Last year JBF Customs’ Jet Life Nike Blazers were undoubtedly one of the most talked about custom sneakers. To fulfill the demand JBF has decided to release volume 2 of the Curren$y inspired Nike Blazer. Before the release of this second rendition next week PaintOrThread has teamed up with the decon-recon customizing specialist to giveaway…[Read More]
The third Vans Custom Culture Contest is already upon us. High school students from across America will be able to begin registering for Vans’ yearly shoe customization contest on February 1st, 2012 at Vans.com/CustomCulture. The first 1,000 schools to sign up will be sent 4 pairs of Vans all white shoes to customize by March….[Read More]
One of the biggest accomplishments in an artists career is coming into one’s own style. Some creatives never even develop their own look. Thus far in the young concept of “customizing” shoes there has been only a few artists that have achieved the levels of taking their look or work higher by being commissioned for…[Read More]
“Forbidden Fruit” won $50,000. Yes, that was the prize for Foot Locker Australia’s first ever Art Prize contest tabbed “World’s Richest Colouring Competition.” The winner was Kalin Thompson with his painting titled “Forbidden Fruit” showcasing a Nike Air Force 1 mid, numerous Nikes and Japanese imagery. Kalin was also the overall People’s Choice winner netting…[Read More]
Who is ready to put their custom shoe work to the test in a contest? Its been a while since there has been a contest that anyone could enter. (Vans…adults like customizing too!) What about winning an easy $1000? Sneaker consignment shop and eBay shoe dealer FOOTAGE By thecoolshoeshine is putting on their first sneaker…[Read More]
The Custom Culture team over at Vans dwindled down the list of somewhere around 1000 high school entries to 50 for the 2011 Vans Custom Culture Shoe Customizing Contest. Each school is represented by 4 pairs of customized Vans created by their art students in hopes of winning a trip to New York for the…[Read More]
As if you needed any more insight on why you should sign up your high school for the 2011 Vans Custom Culture contest, Vans is putting together a video series about the entire contests process. The Vans employees working on the Custom Culture project share a bit of the contest details, their thoughts and experiences…[Read More]
Vans Custom Culture Contest 2011 is HERE. I sure know I would have done anything for a chance like this in high school. It is really crazy to think that was 7, 8, 9, 10 years ago when customizing really started an online underground movement, I began customizing myself, and now customizing shoes is literally…[Read More]
This is an introduction to a more editorial type of post I will be making aside from everyone’s latest custom shoes called: “Shoe Customizer Decisions”. I plan to go more in-depth to the process and thoughts shoe customizers go through outside of actually designing, painting, or sewing. I’ll share ideas, tips, and thoughts on what…[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]
