DC Shoes in association with Subtext will present a special exhibition titled Kicks late next month. The event will include a series of customized sneakers from an extensive artist list enabling the artists to capture their creativity via various DC sneakers. The artists include Ronald Kurniawan, Angry Woebots, Ekundayo, Miles Donovan, Julie West, KMNDZ, Joshua Clay, David Foldvari, Josh Kenyon, Colby Nichols, Jasper Wong, Marco Zamora, James Jirat Patradoon, Corey Smith, Josh Taylor, Sandra Equihua, and Cole Gerst. The sneaker pictured above was customized by Angry Woebots. The opening reception is slated for January 25th and will run until February 17th at Subtext.
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Puma has given the Puma RS100 an extensive reflective 3M treatment. The gray and black upper features a reflective materials along parts of the side and toebox with a mesh toebox. The heel tab features a high voltage logo. Check your local Puma dealer for availability.
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Into their second season, New York based Cake’s first Summer Collection was marked by scantily clad women among cake fights. Their 2008 Collection includes other designs such as the Monsters tee, Neckpiece tee, Geometry tee, Eyes Wide Shut tee and Cake Kills tee. This latest collection is available at select Cake stockists around the world.
In what is already shaping up to be THE collaboration of the year, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants is teaming up with Bape on a series of products including a Bapesta. The Bapesta features patent Spongebob Yellow uppers includes Bob’s mug on the heel. Other items to show your fondness for a children’s cartoon include apparel and a plush doll. Be on the look out on your next trip to Asia as the 30 year old demographic will undoubtedly eat this up.
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From the feet of your British blue collar to what you see before you, Dr. Martens has managed to get you some questionable looks when you put on a pair of these patent upper, rainbow colored 8-holes. Might make for a good addition with the newly unemasculated line of Hello Kitty products. Ok jokes aside, available at Colette in four different colorways.
The Nike1Vote initiative has given the residents of Baltimore, Philadelphia and now New York a chance to voice their opinions on the greatest Air Force 1 of all time. Previous selections for Baltimore and Philadelphia had the Ueno Sakura and most recently the Mark Smith declared winners in each respective city. The winning shoe for each city will be re-released only in that city in mid-2008. Nike1Vote will wrap up in the mecca of Air Force 1’s, New York City with a vote taking place between January 2nd, 2008 and January 31st at the following locations, Jimmy Jazz, Transit, Brooklyn USA and Niketown NYC. A video involving DJ Clark Kent, Mayor, Hawaii Mike, DJ EMZ and Curtains documents how these big time AF1 fans of New York came to the top 25 which will be voted upon by the citizens of New York.
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