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Wednesday November 12th, 2008

Buy, Buy, Baby

Keds are For the Cool Kids

Keds were our sneaker of choice in grade school, but they haven’t been since – and we’re sure we’re not alone in this. But have you seen the sneakers they had some GenArt kids design? At left, is the limited-edition design by artist Anne Faith Nichols, of British Columbia. They’re blue, there’s a bird, they’re Read more →

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Tuesday October 14th, 2008

Explain

Vintage, But Not My Own

I have a pair of Chucks that I adore. They cost me $80 and I got them at a vintage shop after a 12-hour work day assisting a photographer. The $100 bill he handed me lasted for a whopping six hours before I pulled these beautiful black, high top Converse sneakers onto my feet. I Read more →

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Monday September 22nd, 2008

Would You Wear

Would You Wear Couture Sneakers?

We finally got to check out the full line of Gola by Christian Lacroix sneakers that won’t be out til January today, and we’re half excited, and half wondering why the hell we’re excited. One the one hand, they’re beautiful. Black and white embroidery on leather is not something we would have previously considered for Read more →

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Friday August 8th, 2008

Reebok + Hasbro = Monopoly Sneakers

Everybody was pretty upset last week when Hasbro finally shut down Scrabulous, so it looks like they’ve found a way for everybody to kiss and make up – They’ve teamed up with Reebok to create a line of shoes based on Monopoly, the first wave of which comes out later this month, retailing between $75 Read more →

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Monday July 28th, 2008

Nine West Gets Comfy With New Balance

It looks like your favorite Nine West pumps might be getting just a little more comfortable come spring. Nine West is teaming up with New Balance in a collaboration to produce active fashion footwear for Spring 09. We’re predicting cute ballet flats and not-so-high stilettos – kind of like the look for less blisters. The Read more →

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Monday June 16th, 2008

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High on Rubber

Walking down Fifth this weekend I saw not one, not two, but three different girls dressed in a variety of outfits accompanied by sneaker wedges. Yes, sneaker wedges. Each time I saw a pair walk by, I stopped and watched them stomp past me and thought to myself, “Why?” Sure, they’re a combination of the Read more →

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Monday March 31st, 2008

Margherita and Damon – Design Duo

Rebecca from Stylehive just clued us into the best collaboration we’ve heard of since Proenza for Target – Margherita Missoni and Damon Dash are working together to create a new line of sneakers for ProKeds to benefit Orphanaid Africa. The line will consist of six pairs of sneaks covered in collages of Africa-inspired prints (we’d Read more →

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