Having looked on enviously at the DXC-style events that take place over the Atlantic for several years, the idea has made it to London. The Crepe City Sneaker Festival will take place from 1pm at the Notting Hill Arts Club in West London.
Fifteen sellers will be selling over 1,000 pairs of rare, sought after sneakers and clothing. Entry is just £1. Following the sale, the venue will be taken over by DJs taking the party to 1am.
This is the first event of its kind in London, so if you’re in the area come along. Success here could make it the first of many regular events. You might even pick up your all-time grail.
Tim Weissberg
After months of speculation, speak previews, rumours and even early knock-off versions appearing on a certain online auction site, the collaboration between Nike Sportswear and Kanye West, the Air Yeezy, finally has some solid release information.
Hypebeast went straight to the source and posted the official press release from Nike, which can be seen in full below. The information has been confirmed by Kanye himself on his blog.
Here’s the release info:
Three colorways will be available. The first in April 2009 will be the Zen Grey/LT Charcoal color way, followed this will be followed in May by a Black/Black version, and in June with the final Net/Net color way.
Annoyingly, that does indicate that the grey/orange version didn’t make it beyond the sample stage.
The full press release:
Nike Sportswear and Grammy award winning recording artist Kanye West present the highly anticipated Nike Air Yeezy sneaker in Spring 2009.
The shoe, which takes West’s nickname Yeezy, draws upon the innovations from Nike’s rich sporting history and fuses them with original lines, materials, and design elements that reflect West’s unique style.
The Air Yeezy was developed from a strong relationship between West and Nike. Partnering with Nike Creative Director, Mark Smith, Kanye was taken through the product creation process, the same way athletes have with Nike Design for the past 37 years. This creative partnership of Smith and West’s talents as designers yielded a unique Nike Sportswear sneaker worth the wait. “Kanye is a truly creative talent,” said Smith. “He’s a natural designer—partnerships like this always enhance the creative experience and the end product.” West agrees that the partnership with Nike has been exciting. “Nike is such an important brand to me,” said West. “Whether you are on the court, in the street, in the club, at school, Nike represents excellence, the standard in design. Growing up, we looked forward to the release of new Nike’s the way we would an album by our favorite artist. So the opportunity to collaborate on a design with Mark Smith and Nike Design has been a dream come true, and a great experience.”
From the start, West and Nike’s shared vision was clear: to create a modern classic. An original Nike footwear style, that reflects elements of Nike’s sporting past, and remixes them with Nike innovation to deliver a unique shoe.
The creative process of the Air Yeezy began with the discussion around ideas and inspirations. The shoe began to take shape through a series of drawings and samples, each pulling inspiration and reference from some of Nike’s iconic innovations and rich design history, across both Basketball and Sportswear styles.
A careful balance was sought, each time new elements were added, with existing elements being taken away – a design process Smith refers to as “reductionism”. “Nike shoes need to function and always be innovative,” said Smith. “So the first thing we did was to make sure the design process that Kanye and Nike Design went through, mirrored that of our athletes.” “I’ve been designing Nike’s in my sketch pad since the fourth grade,” said West. “So to say I’ve been prepared for this would be an understatement. The really fun and challenging part for me was learning about Nike’s design process, learning more about fabrics and functions and colorways, and all of the details that go into designing a shoe of this quality.”
Following the fabled tradition of Nike’s design process, West and Smith went through a series of one-on-one design sessions. At Nike the ultimate test is one of performance, where the design meets the athlete’s movements. “Kanye could wear and perform in these shoes and really identify how we could make the shoes perform better.” Supplanting center court with center stage, West provided critical feedback on how the shoe performed throughout the course of his 2-3 hour performance sets, where the first prototypes of the Nike Air Yeezy were seen outside of Nike’s World Headquarters in Beaverton, OR.
*THE NIKE AIR YEEZY: NEW SCHOOL OF COMFORT.*
Born from Kanye West’s creative passion, built with Nike design and performance innovation, The Air Yeezy was fine-tuned on stages around the globe, challenging convention by remixing the past to create something uniquely new, as only Nike Sportswear can.
West is known for his non-stop energy both on the stage and off so the Air Yeezy had to support and sustain West from start to finish. An almost obsessive focus was put on delivering supreme comfort throughout the development of the shoe. Equipped with debossed ankle collar pods for added support and protection, extra-thick sock liners, a forefoot support strap, original functional tension lace loops, and Phylon tooling taken from the 1987 Nike Air Assault for added performance and comfort—all developed and integrated with one goal in mind: to keep Kanye on lock down in cushioned comfort during his performances during his many notoriously strenuous artistic live performances.
These performance attributes have been meticulously wrapped in premium full grain leather uppers and adorned with original design details that are uniquely Kanye and identifiably Nike. The remastered Nike Air Assault outsole is treated to glow-in-the-dark properties and will illuminate when the light is low. The forefoot support strap is premium grade patent leather and is of no-stitch construction. Clean seams are used throughout except for a premium suede toe wrap feature with visible stitch detail. Emblazoned across the Air Yeezy is an exclusive “Y” repeat pattern, as either a debossed or lasered detail, which takes inspiration from the Jordan brands iconic Elephant print material. This graphic treatment was developed by West and Smith to pay tribute not only to the name of the shoe and it’s co-creator, but also to the various moments in history that spurred West’s initial inspiration for the Nike Air Yeezy.
The Nike Air Yeezy will release in Spring 2009. Three colorways will be available. The first in April 2009 will be the Zen Grey/LT Charcoal color way, followed this will be followed in May by a Black/ Black version, and in June with the final Net/Net color way.
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Source: Hypebeast
Zen Grey/LT Charcoal, April ‘09
Black/Black, May ‘09
Net/Net, June ‘09
 Tim Weissberg
From Dunkbar.de :
“Here is the quickstrike Dunk SB release from the Skater Boys 90 Pack / Goofy Pack. As you see on the inner sneaker sole, this Dunk reference to “Goofy Boy”, a legendary figure from the Big Brother Skate Magazine. He was almost like a role model with a unique style from the beginning to mid nineties. Huge cut trousers, huge T-shirts and all that is best in bright colors dominated this time in skating.”
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NikeSB.org is hosting this quarters Dunkxchange at at City Nights, 715 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA. Come join the crew as there will be raffles, drinks, and giveaways the whole day.
As well for everyone who can’t make it we are pushing a new update to the site, alot of stuff that you have been asking for at NSB has finally come to life. So either way keep posted on the 28th.
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The Vans x Crooks & Castles “Forty Four High” is now at UNIV! These are only being released on the West Coast and are very limited. Get them in the shop or call 760-942-UNIV to get yours.
UNIV Encinitas
1053 S Coast Hwy 101
Encinitas, CA 92024
http://www.robustflavor.com/
“It appears that an inspired-by version of the Official Shoes of Wired’s Gadget Lab, the Nike McFly 2015’s, will be made available by the end of July and will be renamed as the Nike Hyperdunks. I know what you’re thinking (Chicken, McFly!), but get a hold of yourself. They won’t include the awesome air-pressurized auto-lacing mechanism from Back to the Future II.
Instead, the shoes will include so-called ‘Flywire technology,’ which is really PR-speak for the latest and greatest of ultra light materials. They sport the same high-ankle boot style of the original movie, and will be available in late July.
But while it’s cool to know that a version of the shoes will become available, there’s one thing about this development that’s a bit bothersome: Kobe Bryant is the main spokesman for the sneaks.
Kobe is not only one the most hated players in basketball, but someone who has been described by various people as ’shady,’ ‘unprofessional,’ and ’selfish.’ Why would they want to weigh down the possible awesomeness of these shoes with bad karma? Bryant already wore a few pairs of the shoes in a game during the NBA Finals, and big surprise, lost the championship.
Admittedly, we’re a bit possessive of the McFly shoe and only want to see it in its ideal future form. And yes, Kobe has actually redeemed himself as a person and a player in recent years. Perhaps, having the similar design of the shoe available now might inspire a gifted DIY’er to create the self-lacing mechanism to finally create the shoes as they were meant to be”
DunkXChange X Suck My Kicks Sneaker Battle. Muscial performance by THE GROUCH!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT UP WE ARE BACK IN OC ON APRIL 26TH AT INCAHOOTS FULLERTON ON APRIL 26TH FROM 1PM TO 6PM. ALL AGES EVENT AND WE WILL BE DOING A SPECIAL SNEAKER BATTLE. NICE KICKS WILL BE IN THE BUILDING AND THEY WILL HAVE A SPECIAL AREA TO CHECK OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. MAKE SURE TO ROCK YOUR BEST KICKS BECAUSE THE WINER OF THE BATTLE WILL GET SOME DOPE PRIZES.
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MAJOR presents their first official collaboration with adidas Remix group, the EQT B-Ball Hi MAJOR edition.
Incorporating some of their favorite design cues from shoes in our cherished collections, MAJOR EQT B-Ball Hi is both a tribute to our favorite sneaker, Jordan XI, and our city, Washington DC.
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Bape Paper issue 6.0 was released today. Inside you’ll find new Nigo’s Favorite Shop items, a very exclusive leather down jacket, and a nice foldout poster of all the Shop Camos, previewed recently here on this website. The issue also reveals that Bape Store Shibuya will have their grand opening on October 6th.
Thx to The Locust for the pics!
More pictures on the Official Bape Forum!!
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