As many of you may know, Neck Face is a skateboarder from Stockton, CA probably better known for his graffiti art. Neck Face has collaborated with many skate-related brands to design various things from decks to clothes. This time around, Neckface has teamed up with Vans and KCDC to produce a limited edition version of the Vans Chukka Low. The sneakers are made of black suede and feature a royal blue midsole and inner lining. The side panels display Neck Face’s frightening, gory artwork, for which he is known and his name is printed acros the tongue of the shoe. Only a scarce 100 pairs of the sneakers will be released exclusively at the KCDC skate store in Brooklyn, New York. via Complex
We’ve reported and shown you video of the upcoming adidas Consortium AZX Collaboration that paired 26 retailers across the world with a different letter of the alphabet and adidas to create an adidas ZX running shoe. The first shoes will be released on August 8th across the world, the collaborators include ACU, Bodega, Colette, D-Mop, Limited Editions, Footpatrol, Goodfoot, and HUF. We’re guessing that the shoes that each store collaborated on will only be released at that store, but that has yet to be confirmed, we’ll update you with any news regarding the launch as we get it.
In Reebok’s third collaboration with John Maeda, titled the “Strucess,” John Maeda has created a fresh new take on the classic InstaPump Fury. The shoes draw inspiration from failure, and the concept of always trying again if you fail. With a wild design complimenting the classic shape of the InstaPump, expect this drop to be just as hot as the last two. Only 300 pairs of these kicks will be available, with a few seeing release on Reebok’s website on July 2nd, 2008. The first two collaborations sold out within 24 hours of their launch, so if you want these, don’t sleep.
More photos below…
As the third and last colorway of the DQM x Nike Blazer collection, these predominantly grey and purple kicks definitely have some high expectations behind them. Despite their black and lavender cousins setting a very high standard, these grey Blazers definitely meet or exceed that standard, staying true to the original safari-print based design of the pack, while creating a fresh colorway. Keeping it nice and simple like the other two releases, these grey Blazers stick to grey and purple for the main colors of the design, while adding some choice lavender, black, and gold accents.
Release Date: July 12th, 2008 (Saturday)
Location:
Dave’s Quality Meat
7 East 3rd Street
New York, NY 10003
TEL: (212) 505-7551
The Vans x W) Taps Bash “S” released just this past week in a variety of colorways, a new collaboration has is coming from the duo that’s a bit more sleek and casual for the Vans heads. W) Taps has revised the classic Vans Authentic and combined it with the styling of a wingtip dress shoe to create “Rudies”. The shoes feature a soft premium leather upper in a wide variety of colors; grey, brown and black. It also features a nostalgic rubber toe cap that extends from the midsole. Be on the look out for these at Vans Syndicate retailers soon.
More Photos Below…
The SBTG x Lazy “Paramount” Dunk Low has been one of the most talked about collaboration sneakers this year and to clear the air on this much talked about collaboration we wanted to let all of you sneakerheads know that the pictures we posted a few weeks ago of the Paramount Dunk Low were a pair of samples made by SBTG himself without the help of Lazy, but now we have the final pictures of the collaboration project between the two artists. These Dunk Low’s feature Regalia colored selvage denim, Olive Drab British SAS Shemagh, Faux Croc Leather on the Swoosh, and last bu not least laced with Starks “Gucci” inspired laces. These Dunk Low’s are limited to 15 pairs in the world and will be available in size 8.5 to 11 via the new Royale Fam website on Sunday, June 29th at 10 PM EST.
More photos below…
We first gave you a look into this momentous collaboration project between adidas and 26 of it’s adidas Consortium retailers worldwide that includes some notable retailers, DQM, HUF, Bodega, and more. Now it seems we have some more information on the extent of this collaboration project and what it entails. The 26 retailers were brought out to adidas headquarter’s in Germany and paired up with a letter of the alphabet then began to work on their version of the adidas ZX running shoe. We’ll have more updates on this in the upcoming weeks, stay tuned.
Alife is on a roll with a number of successful collaborations this past year, the NYC based lifestyle experts are collaborating with Reebok once again. This comes after five very successful, colorways of the Ball Out Court Victory Pump, the tag team worked with four new models for this year on a women’s collection and a men’s collection of sneakers. The men’s collection will feature the ERS 5000 II model while the women’s collection will feature three models- the Pro Legacy Mid, the Freestyle Hi and the Ventilator model. As we await the official announcement on availability, Austria based Stil-Laden just put up a teaser of the collections. Photos: Stil Laden / Via Hypebeast
More photos below…
Atmos, the Japanese sneaker retailer so famous for its many collaborations with nearly every shoe company under the sun, has released yet another sick pair of shoes, this time partnered up with New Balance. Using the classic M576 as the base template, these “Face OFF” editions are definitely some of the most interesting we’ve seen out of either New Balance or Atmos ever. Using glow in the dark materials for the N, and a mix of temperature sensitive and reflector materials for a great deal of the rest of the shoe, New Balance and Atmos have definitely created one of the most interesting, dynamic pairs of kicks ever imagined. These will be Atmos exclusives, so those of you outside of Japan will have to wait until the resell madness begins to grab a pair of these. Via Atmos.
More photos below…
Reebok and Major League Baseball is collaborating on a limited-edition collection of lifestyle shoes in honor of the 2008 MLB All-Star game being held in NYC this July. In New York, the hometown teams, the NY Yankees and NY Mets are each getting their own limited-edition colorway of the Reebok MLB Dual Running Pump. Details on the shoes pay homage to the stadiums of each team- on each shoe there is screen-embossed heel art that showcases the stadium dates: Yankees Stadium, 1923-2008, and Shea Stadium, 1964-2008. These sneakers show case the NY Yankees and NY Mets logos and feature intricate details for that true NYC baseball fan. Only 150 pairs of each will be available on July 11th in five select NYC boutiques.
Detail photos below…
