Esteemed magazine SLAM is known for their thoughtful pieces and crisp reporting on the game of basketball, but that’s not all they do. SLAM is all about hoops culture as well as the game itself, and their yearly SLAM Kicks issue touches both on new basketball releases and the stories behind classic hoops footwear. Now, they’ve readied a special issue that’s sure to delight sneakerheads and Michael Jordan fans alike — one that’s focused entirely on the Air Jordan 1. A…
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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Jon Wexler & Ronnie Fieg Chat Collaborations in adidas’s ‘SHPTLKS’ Series
Ahead of the KITH x adidas Consortium 4D launch, adidas Originals dropped th…
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Nike’s 3D-Printed Vaporfly Elite Flyprint Is Releasing Soon
Ever since introducing Flyknit oh so many years ago, the Beaverton brand has gone through testing after testing to introduce the ever-innovative Flyprint. Inspired by the feedback received from Eliud Kipchoge after the runner narrowly missed the sub-two hour mark set by the BREAKING2 initiative, Nike designers set out to improve on the Vaporfly with the brand new 3D-printed textile upper, the first of its kind in the performance genre. Bringing the silhouette down to a feather-light 11 grams,…
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adidas Introduces Major Design Changes for the UltraBOOST 5.0
adidas’s flagship UltraBOOST model has evolved across four generations of design phases while maintaining mostly the same look. Though the popular sneaker has undergone several Primeknit and tech upgrades for improved wear, we’ve yet to see any major changes to its appearance — until now, on what’s reportedly the UltraBOOST 5….
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The Nike Vapormax 97 “Persian Violet” Is Releasing In Grade School Sizes
Nike’s Vapormax 97 is an interesting hybrid silhouette, fusing the bullet train-inspired upper of the Air Max 97 with the futuristic cushioning tech of the Vapormax for a look that nods to two of their most ambitious silhouettes. Now it’s surfaced in a new “Persian Violet” colorway that pulls inspiration from another classic Max makeup — the Air Max BW. A dark black serves as the base color while regal purple accents arrive alongside dashes of white on the midfoot lo…
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Trippie Redd Unveils ‘A Love Letter to You 3′ Tracklist, Release Date & Cover-Art
A week after releasing his latest major single, “Topanga,” Trippie Redd has revealed A Love Letter to You 3‘s official tracklist, cover-art and release date.
Trippie Redd’s upcoming album is scheduled to arrive on November 9. The expansive project is made up of 16 new trac…
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White Mountaineering and Adidas Gear Up The Terrex Fast
The Japanese label White Mountaineering is one of the few to exhibit a masterful grasp over technical construction and fabrications, hailing forward a series of aggressive garments that are armored for the harshest conditions. GORE-TEX, Pertex, and many other materials are on display in their wonderfully curated collections whose overall design is being implemented in the footwear releases under their adidas collaboration.
Going on for quite a few years now, we’ve seen the NMD revise…
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MOUNTAIN RESEARCH Drops a FW18 Lookbook for Protesters
Kobayashi Setsumasa’s MOUNTAIN RESEARCH has released the lookbook for its Fall/Winter 2018 collection, titled “Les Montagnards” (which translates to “mountain dwellers”) with the sub-line “for protesters.”
The new collection fuses the Japanese label’s utilitarian codes with a moody underground style, pr…
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Nike Vapormax 97 “Atmosphere Grey” Just Released For Kids
Swoosh Brand consumer’s feverish craze for hybridized silhouettes equipped with Vapormax sole units has reached a boiling point, and Nike continues taking advantage with new models and colorways at a steady rate. One of the most revered – the Vapormax 97 – is back in an Atmosphere Grey outfit strictly designed for Beaverton’s kid-sized appreciators. With University Red clearly acting as its focal point, Atmosphere Grey and White are ushered in for contrast on its mudgu…
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Art Institute of Chicago Now Offers Thousands of Free Artwork Images
Following in The Met’s footsteps, the Art Institute of Chicago is now enabling free high-res downloads of images portraying iconic artworks from their vast collection. A total of 53,438 photos encapsulate the online launch, from Vincent Van Gogh’s The Bedroom (1888) to Piet Mondrian’s Lozenge Com…
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