One of the brands we don’t stock yet but always like to keep an eye on is Comme des Garcons, and you look back through the journal at some of the stuff that caught our eye, you’ll see why! One of the recent releases that we liked was the old skool lo top trainer with the double rows of eyelets that had a whiff of the “Chuck Taylor” about them. We can’t have been the only people that gave positive feedback because now they’ve gone balls out and collaborated directly with Converse on the Comme des Garcons x Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star which comes in both the lo-top and hi-top silhouettes.
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February 9th, 2010 by red
Ok this has got the office split. Could you don your sartorial cap and make way with a pair of classic English brogue meets Nordic zeitgeisty fisherman shoes. While the brogue has always been a staple in the fashion circles its got particularly hot recently with the current obsession for revisiting heritage products. The 2009 Junya Watanabe model with the addition of the vibram sole gave it perhaps its most palatable option addressing a contemporary feel, however feelings in-house are – we are still struggling with the concept of dressing like a posh grandad. If your on the grandad tip consider these: Hot on the heels of the news about their spring / summer 2010 collection, Norse projects deliver two new silhouettes that have been created in collaboration with high end English shoemaker Trickers.
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January 28th, 2010 by red
Not too long ago we gave you a cheeky look at the forthcoming collection from our Danish friends at Soulland but one thing was missing from the lookbook we saw….shoes. But panic not, we’ve just been looking at a their collection shown at Capsule and their impressive first foray into the world of footwear for autumn / winter 2010!
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January 27th, 2010 by Kyle
Awesome mantra from Gourmet shoe brand that gives an insight to into their philosophy. Learn it. Gourmet.
Faced with relatively limited options and a distinctly fuzzy head, what better way is there to start the New Year than checking out great looking, exclusive trainers from Japan? When we spotted these beauties we just knew we had to share them with you because that’s the kind of generous people we are.
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December 28th, 2009 by red
Having just taken a look at the punk inspired new collaboration between goodhood favourite Opening Ceremony and American footwear brand Keds, we thought we’d show you a little of Opening Ceremony’s full footwear line for 2010. The flamboyant patterns and materials are gone in favour of more traditional designs with subtle Opening Ceremony touches that give each style their own individuality without going over the top.
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October 20th, 2009 by red
Be excited! Today we bring you a sneaky peek at some up and coming spring 2010 releases from one of our favourites, Gourmet Shoes. First off we have the new “Nove” shoe (which can be spotted in the video for “Bringing it Back” by Master Shortie if you want to see how good they look in action) which is a very simple, clean cut hi-top trainer with fairly thick white gum sole. The ones that we’ve seen were the same finish as in the video – a rich, royal blue, “lizard skin” style leather -but our favourite touch is the ankle strap embossed with the Gourmet name.
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October 19th, 2009 by red
Now you know we love our exclusive, unique footwear, you just need to take a look at our Gourmet and Be Positive ranges to see that. In fact, it’s fair to say that we love pretty much everything exclusive and unique – that’s why we do what we do after all – and recently one of our very individual jewelry designers, Sabrina Dehoff, has released a range that crosses from “traditional” jewelry items into something new and very exciting – trainer jewelry. Sabrina started her jewelry label in Berlin in 2006 after studying Fashion Womenswear at the Royal College of Art in London and spending some time working for the likes of Lanvin and Guy Laroche in Paris.
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