In Grade 6, a buster said Clyde Drexler was gay. During recess, I broke his prescription glasses that changed shades in sunlight. I bruised his dome, too. Following my lead, Puma releases the heat sensitive Puma Basket, a sneaker that changes colors when it’s touched or exposed to heat. It changes from dark brown to dark green. Buy them, that Chauncey from recess did, probably.
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All my eighties babies stand up! Juicy Jazz coming fresh out of Paris is bringin’ that 80’s hip hop flavor back around with their Tribute to the 80’s collection. Photographer and documentary genius Jamel Shabazz seems to be the brain child behind the line so this will definitely be an upcoming brand to watch out for. All hail the 80’s!
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Downtown Don and the rest of the aNYthing crew recently released their highly sought after New Era caps just in time for the Summer. The new cap features a distinct “West Side Story” themed all-over print and is available in both a rainbow gradient and a black and white color-way. The classic aNYthing logo New Era is back again in either black or blue denim. You can find these caps online at The Score.
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Bearbrick has pumped out some Ewoks and what-nots for the 2007 Medicom Toy Exhibition. There are five styling little ‘woks to choose from overall and each is hippied out with the peanut-butter and chocolate flavour from head to toe. Other bricks slated for release include a DC comics X Choco Q collabo and offerings from David Flores, Monster Japan, Fantastic Plastic Machine and a few others.
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Manualist puts beatboxers to shame with his rendition of the Super Mario Brothers theme.
Diplo, Andrew Levins and Nina Agzarian are initiating Heaps Decent, a non-profit music project that aims to musically educate at-risk, underprivileged communities through technical skill development and public performance. Apple, Obey, Serrato/Rane and Ableton have committed sponsorship for Heaps Decent. In January 2008, Diplo aims to bring a Heaps Decent project to Rio de Janeiro, after observing the operations of his current project in Australia. See, junk food culture is not all cavities and pizza at 4:00 a.m.!
Format is now accepting wallpaper submissions for the Sneaker Wallpaper Contest. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone who missed the initial drop of the Solebox Puma Clyde’s to win a limited edition package from Solebox x Puma, and have their art exposed to the world! For full contest information, including guidelines and prize listings, click here. Deadline July 1st.
Get ya wood grain up with these new Manik New Era fitteds. The brown and gold is definitely hot but the black and gray keeps it subtle and smooth as hell. The other caps keep it simple with the Manik logo and some simple adornments to help the cap stand out a bit more. If you’re trying to cop em check out in4mation.
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If you’re tryin’ to get ya travel game up and looking for luggage that will turn a few heads then I suggest you do it with the new Burton travel bags. The set consists of the Wheelie Sub (80L), Wheelie DBL Deck (70L), Wheelie Cargo (60L), Wheelie FLT Deck (50L), Roller Pack (40L) and Cargo Bag. With varying sizes you will be prepared for all sorts of trips especially the ones where sneaker hunting is involved.
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