Category: In-Depth
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Air Jordan 1 Customization Workshop by SNIPES – Recap
Inspired by Virgil Abloh’s artistic and never seen before take on the infamous Air Jordan 1 silhouette, SNIPES invited 20 lucky winners of an online competition to an instore customizing session last Saturday alongside carefully selected bloggers and a number of social media personalities like Deadstock Sneakerblog (@deadstocksnkrblog), Simon Bus (@simon_bus) from Turnschuh.tv, Joel Caspar…
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5 Facts to Know About the adidas Deerupt
After fully embracing coarse looks on silhouettes like the Prophere or the Kamanga, adidas now returns to filigree forms. The adidas Deerupt is the latest Three Stripes sneaker to embody the credo of the past empowering the future. For a quick sneaker knowledge update ahead of the release, we’ve compiled 5 background facts you need…
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5 Facts You Need to Know About the Diadora B. Elite
The Diadora B Elite is one of the Italian sportswear brand’s most celebrated sneaker models – and even though it’s been around for close to 40 years already, the silhouette again proves its timeless nature as the standout trainer from Diadora’s SS18 Sportswear Collection. To go a little bit into detail about the shoe’s histroy,…
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SNIPES x Air Jordan III Black Cement 30th Anniversary
2018 marks the 30th birthday of an icon, arguably one of the most important sneakers in the history of footwear: The Nike Air Jordan III Black Cement. First introduced to the public in 1988, this groundbreaking basketball silhouette was also the first design by Tinker Hatfield for his airness Michael Jordan. Being very comfortable and…
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The Tech Era – 5 Techwear Sneakers You Need to Know
In 2015 Nike collaborated with Errolson Hugh and his technical lovechild ACRONYM for the very first time. The outcome was a state of the art sneaker – the Nike Lunar Force 1. Apart from a core of techwear- dedicated fans, a lot of people didn’t understand that Nike and Errolson were changing the future of…
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No Time For Hype
A Love Letter to General Releases From Off White’s “The Ten” to another Yeezy colorway, bulky Balenciagas or the next adidas Consortium release, there are more limited sneakers than ever before. On top of that, everybody knows about them. Even your mother might ask you about Kanye West’s new shoes, and your little brother might…
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About the adidas EQT BVG
Phew – the release of the much talked about adidas BVG collaboration went down on January 16 and let us just say this: the hype was real! People started camping out in front of Overkill’s Kreuzerg store several days ahead and when the adidas EQT Support 93/Berlin finally launched, a batallion of international media outlets…
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The Cultural Chameleon – 35 Years of Nike Air Force 1
The term “timeless” is often used for a lot of classic sneakers, but few live up to this title as much as the Air Force 1 does. Ask a random person with little knowledge of the culture to draw a sneaker for you and they might hit you with something that resembles this Swoosh staple.…
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CAN FLY – The History of HUMMEL HIVE
Danish brand Hummel – named after the German word for bumblebee – is that rare beast among sportswear brands: successful and influential for almost a century now, yet still flying under the radar for some of today’s sneaker and streetwear aficionados. With its Hive project focusing on innovative collections and exclusive collaborations, the company aims…
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The Shoe Surgeon x Ecco Leather at W-21 Amsterdam
Ecco Leather recently invited us to their concept store W-21 in Amsterdam in order to check out their recent project. Ecco Leather is the experimental sub brand of Ecco that experiments with and creates outstanding leather materials at their own tanneries since 2001. At W-21, they present their latest products. All collections are designed by…