Tag: Sneakers

“Home” Nike Air Max Penny 1 coming in 2022

Brandon King

There is never a bad time for Air Max Penny 1s to see a retail release. The “Orlando” colourway is in the works to make a retail return in 2022, and it appears the same may hold true for the “Home” version. As the “Orlandos” have made previous retail returns, with their last being way back in 2011, the home version has been in cold storage since its original 1995 release. At this early juncture there are no images of the upcoming version but if it is to be a…

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Poshmark has just acquired sneaker verification platform Suede One

Brandon King

Poshmark is according to its own literature, ” a leafing social marketplace for new and secondhand style for women, men, kids, pets, hime and more.” Wednesday the company announced the acquisition of Suede One, a virtual sneaker authentication platform. Poshmark said the purchase was part of the company’s effort to actuate growth in in popular secondhand goods categories and strengthen the user experience for both buyers and sellers. Founded in 2020 by Matt Forloine, Suede One uses machine learning, computer vision and human experts to authenticate sneakers. Product images are…

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Big Baller Brand back with luxury sneakers

Brandon King

Lavar Ball’s Big Baller Brand is back and hoping to make a splash on the footwear scene with four new luxury silhouettes. The collection was designed by middle son LiAngelo ,who will be playing this season for the Charlotte Hornets D-League affiliate, the Greensboro Swarm and feature Italian leather construction. The BBB Classic White The Classic White sports an all-white upper with a black embossed BBB Logo on the lateral side to go along with black tongue branding and black heel tab atop a white midsole and outsole. “Scorchin” The…

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Two Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Lows coming in early 2022

Brandon King

What should come as no surprise to anyone with a functioning cerebral cortex is that Travis Scott and Jordan Brand will continue their wildly successful partnership in 2022. Two colourways of the Air Jordan 1 Low are on the docket for the early part of 2022. At this juncture, there are no images of either upcoming Jordan 1 Low , but what is known will feature what has become known as a “reverse Mocha aesthetic, while the look of the second colourway is, as of yet, unknown. Even with somewhat…

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“Easter” Air Jordan 5 arriving April 2022

Brandon King

Next April will see the release of this Easter colour inspired Air Jordan 5. At this early juncture there are no available images but what is known it will make use of a regal pink, ghost and copa colour palette and that there will be special packaging of some sort. Early predictions assigns an aesthetic of a ghost pink suede upper with ghost accents on a white midsole and a translucent outsole. Air Jordan 5 Regal Pink/Ghost/Copa DV0562-100 $210 April 2022 Below is a potential visual representation of the “Easter”…

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“Light Violet” Nike Dunk Low : Official Images

Brandon King

The “Light Violet” is a women’s specific colourway of the Nike Dunk Low that is part of Nike’s fall/winter release plans. It sports a white leather foundational layer overlaid with light violet at the toe, eyerows, side Swooshes and wrapping the heel. On the heel appears embroidered “NIKE” branding along with a light violet tongue label. Below this upper resides a white midsole and light violet rubber outsole. The “Light Violet” Nike Dunk Low is anticipated to make its retail debut sometime in the upcoming months at nike.com and select…

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“Monarch” Patta x Nike Air Max 1 coming October 15

Brandon King

Patta and Nike will be continuing their successful partnership by joining forces on two pairs of Air Max 1 that will be releasing later this year. One of the colourways will make use of a metallic silver, monarch and pure platinum colour palette and the other metallic silver noise aqua and pure platinum. Both looks will feature combination mesh, leather, and nubuck uppers, miniature Swooshes on the lateral forefoot and Nike and Patta co-branded tongue labelling. These Patta x Nike Air Max 1 released October 8 at Patta.nl; a wider…

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FILA x Dragon Ball Super Sneakers coming

Brandon King

Fila is producing a line of sneaker inspired by legendary manga and anime series Dragon Ball. The sneaker brand and the wildly popular series will your forces on a set of footwear, that will be led offWith a pair inspired by fan-favorite, the Prince of all saiyans, Vegeta in his, according to frunimation, “Super Saiyan God Fit.” According to an article on funimation.com, there is also a yet to be seen upcoming pair of F-13 inspired by Trunks, which is inspired by his red scarf, worn denim and trademark sword.…

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“Silver Bullet”” Nike Air Max 97 coming back in 2022

Brandon King

Having most recently made its last retail appearance back in 2017 for its twentieth anniversary, Nike has decided to give the “Silver Bullet” Air Max 97 another retail run in 2022 for the model’s 25th. The mesh upper is overlaid with metallic silver leather to go along with reflective detailing and red branding located on the tongue, lateral and medial sides. Underneath this aforementioned upper resides a white midsole that houses a fully-visible full-length Air Max unit and a sectioned black and red rubber outsole. The “Silver Bullet ” Nike…

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Some new looks at the “UNC” Air Jordan 6

Brandon King

More than five mouths out from its planned real release, the “UNC” Air Jordan 6 is already a highly anticipated sneaker. As the moniker implies, this upcoming Air Jordan 6 is inspired by mt’s almamater, the University of North Carolina. The university blue nubuck of its upper is overlaid by white leather. The translucent top of the tongue reveals a pattern underneath that is reminiscent of that seen on the Air Jordan 7. College Navy shows up at the lower portion of the tongue and the Jumpman also located on…

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