Exactly, one year later to the date of the original Jet Life Nike Blazer, JBF Customs has released the Jet Life Volume 2 Nike Blazer customs. 2010′s Volume 1 became one of the most talked about custom shoes, with a pair making it to Curren$y himself. What appears to be a similar design is actually…[Read More]
Last week a pair of custom painted Nike Blazers were finished by Jacob Patterson that were inspired by a childhood comic book character memory: Calvin and Hobbes. This week a decon-recon custom of the same shoe by JBF Customs gets its look from a 1990′s childhood Disney movie villain: Jafar of Aladdin. JBF recalls being…[Read More]
One of the characteristic seen among shoe customizers is more often then not they have multiple creative outlets. One of those customizers who this past year has widened his product offering has been Jake of JBF Customs. Known for his decon-recon shoe customization skills, Jake puts them to work on your run of the mill…[Read More]
Want a custom Nike themed after a musical artist? Ask Jake of JBF Customs. Remember his Curren$y Jet Life Nike Blazer? How could he top that pair? Simplicity. First seen in a performance of “Billie Jean” in 1983 on NBC’s Motown 25, Michael Jackson’s white glove is one of musics most iconic fashion statements if…[Read More]
Want to give Nike’s most high end sneaker an even more expensive upgrade? Add snakeskin. Ok hold on PETA, it’s fake. Taking what was once a worn scuffed pair of Copper Nike Foamposites Chef of Gourmet Kickz gave them new life by wrapping them in a copperhead snake faux skin. Continuing to play off the…[Read More]
Sometimes a custom sneaker’s inspiration isn’t always obvious. For these Delta Air Force 1 customs by Lazy a unique concept is perhaps what his customer wanted. A quick glance may not seem like these are much but any Nike shoe afficianado will realize the sole and upper don’t match up. Using an Olympic Air Force…[Read More]
Decon-recon customizer The Shoe Surgeon based in Santa Rosa, California is probably the first to break ice the when it comes to customizing the new Supra Skytop III skate shoe. These were created as part of the festivities for the 3rd Skytop’s release party at Factory 413 in Los Angeles earlier this month. A complete…[Read More]
A few days ago PaintOrThread shared how you could get back to the Swoosh nostalgia on your Air Jordan III retros and now JBF Customs is making a statement doing the opposite on a pair of Air Jordan Tribute Nike Dunk lows. This complete decon-recon pair is started with a gum sole and gray on…[Read More]
Nike Dunk enthusiasts know Nike came out with a Boba Fett inspired Dunk high back in 2008. The cool thing about custom shoes though compared to things Nike releases is an “inspired” shoe has a lot more flexibility since they aren’t mass produced. While Nike is usually stuck to colorways shoe customizers can create something…[Read More]
Desp1 of Fresh and Fly Customs is joining in on the charitable custom shoe effort for Japan relief that was first seen last month when Twitch auctioned off a pair of painted Nike Toki. Twitch’s pair raised a cool $346. Desp1 put together, literally, this complete decon-recon pair inspired by one of Japans iconic images,…[Read More]
