Air Yeezy: The Colors… Colors Colors Colors
(lets give another sneaker blog some shine – Simply Sneakers)
I am going to post more on this cause I think this is a history making sneaker even though it may not be for everybody. Personally the only colorway I would get is the one pictured above (yeah it has pink in it… why Kayne, why?) . The other colorways that you can see all over the net from The Shoe Game to Sneakernews and Nicekicks are pretty cool and all, but its just not my style color wise.
Oh and don’t foget that these sneakers glow in the dark.
By the way, the colors reference is from the Ice T song Colors… lol you aint get that stop frontin
S & S Sports Sunday: Girls Can Dunk, Vick Released, Injury Madness
(a video seen on MSN)
(looks like someone IS GONNA GET BEAT DOWN… with a injury)
Buzzer Beaters, Tiger Woods (did you know he has a line of shoes… uh hmm) looses to Tim Bark, a lost order to a Negro League baseball bat found and yes women can dunk… and not just in practice shots, but during the actual game itself.
(an IN GAME dunk by a lady… but who is she?)
(6-foot-8 basketball star Brittney Griner of Nimitz Highschool in Texas)
And of course the normal sneaker drama, NBA drama, NFL drama… and maybe some scores, records and other boring details. And of course there will be an accounting of whether any related athletes and the sneakers or shoes they represent were injured during the week.
Shall we begin?
Not Sure About The Look Of These: Marcus Jordan PE Exclusive
(as first seen on Kicks On Fire.com)
Maybe it works well with the uniform or something, or maybe its just the picture, or maybe its because I am not much of a fan of the Air Jordan IX (but the white and black one looks awesome… that’s right I said awesome, live with it), but these don’t look to nice.
By the way, I am not the only one who things this… just look at the comments on Kicks on Fire and other sites from the Fab Five of Sneaker Sites (Sneakerfiles, The Shoe Game, Nicekicks, Kicks on Fire, Sneakernews… if you are into sneakers and you are not going to those sites… then maybe you are not that into sneakers lol). And yeah that colorway is not really a good look for the 9′s (maybe different materials would help)
Maybe cause they look worn???
Nevertheless, you still have to respect the collection that Marcus has. Is it true that he has it cause his dad practically owns Nike and does own Brand Jordan? Yea, but its still an awesome (there is that word again) collection and lets face it, he didn’t have to keep them or show them to anybody.
Boy, I sure wish someone would make a page specifically for Marcus Jordan and his sneaker collection…. *HINT HINT*
So Marus, keep those shots coming!
Aubrey O’Day On The Cover of Playboy Magazine
(bookmark this post cause I may add more photos… of shoes)
(ya’ll got some dirty minds)
So my question is “what does she have on her feet?” I guess I will have to buy the magazine to find out.
Yeah, I am serious.
If someone knows, speak up!!! Otherwise I will be forced to buy the magazine and hope they have a list of what she is wearing… lol I made a funny.
First seen on 2Dopeboys.com (hottest blog on WordPress.com)
Wow, I Missed A Whole Bunch Of Crap
For my loyal 200 or so readers (andthe 1000 or so google searches of people randomly landing here) I did not forget you. Currently doing some grad school classes and my schedule is super tight like Chris brown sneakers.
Yes I have been following that… despite the drama around what happened, I couldn’t help but to look at his feet… Air Jordan and Nike SB gets resprsented hard.
Lets see, what else happened… Air Jordan 2009 PE colorways seem to show that the AJ2009 can look better with another colorway. It is still not one of the better looking AJ’s but it has potential looks wise.
Air Penny 3 are comingout, Clae2009 got some heat, more Gucci colorway sneakers, Lil Penny is seen around town, and those ladies high heels are just getting more detailed and crazy… so are the celebs wearing them.
I got lots in store for those who are sticking around till the 21 when I finish revamping stuff and taking my finals…I plan on taking a break from grad school so the posts should come flying out after that.
I got so many opinions!!! lol Don’t forget to continue to stop by because you never know when I might find a cool sale online.
Kayne West aka MLK Jr (lol) Seen In ‘Louis Vuitton Don’ Sneakers
(and you get to see some Louis fashion at the same time lol)
And the MLK Jr thing… un-freakin-believable. Just… un-freakin-believable…
(the best looking pair… as seen on Nicekicks.com)
They look ok, and I can imagine that they are comfortable. They sure are interesting looking especially the black ones. Not my style but nice. The cost… I heard 400+ dollars.
Oh and the comments… I love the comments… LMAO More Kayne West sneakers to come apparently.
On Sale: LAMB Essex at Zappos
(get your sexy on LAMB Essex for… 333.00!!!)
Good lawd LAMB is doing it thing. Here are the details (that I care about)
- 4 1/4″ heel.
- Stacked heel.
- Leather upper
- Pull tab at the back
You know, I think I have a problem… I am posting on women’s shoes way too much… AND LIKING EVERY MINUTE OF IT
On Sale: L.A.M.B Hunter Bootie at Zappos
(nice shoe… for $384… Gwen Stefani’s L.A.M.B.)
(oh, almost forgot this… first seen here)
This shoe looks great!!! I am not sure what the ladies think of this, but as a guy who likes shoes (and sneakers) I have to say that L.A.M.B. has risen higher than I expected them to. I mean just look at the artistry of this shoe… nice.
I guess that is why it costs almost 400 dollars. lol at people thinking sneakers are expensive should take a look at men and women’s shoes. A good shoe can cost 150+ and usually it is in the 250 range (you just have to wait for a sale… when that happens some shoes come down 75% from retail).
Anyway, I don’t know if I would pay 300-400 smacks for a shoe, but I would get my fair lady this is she wanted it.
Love Angel Music Baby….
Sneaker Companies Sponsoring Birthday Parties?
(its Terrence J holding some Rockports back in April 2008)
While looking for past posts from my blog and others for my Digging in the Sneaker Creates post, I came across this lovely picture of a pair of casual shoes from Rockport.
(its Angel Luv standing next to some new Rockports)
Just look at those shoes…
You know, I was not aware (or maybe just didn’t pay attention to) the fact that sneaker and shoe companies sponser celebrity parties. Even have a “red carpet” type walk in and such.
I must be slow cause I think this has been happening for a while. Anyway, here are a couple more shots where you actually see what the people are wearing on their feet:
(dancing Teyana wearing Jordan Spiz’ike “Do The Right Thing”)
(looks like Lil Wayne is checking his fresh… Converse Hi-tops)
(what’s Ciara wearing on her feet? I recognize those shoes)
So far I think we have seen Spizike’s, Converse’s, Rockport’s and grown and sexy shoes for the ladies…
I think I will end…. yes, I will end on this note. For more pictures of celebs parting it up from a few months ago, visit The YBF.com
Soooo that’s what’s Beyonce is wearing… Ballet Boots
(after this photoshoot she must have took some aspirin for her foot pain lol)
(for $118.00 you can have these Women’s Ballet Ankle Boots by Devious)
Good lawd, thanks to comment posters on my previous post on Beyonces Diva multi-single cover, I now know of another way that women can torture their feet. Its called the Ballet Boot or Ballet High Heel. There doesn’t seem to be many major or boutique brands covering this type of footwear (unless I missed it) so I don’t know how far this will go until some more footwear companies of them pick it up.
They are on sale at Candlelight Fashions and a couple of other sites online. Don’t know of any stores that carry them but I sure they are out there.
More Devious Shoes
Jamie Foxx Protects Duaghter by Giving Shoe Size? LOL
In a story on Bossip (yes I do read the blog gossip rags… CAUSE THEY ARE FUNNY lol) Jamie Foxx is putting his daughter on lockdown due to the fact that the paps taking pictures keep looking at his daughter as one of his dates.
Jamie Foxx has banned his teenage daughter from dating – after the press confused the 14-year-old girl for his latest flame. The actor/singer admits he’s become overprotective of his leggy young daughter, Corrine, because men often ogle her on the street, thinking she’s twice her age.
He says, “She’s not going to date until she’s married. She’s so beautiful, she’s five (feet), seven (inches), size nine-and-a-half shoe. “I was coming out of a restaurant with her, I guess the paparazzi didn’t know who she was, and the paper said, ‘Foxx with young hottie’. “It just kills you because she’s so grown, but she’s only 14!”Source: Bossip.com
What I find funny is that if you actualy LOOK AT HER, you can tell she is still a kid. The second thing is, why did Jamie mention her shoe size? I know I am into feet just as much as the next guy… well maybe a little bit more than the next guy, but something is funny about him detailing shoe size. Nevertheless, considering that he did mention shoe size, I posted this otherwise totally unrelated to sneakers or shoes story.
Now what I have to do is find out what shoes she is wearing cause they do look pretty nice.
You Know What? These Looks Really Goood: NAS x Fila Italia High
You know, at first I though this would end up being… I don’t know… LAME AS HELL, but the sneakers actually look REALLY good. Not great, but good.
(more pictures at Nicekicks.com)
I haven’t bought a pair of Fila’s since 1998. I don’t even remember the name of them nor do I remember what happened to them (I always remember what happened to my sneakers from leaving them in my locker to rot in school or to slice them in half to see the air bubble… of which was not there even though it said NIKE AIR LOL). I liked them because they had really soft leather and they were on sale.
That was the first and last Fila in my closet though. I don’t know, Fila just isn’t me and it isn’t my style. But these Nas x Fila’s are making me think hard about buying me some Fila’s.
Check out the promo bus as seen on The Shoe Game.com:
(you gotta see this!!! I wanna see this in my neck of the woods)
I truly hope hope that this goes over well. I wasn’t looking for these sneakers today, but I will be looking out for them during the week to see if anybody is wearing them. Man, I can’t wait to school starts so I can see what the kids are wearing. That will be helpful to see what is popular (at least with the kiddies).
More on The Shoe Game.com and Nicekicks.com so go check them out… and read those comments because they are always interesting (to say the least lol).
In Sneaker News: Kobe needs to embrace Jordan legacy
Is it really Micheal Vs Kobe?
Or should it be Kobe embracing being the next Micheal Jordan?
As you can read here, some people’s opinion is that Kobe should not run away from the legacy, he should embrace it.
Not an option. The idea that Bryant should be considered apart from Jordan is plainly preposterous, and now — near the conclusion of a season in which Bryant has at long last shown himself to be authentically Jordanesque — more than ever. As it happens, given Bryant’s famously voracious appetite for victory and his place in basketball history, he has but one satisfactory option. Fortunately, for him at least, it’s not only doable, but highly probable. Bryant needs two trophies here: one denoting a Lakers championship, and another commemorating his performance and the 2008 Finals MVP.
Kobe can be Kobe all he wants. But anything less will diminish his legacy.
Is it still necessary to itemize the basis for comparison? Kobe Bryant came of age in the age of Michael Jordan. For him to have idolized anyone else would’ve been setting his sights too low, a form of slumming. Their similarities were pronounced by the time Bryant announced his sneaker deal as a high school senior in 1996. They were the same size, and played the same position the same way. Bryant mimicked the mannerisms — the shrug, the finger wag, even the way in which he cradled his first championship trophy — while mastering Jordan’s real moves.
Spike Lee Pictured in Spiz’ikes Knicks Colors
All I have to say is DO.NOT.WANT. Those colors just do not work on the Spiz’ike. You can find out more (if for some reason you want to) on Nicekicks.com: Spike Lee Wearing “NY Knicks” Spizikes
If you want (for whatever reason) to see the sneaker from another angle then take a look at what is posted on Sneakernews.com
Personally, I rather see the Cool Grey Spiz’ikes being worn somewhere than these. I love the Cool Grey! As for this Knicks colored Spiz’ike… lets hope they never come out lol
Michael Jordans Greatest Dunks
From PuttinUon
Saw this on YouTube.com and I just had to post it. it is missing one dunk… then again its not really a dunk so i guess that is why it wasn’t on there (but it still was a GREAT SHOT). When I finally finish my Air Jordan page here on Sneakers & Shoes, I will be sure to put this on there.
PuttinUon put up allot of info for the video… here is a clip:
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time, and was among the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation. Jordan was instrumental in popularizing the National Basketball Association (NBA) around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
The video doesn’t dissapoint. Oh and I am sure you are wondering what shot I am talking about that I though should have been on the video (even though its not actually a dunk)
Well here it is:
Best animated gif EVAR!!! LOL
Good lawd, i wish I could remember why he switched hands on that jump. he was so high in the air, i don’t think there was anybody even close to the ball or his hand. He must have saw something to make him think that he needed to switch.
In Sneaker News: Controversy Over Vogue Cover
Yes I know this news is old… in fact it mad old. But anyway, here we have a cover that shows Lebron and Gisele “posing together” for the front of the magazine. LeBron seems to be in Basketball mode while Gisele is in model mode. LeBron, who just happens to be Black, is in his aggressive “fighting warrior” stance looking like he is “taking” Gisele, a white Brazillian model, by the waist. Some how this image as a whole brings up th stereotypes of black men wanting to steal (and eventually rape) the white woman.
If that stereotype isn’t good enough, then what about LeBron being presented as a “threat” and over aggressive? Some say he is being represented as the stereotypical black male who doesn’t smile (LOL) and is always hyper aggressive especially in sports (and I guess dancing and sex).
Nicekicks.com has an article about the situation. For me, the cover looked funny for 3 reasons:
- They don’t really look like they are together in the shot. It just looks like 2 separate shots Photoshopped together to work.
- LeBron just looks off for the cover of Vogue magazine. He just looks so out of place. It doesn’t even seem to be a picture, more like a moment in the game totally divorce from it original background What is with the hyper-aggressive looks?
- Why does the ball look like its about to hit his foot? LMAO
What did Vogue have to say? They were looking to, “celebrate two superstars at the top of their game” so I am guessing that the concept is 2 people at the top of their game, doing what they do for a living, “posng” wit each other while they are doing their thing.
A great concpet if that is what it is, but I think it wasn’t carried out very well. Even without the controversy, the shot looks forced. Here is Vogue’s video feature explaining the focus of the issue.
No word on how feminists feel about this. Giselle looks like she is totally in some other plane of existence.
I don’t really see all of this and only saw something when others pointed out that they looks like there is more going on here than a bad detached cover.
There are plenty of comments on this subject. More than 100 comments. Many of them are insightful and very interesting. You should take a look.
So is this cover racist? Does it bring the steroetype of the black man being the wild ape animal wanting the beautiful white woman? Here is a picture of what people are talking about:
Your thoughts? I think its really not there and its is really being forced. I can say that with all the controversy, I do wonder what’s up… Oh and can anybody figure out what sneakers LeBron is wearing? Looks more like the IV ‘s than the V’s
The President Wearing Crocs… with special socks too
The President Is Not Exempt From Mess of the Moment!
WOW!!! I am looking around the net and reading my black gossip blogs looking for celebs and what they are wearing on their feet or what type of wheels they have and bam, I see this. I don’t understand crocs. I never bought one or even tried one on (I guess I should give them a shot). I don’t get the popularity of them. Heck, I don’t get why people (women actually) wear ballerina slipper like footwear in the middle of the winter… in the rain. So what do I know?
Anyhoo, he is wearing the original black crocs. He could have decided to wear the ones that looks like timbos or rain shoes, but that might have been too flashy. And the socks; does he get those for free?
Fashion Trends: Rope Chains Are Back?
Image from Concrete Loop
RED CARPET TRENDS: 80′S GOLD – Concrete Loop
Old is new again. I know you already noticed that with the retro sneakers.. heck, have you noticed that even peoples cars have something retro on it? That right, people are recognizing the white wall look gives that Dodge Magnum and Charger (and the Cadillac CTS) a good look. So it would seem retro is in for sneakers… and shoes LOL
I saw a few people… more than a few really… with high top fades. Yes, HIGH TOP FADES. I swear! Had the rope chain too. I don’t know what else he was wearing because I was sooo trying not to stare at him without busting out laughing.
Concrete Loop briefly goes into who is wearinf it and where you can buy some of it too.
And I am sure people in NYC know about this…
Makes me wonder what in store for 2008. Rope chains, high top fades and I love NY t-shirts. I don’t know if those Brooklyn t-shirts counts as retro… but I think somebody will walk the red carpet in it with a rope chain and a bucket hat.
Pastry Sneaker Line by Angela & Vanessa Simmons
I’ll say more on this later… the reason why I am posting this now is because I actually, for the first time since the sneaker line was introduced, saw them live in the wild. They don’t look half bad. I wasn’t sure they would get the “pastry” look but they do look good enough to eat.
JUICY-NEWS reports Rihanna doing her hair… in public no less
JUICY-NEWS: Rhianna does her hair in public
From Juicy News (they have more shots and they are really huge)
While I care just as much as the next person about seeing Rihanna… wait is her name spelled Rhianna or Rihanna??? I’m gonna go with how its spelled on Wikipedia… anyway as I was saying, I care just as much as the next person about seeing Rihanna fixing her hair. I think what is important is what is she waring today.
Today she is waring a t-shirt that says something… Its got the letters “C” and”K” in it, that’s for sure. Since I have decided that I should focus on t-shirts until they are totally unpopular anymore, I figured I would make a post on Rih-Rih wearing this t-shirt with unknown words spelled out on it.
What, oh what, could this t-shirt be saying in HUGE LETTERS on a lime green neon background? Not allot of word end with a “c” and a “k”, but I will keep an open mind and say that it could be anything.
Now all she needs is some Bathing Apes. YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! (People who read A Hot Mess knows what that means lol)
Cherish has a new song… about shoes???
Here is where I heard the news…
New Music: Alicia Keys, Keyshia Cole, Eve, Soulja Boy, Cherish
Now what sucks is at the time of this post, the link for the song wasn’t available. Maybe, if I have some time, I will find it somewhere and post a link to it. that is if it actually sounds good.
R.I.P. Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Six years ago today, Aaliyah Dana Haughton, Anthony Dodd, Eric Foreman, Scott Gallin, Keeth Wallace, Gina Smith, Douglas Kratz, Christopher Maldonado, and Luis Morales died tragically in a plane crash.
Concrete Loop did a very nice post on Aaliyah. They also posted some of her songs. I highly suggest you head over there to see more.
Rest In Peace.
I Will Not Lose – Rocawear new Fall Fashion Push
Ciara’s new Ads Here
What is the next step for Rocawear? Rocawear’s I Will Not Lose campaign is in full swing. I like Rocawear and I am a fan (not a Stan) of Jay-Z. I didn’t like Rocawear in the past, but now it seems more grown. In other words people who are over 25 can wear it and not look like they trying to still be in high school.
Anyway, lets start the review, shall we? (more…)
