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Adidas is coming out strong in 2010 with the adidas Equation. This will be a new line for Adidas and is the first of its kind. Aside from the awesome contour and detail of each shoe, you will have the grip of a high cut and the style of a low cut in one shoe! At the rear, there are three buttons that will allow you to remove a certain part of the rear. You can play high then strut low. Now that is amazing. What’s more amazing is that three of top NBA stars will endorse these babies. You can check out Kevin Garnett, Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard in the adidas commercial “Lesson in Style”.

Taking some of the more highly coveted sneaker designs in recent times, Nike works up a special LIVESTRONG Greatest Hits Collection, featuring eight different designs re-mixed with the LIVESTRONG touch. Split into two drops, the first half of the collection will see a release in July 2009, during the Tour de France. Included within the first release will be the highly praised and sought after, FLOM (For Love Or Money) Dunk High, featuring a currency motif amongst the traditional LIVESTRONG black/yellow color scheme. Other releases in the lineup are sure to follow, stay tuned.

In Spring 2009 Nike will release a special hybrid that pays homage to Penny Hardaway’s signature shoe line. A combination of several Air Penny’s have been placed on the new “1/2 Cent” silhouette. The Nike Air Foamposite One characteristics is the most obvious on the sneaker, but if you look closely you can see features from other Air Penny models. The 1/2 Cent will land in March 2009 for a retail of $190. Check out the other pic after the jump.

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PARIS — Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton men’s studio director Paul Helbers have some design competition this season. Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers. Only one design, above, was featured in the show — a monochromatic midtop with no frills, save for a quilted flap in the back, all the easier to tuck pants into. “The inspiration came from a jacket with a huge collar in the movie ‘Dune,’ ” West says. “Most sneakers focus on the tongue, so I wanted to do something different.” West knows whereof he speaks: he says he has no idea how many shoes he owns, but he does know that he routinely needs to send shipments off to storage. The LV-meets-Kanye kicks will be available at Louis Vuitton stores in June.

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A few years back, sneaker customizing was quite a huge phenomenon where many sneakerheads even myself attempted to paint a sneaker to a color of my own liking. Of course I failed miserably but several artists including Mark Ong aka. SBTG had great success and has even made a career out of customizing sneakers. Since the year 2007, the “hype” on custom sneakers slowly died down as Hypebeasters began moving away from the crazy colored sneakers to more subtle and wearable sneakers. However, this hasn’t stopped Mark to continuously come up with creative and new ideas for his customs season after season. Here’s a look at his latest customs titled the “Skeleton Comrade” collection based on the Dunk model from Nike. This time, Mark decided to take a more classic approach in this design with the use of selvedge denim alongside hand painted graphics. These which come in black and blue will be limited to 12 pairs each and will retail for $600. Look for these to drop at the Royalfam store very soon.

Given a chance to design his own pair of sneakers alongside China’s Fly, Triumvir founder Brandon Cheng chose a theme close to his Chinese roots. Using the Dunk Mid platform, both entities took inspiration from iconic Beijing landmarks including dust, noodles, traffic, highways and Tiananmen Square to create a silhouette from a visitor’s perspective. After his humble beginnings in sneaker customs, its refreshing to see Brandon’s expertise expanding throughout the industry especially within his Triumvir clothing brand. One of the better releases of 2009, the “Beijing” dunks have finally released at select Nike SB retailers including Kix-Files.

It does not seem to stop with the black Nike sneakers these days. After the Black Friday Air Force 1 and the Black Out Pack, Nike presents a couple of more all black sneakers, including the Blazer Hi, Air Force 1 Premium and the Dunk Hi.

These three are now available at A.R.C. in New York

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Since 2002, owners Eddie Cruz and James Bond have been running Undefeated, the number one sneaker boutique in the world. Throughout its years, Undefeated has provided sneakerheads with some of the best sneakers on the market as well as creating some of the best collaborations that ever existed in the “sneaker game”. Now here’s a look at their upcoming sneaker with Puma, the Undefeated x Puma Suede Mid II. The upper of this Puma Suede Mid II will come in a nubuck material. Undefeated’s five strikes logo is also present on the upper laid out in gold pins. Four colors will be available including blue, red, black and white. Look for these to drop at the Undefeated Stores very soon.

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Adding to their massive roster for 2008, the Jordan camp introduces two new colorways for their timeless Jordan 1 silhouette. Mixing it up from the more toned down releases, one of the models gets a full red upper alongside contrasting laces and army green accenting, sharing similarities to modern gucci motifs. The second pair combines a black and khaki colorway with the signature laser etching technique along the front and toe panels. Both offer a unique and distinct look gravitating the brand into a territory of fashion geared pieces rather than its roots in basketball performance sneakers. They have hit select Asia accounts including Shoe Planet Japan, with a US release rumored to be in November of this year. Via Hypebeast

The Neighborhood x Stussy Boneyards project has been the talk of the town with many much anticipated products to come. Here we give you a closer look at the upcoming Nike Terminator. The shoe will come in 3 colors: black, blue, and white, with a white bottom sole. It has a leather and suede upper, featuring a written and graphic crossed pick-axe Boneyards logo with a punctured Nike swoosh.  The Nike x Neighborhood x Stüssy Boneyards Blazer was on June 21st. The Boneyards Terminator is on sale in Asia/Pacific right now and scheduled to be released in the rest of the world on August 23rd.

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Moving on from the initial Air Jordan meets Air Force 1 mash up that began with the Air Jordan V, the Air Jordan III is next up to undergo the hybrid phase. Kicking off the releases in July are some new colorways that have never before been seen on the Air Jordan III. However, come September, the AJF3 returns to its roots using OG colors one of the most popular Jordans.

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This is a picture of the Nike shoes Kanye West was wearing at during the glow in the dark tour . Nobody seems to know any more info about these shoes.

It has been a very long time since Michael Jordan stepped up to a baseball plate, but he is combining the influences in to the Home and Away Opening Day Air Jordan I’s.

His days as a Birmingham Baron will be remembered by the upcoming Opening Day Pack, in which two Air Jordan I (1) Retros will be released inspired by the Home and Away Uniforms of the Birmingham Barons/Chicago White Sox.

Each shoe will be sold separately on March 29th retailing at $100 each. In addition, a #45 Birmingham Barons inspired t-shirt will be sold on the same day with a retail price of $40. Via imtigerwoods.

03/29/2008 or 4/5/2008 Air Jordan 1
325514-012 Black/White-Silver-Dark Charcoal
$100

03/29/2008 or 4/5/2008 Air Jordan 1
325514-102 White/Black-Silver
$100

This Dunk was specially designed for Futura’s 50th birthday by Stash. There were only 48 pairs created and most were given to friends. You can buy them from the flight club for about $1900 only!

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