The Wizard of Oz meets Nike?

Well not quite. Artist (IN)Decorous Taste reconstructed a nike sneaker into her own Ruby Red slipper. Check it:











I know its not something most of us fiends would rock but you have to take it for what it is which is art. Who would have thought to turn a plain Nike sneaker into a ruby platform. Two thumbs up (IN)Decorous! :)
Pics via (IN)Decorous Taste

30% off ANYTHING at karmaloop--and free ship!

Just in case you have any money left for yourself after all your holiday shopping... =) Then again, I indulged today and I'm not even done shopping for my family yet! Ooops...

karmaloop.com

Cool Grey Midnight Launch Parties @ Footaction

Cool Grey 11s are here! Parties in South Dekalb and LA also...

Dunkexchange! Last monthly show!

This Sunday Dec 19th at Crash Mansion in NYC will host the last monthly installment of DUNKEXCHANGE so be sure to come out! There will be special giveaways from FULLY LACED, a special sale from SNEAKTIP, live performances and DJ JACK THE RIPPER on the 1 & 2's!!! Admission is only $10 from 1-6pm so bring your kicks to BUY, SELL, & TRADE with other sneaker lovers!!!

Get into Sneakertube TV!

Fellow sneaker fiend Premium Pete just launched a new site today called Sneakertube TV that is a video sharing blog for sneaker culture. You can share your sneaker stories, expriences and network with other sneaker lovers. This will get the humbleness and fun back into the sneaker culture. Shouts to Pete for coming up with this!!

Head on down to Sneakertube and start connecting!
http://www.sneakertube.tv/

Sneaker Freaker Best of 2010!

I almost didn't recognize sneakerhead Cheech Sanchez with her 50s get-up! However, these HAL x Reebok GL6000s should tip anyone off that she knows a lot more than just baking... (Cheech is an amazing Melbourne-based photographer who shot some of the finest female sneaker fiends in Australia for Girls Got Kicks, FSF's upcoming book.)

To check out ALL the Best of the Best from Sneaker Freaker and their friends around the world, click here.


And to pre-order the biggest EVER Sneaker Freaker (Issue 20) and get your very own limited edition Stash cover and poster, click here! (This issue includes the Best of the Best 2010 in print.)

Put your best foot out.

I love twitter! Its like the melting pot for all sneakerheads. I came across @roboticsole she and @MaRv3l0uS_S0leZ along with some other ladies are putting together a book on the sneaker culture and community. She reached out to me because she needs more SneakHERHeads to be featured.


Over the past few years, female sole lovers have emerged onto the scene kicking down all barriers and redefining the term sneakerhead! Not just known for their sick kick collections, females are knowledgeable about the culture; it's history, current releases and contributing to the community through various blogs, websites and online shows which sole purpose is to gather more followers and give female sneakerheads around the world both exposure and more recognition! SneakHERHead is a chapter in the upcoming book MY SOLE where female kick lovers are spotlighted and are given the opportunity to show the world their SOLES! If you are interested in being featured you must answer the following questions:



> 1. Name, Age, Shoe Size, Hometown & Profession ( please include a picture of yourself

> 2. When did you fall in love with kicks?!

> 3. What was the first pair of sneakers you ever purchased?! Why did you start collecting?

> 4. What are your views on some of the hottest sneakers only being releases in male sizes?

> 5. As of today, how many pair of sneakers do you own?

> 6. What is your favorite brand and or sneaker to collect?

> 7. Why do you feel that females are not given the recognition they deserve in the kick culture?! What are some ways you think females can make themselves known within the community!

> 8. What's one thing you want all male sneakerheads to know about being a female sneakerhead?

> 9. If you can have 1 sneaker that wasn't released in your size what would it be?!

> 10. How do you contribute to bringing female sneakerheads to the forefront of the community ex: sneakerhead, blogger, online tv host, company owner. However you contribute please give brief background info on how you contribute!

> 11. How deep is your sole?


> Please include as many CREATIVE pictures of you and some of your favorite kicks or collection as possible! Your page layout will be based on the information that is submitted!

>

> Please send complete submissions with answers and pictures by 12-26-10 to: Soulkicks101@gmail.com

Sneaker Pimps NYC

The FSF crew were in full force at Sneaker Pimps NYC last weekend. We were reppin' New York, Miami and Toronto and you already know we brought the heat. You'll recall that JenJen and I met in Holland in summer and I've run with $A$ for a minute but it was amazing to finally meet the rest of the ladies! We were really missing the bawse lady Lori, and Precious, too. I'm back in TO now so here are some of my shots from the night. Feel free to check out more on my Facebook album. Peep the video to gauge the full intensity of the event!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sneaker Budgetnista

Sneaker Budgetnista is what I crowned myself as of late. Usually I would throw down cash for a sneaker that I wanted but being that I became a "big girl" now it ain't that type of party. My two new sneaker purchases were absolute steals!! First up, is the Jordan Spizike "stealth" in black. I've seen these before when they first came out and wasn't too sure of them but when my girl and fellow FSF blogger Loni came down to NYC with them on I was like I need these! So I started my mission to cop these babies. Everywhere I looked had the retail price of 115. I was clearly not going to pay that. These have been out for quite sometime and there was no way they were still 115. I was just about to give up when the lovely Miss Feeway730 called me and told me that Niketown in Woodbury commons had them for 69.99 I was like for real?!! I'm on it! So I called Niketown and ordered them. With shipping and tax the total was $83.00.



My next pair that I copped was the air max 1 silver foil for Opening Ceremony. This shoe was part of a pack that came out in 2008 for the 2008 Olympics. They had a gold and a silver pair and supposedly there was 60 pairs made of each colorway. I remember I wanted the silver pair but wasn't trying to pay $160 which is retail price. So I let them slide. Well two days before Thanksgiving I was on ebay just browsing some kicks when I saw them!! This seller was selling them in my size which is a wm sz 8(6.5 in men) for (wait for it) $35.00 w/free shipping!! I quickly pressed the buy now button. And the best part of it all is they have never been worn! They came in the mail yesterday and I was percolating around the house! Funny thing is Flight Club still has these for $160. Lol


Now that I got two dope pairs of kicks at awesome prices, I shall be making it a new sport!

AJ13 GS "Voltage Cherry"

In addition to the Adonized Voltage Cherry posted a while back, these AJ13 GS are dropping soon in retailers as well, but are already available on ebay. The upper is blacked out with "Voltage cherry" lining and outsole! What are your thoughts ladies?

Source: KICKS ON FIRE

AJ1 Phat GS - For the love of the game

Dropping at Nike Harajuku tomorrow, the Jordan 1 Phat for girls comes in a hot pink nylon upper with black accents, black mesh swoosh and black midsole. These are a rarity because the "For the love of the game" collection to celebrate the 25th year of Air Jordan was in white/carolina blue. If they were my size I'd pick these up! How about you?

Source: SNEAKERNEWS

AJ13 Retro "Altitude" Midnight Release @ Footaction

Jordan Saturdays are getting better with these midnight releases so you can wear your new J's on Saturday morning! The "Altitude" 13 is blacked out with a nice neon green outsole and hologram bubble. Sure to have fiends lined up tonight to be one of the first to rock out! The party kicks off tonight at 10pm with a live DJ and raffles all night! Better than going to the club! See you there!

Footaction NYC
34th St. & 7th Ave
Manhattan

Footaction ATL 11pm
Galleria @ South Dekalb Mall
Decatur

Footaction Dallas
Town East Mall
Mesquite

Footaction LA 11pm
Westfield Culver City Mall
Culver City

SNEAKERPEDIA LAUNCH!

FETTi D'Biasi custom sneaker design archived in Sneakerpedia!

Last night in London, one of the biggest sneaker events took place! The launch of Sneakerpedia, aka “The greatest sneaker archiving project”! Bringing together the world's biggest collectors, & influencers like DJ Clark Kent & Bobbito Garcia; who also had the party live according to Twitter, to launch what will be the best sneaker site out once it is officially available to the public. I made sure my girl Melissa from Footlocker was dressed for the occasion in a pair of my infamous customs & am now already archived in Sneakerpedia! SWEET!!! Look for codes soon from Sneakerpedia on Twitter, Facebook, and the site itself!

Source: SNEAKERNEWS

Swizz Beatz X REEBOK - GRAPE JUICE!!!

OMG! Here is another colorway Swizzy put on twitter and he calls them GRAPE JUICE!!! Juicy indeed! Last month I posted his 1st 2 colorways of the collab with Reebok coming next year and so did many other blogs. If he brings the heat with the kicks like he does with the beats, this will be a problem!

7141 Sneakers!

Alright, what do you do in your spare time? Browse ebay? Sell kicks on FSF? Well, the folks at Sneaker Freaker, not content with busting out the best sneaker mag every couple of months, just decided on a little side project to pass the time---CATALOGING EVERY SNEAKER KNOWN TO WOMAN!! Incredible. So far they have 7141, and you can see them ALL, neatly arranged and categorized for browsing, at their Sneaker Museum. Have fun! I know I did...

(Above is a great shot of the Pony's I wore in high school! Although I colored the "chevron" green to match my uni, and then used white shoe polish to hide the inevitable cracks...)

Helena Wong Loopwheeler Bespoke!

These are NICE!!! Hopefully she made them just in time for Christmas because that it what these scream!! Loopwheeler produces high quality fleece used for overalls, shoes, hoodies, and now BESPOKES! I love how Helena kept it simple with an all red upper down to the stitching, and to make it pop, clean white eyelets, laces, and midsole! She did her thing on these! No info on Helena herself but I will try to find this FSFer!

Source: Nike Sportswear - 21 Mercer

New colorways for Jordan CMFT 11 & 12!

Not being a Jordan nut has been interesting for me since I seem to like the hybrids: Flight 45, Take Flight, and now the CMFT 11 & 12. The CMFT(comfort)11 is a hybrid of the Air Max 1 & Jordan 11 as is the CMFT 12, using the elements of a Jordan 12. I recently bought a pair of the limited release Sole Collector Jordan CMFT 11 carbon fiber and am pleased with them. There were 2 other colorways; white/blue & white/red. Since heads seem to be taking a liking to them, Nike has created 3 new colorways available in Spring 2011. The cool grey/carbon fiber pack resembles the pair I bought except the upper is cool grey instead of black, and the outsole is also grey instead of icy white. The chlorine/anthracite pack is reminiscent of the South Beach Lebron 8 color wise, and has black patent leather mudguards with hot pink lining and a black outsole. The last pair I believe are the ones everyone are gonna go nuts for! The anthracite/volt is OG all the way, and the mudguard is decked in elephant print! NICE!!!

On to the Jordan CMFT 12..Initially I did not like the first 3 colorways that came out and many others must not have as well because Nike came back hard with these 2 new colorways! The first being blacked out with bright turquoise(fresh water-midnight blue)lining and air bubble. The second pair easily resembles the latest Flint with white/french blue and perforations! NICE!! These will be released sometime in January and February.

Source: NIKE BLOG