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]
“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]
Back at the end of August, Los Angeles, California based shoe customizer Jacob Patterson was featured on the pop-culture TV show titled “Attack of the Show” on the G4TV network. Patterson’s video game themed shoes were part of the “SneakerHeads” segment the show regularly puts on. Now that some time has passed I caught up…[Read More]
This clip is from 2008 around this time of the year when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays lost the World Series to the Philadelphia Phillies. A pair of customized Air Force 1s were painted with a Rays theme by Tampa Bay based 1 of 1 Customs. Unfortunately the shoes themselves look to be fake counterfeit…[Read More]
