So were you wondering how the Custom Culture department at Vans cut down hundreds of entries into the Shoe Customizing Contest to 50 schools? Checkout the 3rd Custom Culture Episode 3 below. Or if you’d like to hear how some of the star judges of the contest in the final round got started with their…[Read More]
This mini edition of Shoe Customizer Decisions gives an example of creative marketing. One of the latest crazy phenomenas of the Internet are these startup funding websites that allow you to post or present an idea that you’d like to raise money for. They are very common in technology circles or business ventures for people…[Read More]
Each customizer that has work posted up on PaintOrThread usually has a pretty unique personality. The goal of this website is to give you an inside look to shoe customizing that you will not find just behind a photo of custom shoes. One way I’ll be getting that behind the scenes look is to conduct…[Read More]
Who says science says science has to be boring? In lew of Earth day I thought this would be appropriate to share. I got a facebook event invite to something called “Boobquake.” I’m thinking to myself…hmm. So I read the invite which linked me to a blog which started this phenomenon. “Many women who do…[Read More]
The nation wide custom shoe contest put on by Vans Custom Culture division has been whittled down to four final high schools. Last week a total of 67, 202 votes were cast from around the world at the Vans Custom Culture website. The finalist schools are: Eastern High School in Kentucky, Rio Rancho High School…[Read More]
Oh I love discussing custom shoes, custom sneakers, breakfast cereals, whatever. EmmanueLabor started up a discussion today about the difference between Custom sneakers vs. fake or variant sneakers on the Sole Collector Forum. This is a good topic to cover as this year has seen extremely large amounts of growth in the “decon-recon” sector which…[Read More]
Custom Shoes: Basic Tips for Vans and Chucks by Louie Gong
Starting off small, so far PaintorThread.com has been able to provide photos and informaton on custom shoes, customizers, and events. I’ve been able to get to know a few customizers better through interviews and start a routine Custom Shoe Contest. Honestly this is only the beginning. The main goal of the site is to spread…[Read More]
One question many customizers have probably been asked is “what do the shoe companies think about your work on their products?” So far there has been zero accounts of anyone facing any legal trouble from companies or from owners of licensed images, graphics, logos, etc. Essentially it is the same process of people fixing up…[Read More]
We really think custom shoes are cool and all…..but….most of the time there is more to the story than just the finished design. Behind the finished piece you have where the idea comes from, creating the design, finding the base shoes, the actual process of customizing the shoe, shipping, getting paid(hopefully), delivering the shoe, the…[Read More]
