Exactly, one year later to the date of the original Jet Life Nike Blazer, JBF Customs has released the Jet Life Volume 2 Nike Blazer customs. 2010′s Volume 1 became one of the most talked about custom shoes, with a pair making it to Curren$y himself. What appears to be a similar design is actually…[Read More]
One customizer steadily building a reputation for going above and beyond just a basic custom paint job has been Impeccable Customs. He has gotten the dyed clear soles and engraving techniques down. This pair of Premium Nike Blazers titled “Hella Elephant” feature something that has not been done by much of any shoe customizers. The…[Read More]
Custom sneakers from RŌM, shared here on PaintOrThread is something that is long overdue. Luckily some are up before the “end of the world next December.” One of the first interviews with the mind behind RŌM, Martin Figueroa, was actually posted back in late 2009. Since that interview Figueroa has established his brand for a long…[Read More]
Last week Impeccable Customs gave the sneaker world a pair of customs titled “Toxic Leopard.” Their distinct patterned soles and bright colors made them look like something a super villain might wear. Of course that villain would have to have a counterpart, why not a tiger? Impeccable has created a similar Dunk titled “Los Tigres”…[Read More]
If there ever was a villain made up of a human crossed with a leopard in some toxic waste spill THESE would be his shoes. What started out as an all white patent leather with clear sole Nike Dunk is now known as “Toxic Leopard.” Created by Impeccable Customs these feature the leather upper completely…[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]
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]
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]
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]
