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]
Enoouuuuuuggggghhhhh! I know that is what you are thinking, maybe yelling in the library, enough with the elephant print! I know…………I know….but what you may be failing to realize is how significant this print was in the young history of custom shoes. Revived by the Supreme Dunk low SBs release in 2002 and the ever…[Read More]
Today a clip of the soon to be released documentary, “Air Force 1: Anatomy of a Legend”, featuring the iconic Nike Air Force 1 basketball sneaker and its 29 year history. Of course shoe customizing plays an important part in those 3 decades as the AF1 is easily the most customized and painted shoe of…[Read More]
The vote totals are still be counted but the party starts tonight. If you are in the Los Angeles area I suggest you try to stop by the Clash of the Customizers Gallery @ 372 N. La Cienega Blvd. The party starts tonight at 7 p.m. with a small cover charge at the door. But…[Read More]
The latest installment in the “Milk Carton” post series is for a customizer by the name of JB Custom Kix. He was active around 2002 to 2004 among many of the custom sneaker forums. JB Custom Kix was heavily into creating new colorway customs and eventually sports and character logo customs. His work would be…[Read More]
