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]
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]
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]
The staff at Sneaker Freaker Magazine over and down under in Australia caught up with Jake Ferrato aka JBF Customs for a few questions about his decon-recon customizations. JBF put the Internet a blaze a few weeks ago with the release of his Curren$y inspired “Jet Life” Nike Blazers, it was one of the most…[Read More]
All levels of news media in the state of Minnesota have been getting their take these past months on a story on University of Minnesota student Chris Hui, the shoe customizer behind C2 Customs. If a reporter was wanting to get some questions with him they’ll have to wait a few months now. Expect some…[Read More]
Sometimes things just snowball, they start small and just fall into place to make best out of a situation. That was the case when Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shoe customizer Ben Smith of Brush Footwear ended up with an order of 1500 pairs of slip-ons he had produced by an factory in China that did not turn…[Read More]
PaintOrThread.com was lucky enough to be one of 6 websites featured in the November NBA Preview issue of Dime Magazine. Part of the HOOPLA section titled “Tangled Web” the site was highlighted as the “Kicks” related website. The other 5 sites included: InSearchOfRun.Tumblr.com: A real cool site about the basketball travels of Elliott Curtis over…[Read More]
“I live my passion every day. As an entrepreneur you get to do what you want,” she said. “A few years is a small cost for living your dream.” That is the last line of Candra Palmer’s recent article on The Atlanta Post about her steps before and in between her journey to turn a…[Read More]
If you read yesterdays latest Shoe Customizer Decisions: 12 Ways to Get in the Local Newspaper this post is a prime example of one of my suggested tactics: Get out and put yourself in the public eye. That is exactly what Dave Forlizzi known as Sab One did showing his work and painting in person…[Read More]
Current Minnesota University undergrad Chris Hui has caught him yet another news article. If you still don’t know his story definitely give the article a read here: Chris Hui of C2 Customs in the Minnesota Star Tribune. I’ve known his story a good while as I’ve seen it play out, as have many of you…[Read More]
