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]
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]
The shoe customizing crew from Florida, Diversitile have been busy this spring. A chance encounter of someone wearing their shoes on the streets of Los Angeles by a girl named Chachi gave them the opportunity to create a 5 pair set for the dance crew IaMmE from Houston, Texas. How? Because Chachi was in that…[Read More]
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]
Ask fifty people in a random shopping mall and 95% have probably never heard of such a thing as a shoe customizer or customizing shoes. If the terms are even familiar they’ll probably mention something like NikeID. So every time a “mainstream” media outlet gives a shoe customizer some coverage it really helps out the…[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]
The Cleveland, Ohio based crew over at PimpMyKicks.com are taking part in this evening’s showing of ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition for donating custom kicks to the featured family. The ABC reality show is known for taking an American family that is living in rather poor conditions in need of a home makeover sending them…[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]
