August 17, 2004
Olympic Sneakers
With the Olympics well underway we thought we’d look at all the cool trend spotting sites and see what sports-related sneakers and products the pundits have been awarding medals to recently. (Click thumbnails to see larger images in pop up windows)
Urban Junkies report on the ‘Fencing’ shoe available exclusively from oki-ni. Designed originally for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the shoe is made from metallic mesh with vinyl and rubber trims
They also suggest you check out the vintage ‘Antelope’ Olympic racing trainer. Launched at the 1968 Olympics in elk leather, the new limited edition version is now available in three shades of metallic leather.
Josh Rubin reported on ‘Crooked Tongues’ who have teamed up with New Balance to make two new colorways of the 576.
For the future Olympian Josh can’t get enough of recommending these hemp Nike cuties: ‘Nike Baby Dunk Lo SB’ - “one of the most wanted Baby shoes on the planet right now”
On the eco-friendly theme SneakerFreaker go crazy for the new ‘Reese Forbes SB’ and even tell you where and how to buy them in Japan.
Being Hunted spotted the new Adidas ‘Fast Lap Casual’ range. They think the line is pretty slick including this rowing beauty.
And where do you get all these from? Engadget tells us how Reebok has launched a Sneaker Vending Machine that takes your 60 bucks and dispenses a refrigerated Reebok Travel shoe in the size and color of your choosing.
But not everyone is loving the apparent commercialization of the Games. M!Publication are making themselves heard with a special supporting CapitalismTM by Kimberly Lloyd: a very private apparel collection based on Adidas and Nike.
Nothing like a little protest to get the blood racing, eh?
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