Gourmet most recently graced the Sneaker News headlines with a Goyard print-enhanced black leather 22 hightop created for Jay-Z with the Brooklyn Nets new logo on the tongue.  This is a brand, though, that’s largely been able to make their name soley on in-house designs like the impressive new spread coming up for the...

All of a sudden it isn’t so easy being a lifestyle sneaker in the Swoosh lineup, with tons of strong silhouettes vying to fill that role (the Nike Gyle Mid the the Roshe Run to name a few). And while those newcomers have a reasonable shot at the throne there will always be a place in our rotation for the Nike Toki, that...

All of a sudden it isn’t so easy being a lifestyle sneaker in the Swoosh lineup, with tons of strong silhouettes vying to fill that role (the Nike Gyle Mid the the Roshe Run to name a few). And while those newcomers have a reasonable shot at the throne there will always be a place in our rotation for the Nike Toki, that...

Celebrating the international heritage and legacy of football is the Nike Sportswear Summer Football Collection, highlighting four classics marked by performance football boots worn by national teams players in Munich, Poland, and Ukraine. The Air Max 1, Cortez, Tennis Classic AC and Gato are all linked to the Nike Clash...

When it comes to burgeoning brands offering ostentatious super-hightops, the most obvious answer to the clue would be Supra.  Their Skytop line is massively successful with the young skateboarder set, but if you’re looking for something a bit more upscale, check out these new releases from Android Homme.  The...

There have been plenty of patterned-uppered Chuck Taylors over the years, but those often come with familiar themes or imagery.  For the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star ‘Abstract’ the name reflects the fact that although you’ve never seen anything quite like this, the lines represent the way your eyes work...

Brooklyn emcees the Beastie Boys lost founding member Adam Yauch to cancer last week, but the group still has three dudes intact if you count the guy who was once known as ‘the fourth Beastie’.  Street photographer Ricky Powell has seen the entire arc of hip-hop culture, from those ’80s golden era days to...

Their ZX 700 Boat was among the first deck shoe hybrid sneakers to gain notoriety a few years back and in 2012, adidas has put some serious energy behind boat (-inspired) designs.  From the launch of the skate division’s Janoski-leaning Jonbee to Originals’ Seeley and the new performance-oriented CC Boat Lace,...

Nike has NFW’d their Hyperdunks before for lifestyle purposes, but this new design for ladies takes that casual-ization process to a whole ‘nother level.  The Nike WMNS Hyperclave Lite is a cutesy take on the Hyperdunk (2010) silhouette, its technical prowess replaced by a Sport Red and white floral print that...

Los Angeles’ The Hundreds teased us a while back with their most impressive sneaker lookbook to date, and now a few of those pairs are ready to join some new designs at retail.  The Hundreds no longer insists that their kicks be called ‘footware’, but familiar designs like the Johnson Mid and Riley High, as...

Nike Sportswear continues to build upon the successes of models like the Toki, Aina and Hachi with new designs including this one that falls squarely into that chukka lineage. The Nike Chukka Go Canvas lives up to its name in a Hazelnut build whose leather laces get an added boost thanks to Birch eyelets matching...

Not nearly the jaw-dropper that Spike Lee’s Knicks Foamposites were, but these Roshe Runs are pretty sweet, aren’t they? In some spots in the world, the Roshe Run has been flying off the shelves because they’re just so darn comfortable, and the $70 price-tag is one of the lowest we’ve seen on a stylish...

Especially when considering the incredible bang for your buck on this design, the Nike Roshe Run is pretty high on the list of 2012′s surprise hits.  Colorways have come and gone, too good to pass up at a paltry $70 MSRP, and now here’s a new pair for ladies that’s roughly the inverse of a pair that...

Desert boots have been huge over the past two-plus years.  So huge that Clarks Originals isn’t even making new pairs of the hugely popular Wallabee so that their original chukka can shine brighter than ever before.  So huge that every sneaker brand out there has some kind of desert boot design and/or hybrid...

The phrase ‘mixed reactions’ often euphemizes hate-filled feedback, but it’s literally reflective of the case of the new Brooklyn Nets logo.  Some have criticized what is now the NBA’s second black and white palette, suggesting it’s too simple or decrying the shield in place of the team’s...

The adidas Originals LQC line debuted its range of ‘Light Quality Comfort’ kicks just over a year ago at last March’s Sneaker Con NYC, and after cooling off in the latter part of the year, a couple of new models are ready to refresh the catalog.  The adidas Originals Icon LQC and Court...

The All Court 2 Mid drops were few and far between and Nike Sportswear quickly moved on to the trendier medial-zippered All Court 3 Mid faster than we’ve seen from most product cycles and especially recently resurrected, lifestyle-oriented classic tennis shoes. The Nike All Court 3 Low has no need/place to implement a...

The All Court 2 Mid drops were few and far between and Nike Sportswear quickly moved on to the trendier medial-zippered All Court 3 Mid faster than we’ve seen from most product cycles and especially recently resurrected, lifestyle-oriented classic tennis shoes. The Nike All Court 3 Low has no need/place to implement a...

The Pocket Runner series has been popular with ladies wherever they’re actually being sold, which isn’t all that many spots here in the US. Good news, then, to find that two new Nike WMNS Pocket Runner II Premiums have arrived at one of the world’s leading online retailers for global distribution. This new...

It’s not in the same class of household name recognition of the Dunk or Blazer, but the Killshot is indeed a silhouette that’s been appropriated as a skate sneaker. The connections run deeper as the Le Shot LR has been LunarLon-enfused just like the Dunk LR and Blazer LR, and Nike Sportswear will be releasing its...

The Air Jordan XII Retro ‘Playoffs’ just dropped on Saturday as the first ever Twitter RSVP release from Nike’s retail locations, a sign that things are changing to accommodate the huge growth of the sneakerhead scene of late.  The rise of hybrid designs and lifestyle sneakers are also among the most...

The Gentry Humphrey era of Nike Sportswear has official arrived, with the honcho consistently showing off what’s coming down the pipeline in terms of new models. His latest sneaker rotation shown here features the all new Nike Trainer Clean Sweep, a shoe currently on deck for Holiday 2012. This particular colorway is not...

The Nike Air Yeezy 2 isn’t just some wild looking sneaker designed by arguably the most famous rapper alive. It’s an ultra-premium lifestyle sneaker whose inevitable markup on the secondary market shows its true value while the MSRP itself reflects the level of quality and detail that goes in to constructing a...

Hip-hop fans who gravitate toward lyrical skill know prolific Queens emcee Action Bronson is a talent so impressive there’s ‘Not Enough Words’ to express his gift, and we can establish a few new facts about the world’s greatest Albanian-American rapper thanks to this new ‘When the Shoe...

Stussy collaborated with the One Star on both Elm and Sea Star lowtops in March, but they must like the Converse CX-Pro Ox best, because already for the second time in just over six months, they’re readying a duo of new releases.  These two are split evenly between simple, as in black on black with a white sole and...

British sneaker suppliers Size? got an exclusive full grain leather Nike Toki last October, a model that moved so quickly the next set had to be four times as large.  The first two of those new designs will drop this Friday, April 20th, Ice Blue and Mint Green designs with tonal piping, eyelets and laces plus contrasting...

British sneaker suppliers Size? got an exclusive full grain leather Nike Toki last October, a model that moved so quickly the next set had to be four times as large.  The first two of those new designs will drop this Friday, April 20th, Ice Blue and Mint Green designs with tonal piping, eyelets and laces plus contrasting...

British sneaker suppliers Size? got an exclusive full grain leather Nike Toki last October, a model that moved so quickly the next set had to be four times as large.  The first two of those new designs will drop this Friday, April 20th, Ice Blue and Mint Green designs with tonal piping, eyelets and laces plus contrasting...

British sneaker suppliers Size? got an exclusive full grain leather Nike Toki last October, a model that moved so quickly the next set had to be four times as large.  The first two of those new designs will drop this Friday, April 20th, Ice Blue and Mint Green designs with tonal piping, eyelets and laces plus contrasting...

Very few sneakers crack the exclusive and guarded list of ‘must-have’. There are certain footwear releases that hold that incredible nostalgic value or that heaviness of “whoa”, but very few carry that ‘no-brainer’ status like the Nike Roshe Run does – and we’ll tell you why....

Nike Sportswear and Jordan Brand both have plenty of examples of how an icey translucent outsole can add a few extra degrees of heat to an already solid design, and now Reebok looks to finally get in on a look that they’ve been conspicuous in avoiding over the past few years.  Now that the manufacturing technology helps...

Is this a possible Air Force 1 High of the future? Here’s a first look at the Nike Trainer Clean Sweep – an upcoming Holiday 2012 NSW release that borrows the trademark architectural styles of Bruce Kilgore’s Air Force 1 High; it features a super-high tongue and a slimmed-down silhouette that pinpoints the...

The eager early adopters are paying nearly $2500 just to pre-order a shoe that is currently slated for a June drop, but has been pushed back a couple of times already. You don’t need to do much ‘market research’ to determine that the Nike Air Yeezy 2 is guaranteed to sell out within minutes, but with the...

The Toki Mid has become an integral part of Nike Sportswear’s casual catalog, its chukka styling adapted from the turn of the century Air Sabaku that took its name from the Japanese word for ‘desert’. So Nike named their original desert boot literally, which means that in the case of the new Nike Suketo, you...