  Both shoes have “ARMY” followed by crossbones printed on the fabric covering the mid-panel and the heel section.

The shoes also feature some SBTG staples such as the zip-up lace cover and the recently introduced gold lacelocks.  Take a moment to look at all the pictures after the jump. For those of you who follow custom sneakers, you will appreciate the fine details in the on-point stitching and design patterns that flow seamlessly throughout the sneakers.  Even if you are not too familiar with the custom sneaker world, this release just might warrant your respect for custom sneakers as a new, urban art form.

Both of these Dunk Lows are being released in quantities of 12 pairs per colorway.  The drop date is set for Sunday, January 25th and will be priced at $600.0o.  Just like last time, you will want to have your credit cards ready because these will be exclusively available at RoyalFam’s website and are sure to be highly covetted by sneaker conossiuers worldwide.

>Buy it January 25th at 10:00PM – SBTG Dead Generals Part 2: Skeleton Comrade – Dunk Low

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Nike will be releasing this Air Force 1 Supreme in Black and White with 3M this upcoming Fall 2009 Season. While the 3M material has been a known commodity amongst sneakerheads, Nike hardly uses it on their sneakers unless it’s for a special release. While we’re not sure how limited these are we’re guessing that they won’t be as hard to find as the Nike x CLOT 1World Air Force 1. This particular Air Force 1 also features a visible heel Air unit which makes it a Supreme version of the AF1. Stay tuned for more pictures and information. via cubanbee // Niketalk

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The Nike Terminator recieved a nice revival last year, with a wide variety of new takes on the classic basketball sneaker.  While we saw a ton of interesting colourways and packs, we’re not sure if any of those concepts were as fully realized as the idea inspiring this new pair.  Nike Sportswear is bringing us another take on denim footwear, this time using premium selvage denim.

Selvage is the technique of covering the raw edge of cut denim in a ribbon folded over either side and stitched together to protect the raw part.  It’s most clearly seen on the tongue, but probably isn’t the most recognizable take on classic jeans.  That’s a toss-up between the copper rivet on the outside rear quarters and the Levi’s-like “NSW” tag on the outside ankles.  An exceptionally well executed concept, these are likely to drop in summer or fall of this year.  Stay tuned to Sneaker News for updates.  Pic from Kix-Files

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While this season marks the release of the Nike Air Max 90 Current Moire which is a hybrid of the Nike Air Max 90 Current, a hybrid in itself, with the Nike Zoom Moire running shoe from a few years back. The shoe has been released in two colorways in limited quantities at select Nike Sportswear retailers thus far and will be hitting the States soon. While we’re still waiting on the release of the Moire’s it looks like Nike Sportswear will be dropping another Air Max 90 Current hybrid in the second half of 2009 with this Air Max 90 Current Huarache, which is a hybrid of the Max 90 Current along with the Nike B Huarache shoe. The two colorways that will be released include an all over tonal Infared colorway as well as a more traditional all Black colorway. Stay tuned for more information and release dates. via cubanbee // Niketalk

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A couple weeks ago we showed you the latest Girls Air Jordan I Retro that will be released in the US soon as they were inspired by Valentine’s Day and now we the latest Girls Jordan shoe to be released is this Air Jordan Force VI (AJF 6) in Black and Pink that features the same Basketball Heart logo that is found on the AJ1 Retro High GS Valentine’s Day shoe. This AJF6 in Black and Pink is another good pickup for anyone of you guys out there looking to buy the wifey a pair of kicks for Valentines Day. Pick up your pair now at select Jordan Brand retailers or via Lowtex. If you can’t find them, ebay has a few pairs up now.

Style: 343058-001
Color: Black/Pink

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The other PE of the Nike Foamposite Lite that was released this weekend at one of the Nike x Footlocker House of Hoops locations was this David West (New Orleans Hornets) Away colorway in Black, Varsity Purple, and Orion Blue. The best feature of this PE Foamposite Lite is the semi translucent outsole in Orion Blue that resembles Ice outsoles from other Nike sneakers. David West’s Nike logo, “DWEST”, is inscribed on the shoe’s tongue. Both this DWest Foamposite Lite PE and Caron Butler Foamposite Lite PE are limited and exclusive to select Nike Basketball retailers. via solezprogression // Niketalk

Style: 344332-051
Color: Black/Varsity Purple-Orion Blue (DW)

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This shoe is like many featured on our part of the blogosphere: it has appeared in a few different makeups, including what appeared to be a strangely coloured PE.  Given that Steve Nash runs the point for the Phoenix Suns, you’d expect Orange rather than red.  Well, that’s exactly what we see now.  In its finished form, the Nike Zoom MVP X Steve Nash PE follows the same distribution of white and black, but swaps red for orange.  They’re available now at the Kix-Files Online Store.

Style: 346100-011
Color: Black/White-Orange Blaze-Stealth (SNL)

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When you’ve got a hundred years of experience in the shoe game like Converse, you could fill at least a book or two.  Now, imagine there was a book for each year, how would you fill them?  How about with a pair of shoes — keep it simple, silly.

This new release from the One Star is anything but simple: an elaborate mockup of a century’s worth of volumes that placed together reveal a multicoloured Converse logo along the bottom of the spines.  Upon further inspection, the “books” are actually rectangular slabs of cardboard with a circle cut into the middle, facilitating the placement of a pair of off-white Chuck Taylor All Stars.  A very clever way of celebrating their centinneal, we can’t wait to see what Converse has in store(s) next.

These surfaced on the DesignBoom blog which doesn’t traditionally showcase footwear, so we’ll bring you more pics and the release date once it leaks from Converse.

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