Shoes are really trivial when it comes to disscusing many social issues like life, death, war and peace. Although it can be interesting to see a pair of custom shoes actually bring awareness to historical events. At first glance these custom Nike Air Jordan VI’s by Philippines based shoe customizer MDVL may just look like…[Read More]
This is the best weekend of the year, NBA All Star Weekend 2011. The cold of winter heats up with basketball festivities of the celebrity game, Rookie vs. Sophomore game on Friday night, of course the Saturday night line up of the 3 point and dunk contests, with the weekend peaking as the East and…[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$y inspired “Jet Life” Nike Blazers, it was one of the most…[Read More]
Sit back and Just Enjoy This Shit These Shoes or get on the horn and email Jake of JBF Customs because he is only making 5 pairs of these decon-recon Nike Blazers inspired by the rapper Curren$y and his JET LIFE movement. JBF has not made many themed customs usually sticking to simple designs with…[Read More]
This year JBF Customs has put to the test the deconstructed-reconstructed custom shoe designs using carbon fiber textured material. The end results are very slick high tech looking creations, that scream a blend of past and present. Even though he started using the carbon fiber look in 2009 he has pretty much perfected it in…[Read More]
Dorothy from Wizard of Oz meets Lady Gaga. Lauren Tennenbaum of (IN)DECOROUS TASTE was asked by a woman at Nike to create some sort of Nike sneaker slash heel platform hybrid, I’d say she delivered. Given a sample lot of about 5 Nike running shoes Lauren picked the all red pair and gave them a…[Read More]
At the end of this past summer emmanueLabor was working over time to finish a slew of decon-recon custom shoes. I recently caught up with him for a few quick questions about his Darth Vader inspired Nike Blazers complete with black patent leather cut and sewn to recreate Vader’s helmet and light up Swooshes to…[Read More]
University of Minnesota student Chris Hui aka C2 was recently put to the test by his school to create a pair of custom sneakers for the school’s mascot Goldy Gopher to wear during the 2010 NCAA Mascot Competition at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Chris explains how the Minnesota student body and the crazy game…[Read More]
Two weeks ago theMenace brought the house down with his LEVI’S Black Acid Wash Denim Vans Sk8 Hi, like literally almost brought the house down as the day I posted them up PaintOrThread.com had a record day in traffic. To keep the crowds happy he once again put the Sk8 Hi to the test with…[Read More]
