Custom sneakers like these are what make “custom sneakers.” As a shoe customizer, artist, or someone that does anything even slightly creative what was the thing that got you started? For Los Angeles based shoe customizer Jacob Patterson that thing was the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. To show his thanks Patterson…[Read More]
Wonder if shipping will be free? Last week Mache Custom Kicks released a custom Nike Lebron 9 in the style of the Nike KD4 Nerf edition. Spot on were the recreation of details in neon green, orange, purple, black and gray. Due to overwhelming response Mache decided to offer 12 people the chance to buy…[Read More]
One of the characteristic seen among shoe customizers is more often then not they have multiple creative outlets. One of those customizers who this past year has widened his product offering has been Jake of JBF Customs. Known for his decon-recon shoe customization skills, Jake puts them to work on your run of the mill…[Read More]
Word is from the Nike designer Jason Petrie that the Lebron 9 would see no “South Beach“ green filament and pink flash Miami Vice inspired release. Well not officially. From this weekend we have the first shoe customizer mirrored colorway rendition of a Lebron 9 South Beach from D@ Prince Customs. What started off as…[Read More]
This past weekend sneaker fans lined up for the release of the “Nerf” KD4. The brand synonymous with the mini hoop dunk teamed up with the designers of Kevin Durant’s Nike signature model for a really eye popping colorway. The box package even comes complete with a Nerf ball and hoop. It was only a…[Read More]
The next step in custom Nike Air Foamposites has been reached: light up LED soles. Titled “Lights On” these creations are from an expert in Foamposite customization, Sole Swap aka Jason Negron, who has built a niche using mostly this high end Nike basketball shoe as his base. Upwards of 30 LEDs used take great…[Read More]
Some people are sick of it, some people would never think it looks “cool” just because they do not know it’s origins. In the shoe customization world elephant print is nothing new (that has probably been said in previous “elephant print” custom posts here on PaintOrThread). Heck the correct title of the print is still…[Read More]
Back in 2007 Nike SB released a Nike Dunk titled “What the Dunk?” made up of a mash-up of some of the most popular SB Dunks up to that point. The WTDunks? were covered in everything from tye dye to elephant print to stars to croc skin and suede. In an attempt to test if…[Read More]
Are Nike Foamposites the new Nike Dunk or Air Force 1? Maybe not yet, but in customizing terms they sure are making the rounds this year. The latest is a Tie Dye Foamposite Pro created by TRZackery aka Terrell Zackery. What started out as the electric blue Foam Pro was meant to be a “South…[Read More]
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]
