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]
This past weekend Shoes.TV host Charlie Neff caught up with Los Angeles, California based shoe customizer Jacob Patterson. You’ve likely seen and listened to Patterson on his YouTube channel: YouTube.com/JacobPattersonArt where he usually showcases each pair of custom sneakers he creates. In this video Patterson shares how he got started, what goes into a typical…[Read More]
Feel like you still haven’t had enough of the South Beach Lebron inspired custom sneakers? If you need another fix of that simple but loud custom colorway flip watch these videos. SoleSurviorDetroit.com was able to catch up with the customizer, El Cappy and customer, Juan the Blogger for a few questions on how this South…[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 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]
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]
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]
