Independent is the way to go, well surely Mac Miller thinks so. After his debut full length album, Blue Slide Park, opened up at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums, the first indie debut album to do so since Snoop Dogg’s “Dogg Food” in 1995 he got this matching pair of kicks. Customized and…[Read More]
Not many customizers would be willing to give their shot at recreating by hand a geometric pattern usually seen as a machine printed fabric. If you’ve seen any of his previous work, Swaves would be one of the top customizers for a request with one of those prints such as “houndstooth.” Though recreating like a…[Read More]
Some custom shoes take days, weeks, and months worth of time, reworking the entire shoe. Others are a subtle change over a few hours with a design that plays off a majority of the shoes original colorway. This elephant print Air Jordan VI retro custom painted by Swiss graphic designer David Berguglia also known as…[Read More]
All black brick everything. Per a customer request Alexander Borgella of Impeccable Customs created a pair of hand painted custom sneakers titled “Just Add Mortar”, covered in a brick pattern. The customer Joshua “Slovadon” Slovin, a name known recently for his Air Force 1 colorways using the Nike Bespoke program decided to go the more…[Read More]
Want a custom Nike themed after a musical artist? Ask Jake of JBF Customs. Remember his Curren$y Jet Life Nike Blazer? How could he top that pair? Simplicity. First seen in a performance of “Billie Jean” in 1983 on NBC’s Motown 25, Michael Jackson’s white glove is one of musics most iconic fashion statements if…[Read More]
Maintain the mystery or not? Sekure D who is usually known for keeping his facial attributes unknown in photos with a mask or clever angles to the Internet public has decided to go against the mystery (kinda). Australian skateboarding footwear and apparel brand GLOBE recently invited the Melbourne based artist in for some mural work…[Read More]
Air Jordan III “True Blue” multiplied by two equals a new Air Jordan VI “True Blue” custom by El Cappy Cutomz. Custom sneaker enthusiasts can thank Eric Lowry aka El Cappy Customz for another Air Jordan custom to crave in less than two weeks after his AJ III X Kobe All Star. Lowry created this…[Read More]
One of the biggest accomplishments in an artists career is coming into one’s own style. Some creatives never even develop their own look. Thus far in the young concept of “customizing” shoes there has been only a few artists that have achieved the levels of taking their look or work higher by being commissioned for…[Read More]
Want to give Nike’s most high end sneaker an even more expensive upgrade? Add snakeskin. Ok hold on PETA, it’s fake. Taking what was once a worn scuffed pair of Copper Nike Foamposites Chef of Gourmet Kickz gave them new life by wrapping them in a copperhead snake faux skin. Continuing to play off the…[Read More]
Given the history of signature shoes by Dallas Cowboys players, like Deion Sanders and Emmitt Smith, you’d think there would be a good number of custom sneakers too. It seems as if Cowboys fans just might not be as big a sneaker fans as those of the Pittsburgh Steelers or Green Bay Packers. One thing…[Read More]
