Last year JBF Customs’ Jet Life Nike Blazers were undoubtedly one of the most talked about custom sneakers. To fulfill the demand JBF has decided to release volume 2 of the Curren$y inspired Nike Blazer. Before the release of this second rendition next week PaintOrThread has teamed up with the decon-recon customizing specialist to giveaway…[Read More]
Everyone gets their start some place. Whether its grinding it out on their own creating work that speaks to their perfect clientele or networking with people who know people. For shoe customizers most do not end up starting shoes without some interest in either art or fashion. New York based “fashion designer” Kim “Kimbo” Mesches…[Read More]
Shoe customizing and shoe customizers are as global as footwear is itself. If people are wearing shoes somewhere more than likely there is someone who has taken the next step to give their ordinary shoes some true life. Even though a majority of shoe customizers may be in America a place like Bangalore, Karnataka India…[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]
This past weekend Shoes.TV host Charlie Neff caught up with Los Angeles, California based shoe customizer Jacob Patterson. You’ve likely seen and listened to Patterson on his YouTube channel: YouTube.com/JacobPattersonArt where he usually showcases each pair of custom sneakers he creates. In this video Patterson shares how he got started, what goes into a typical…[Read More]
Gotta be on your grind. With her canvas art, customized heels, custom sneakers and Custom Ladies calendar shoe customizer Lauren Luna cannot be denied that she is on her grind. Of course putting in that work gets some attention. So who wouldn’t want attention from a website who’s tag line is: “All About Shoes All…[Read More]
Feel like you still haven’t had enough of the South Beach Lebron inspired custom sneakers? If you need another fix of that simple but loud custom colorway flip watch these videos. SoleSurviorDetroit.com was able to catch up with the customizer, El Cappy and customer, Juan the Blogger for a few questions on how this South…[Read More]
Before all the Internet forums and blogs it seemed like all we had to know about the newest sneakers were the few pages dedicated to KICKS in the monthly basketball periodical known as SLAM Magazine. Or the once a year issue of KICKS presented by SLAM, when the whole magazine was dedicated to sneaker related…[Read More]
About 6 months ago, I was asked to be a part of a book that was putting together a group of amazing women involved in the sneaker industry or who just love kicks. I was of course both honored and thrilled. The book, releasing this month, is called GIRLS GOT KICKS, by Lori Lobenstine….[Read More]
The art of shoe customizing..has been around as a step by step or organized process since at least the early to mid 1980s. Many of the shoes that are customized today and over the past 10 years are models that originally released in the 1980s or earlier like the Nike Dunk and Air Force 1,…[Read More]
