The retro era has been one of the most memorable in fashion. Talk about loud colors and crazy hairs. Well Nike has brought something back from that era in the ne Nike Blazer Vintage edition. Coming out of the archives, these babies were released in 1973. The new editions sport a college colourway which is a smooth grey with a red or black swoosh at the side. The Nike tag on the heel is slightly worn out to give that vintage feel. The foam tongue and midsole are yellow to complete the look. Now get your bell bottoms out and start buying!
Nike has always been known to be the brand of choice by top athletes. During its first few years, the Swoosh got talents from basketball to golf. But there is a quiet department in the Nike HQ that lives up to the brand. The Nike Rongbux GTX was created by Nike ACG, which stands for All Conditions Gear. The GTX lives up to the name, since the rugged upper paired with red stitching matches well with the Phylon midsole and the rugged Sticky Rubber outsole, to give you that kind of grip when you are hiking or mountain climbing. What’s cool is that this shoe uses Gore-Tex lining (not named after Al Gore) that keeps your toes dry.
A sultry new addition to the New Balance kicks collection is the NB 850 or Skippy, you’ll find out later on why it was given the name Skippy. In the mean time, lets check out this new pair. It comes in the black and lime and white color combination, which is always a hit. So you may be asking what’s so different and what is it to look forward to with this pair of kicks? Well, the light brown leather that you see is made up of kangaroo leather. And yes, that’s how this pair got its nick Skippy. While the animal society will most likely protest, sneaker addicts like me will sure find it hard to resist this pair of kicks.
Reebok’s Pump collection started back in 1989, and yes, to commemorate 20 years, they came up with a very striking rendition this time around. If you are wondering how it all began, or if you were too young or perhaps not yet around when the Pump fever started, well just a bit of info, The Reebok Pump was initially designed as a high top basketball shoe. It was rather pricey in contrast with other athletic footwear at that time, so it became a big hit, as having a Pump pair was some sort of a status symbol.
Vans has teamed with Crooks and Castle for the second time, to come up with another another high top classic design. The upcoming fruit of this collaboration brings you a black and white sneakers ensemble with the top made up of leather with a cris-cross stitching pattern at the heel and what looks like animal fur pattern on the side as well as on the Velcro ankle straps. Like the initial product of this partnership, this high top pair, comes in lace up system. The tongue bears the Crooks and Castles logo and the brand name of Vans to signify the collaboration.
The Ex-O-Fit Hi Strap – a retro-looking pair, is a design co-authored by Mita and Reebok. Definitely a child of the 80′s look with the show-stopping black and white top with a insole white fur lining, that goes out as a piping down to accentuate the heels. What makes it even more striking is the 2 Velcro straps – a wide one at the bottom, slightly covering the lace up system, where as the other one works as an ankle strap, with pink lining that runs across. This pair was released on December 23rd at Mita.