Damn nice to see stores like this. HolyZapatos could run under the title “sneaker craft store”. Lots of customs and some streetart over there.
Chicago’s finest customs with lots of content above and beyon the cookie cutter custom sites. Fall clearance sale is now on with tons of SB’s and other goodies in the store and links to the HolyZapatos! eBay store.
Also check out holyzapatos.blogspot.com for all kinds of Chicago sneaker and art news.
(Thx for your review Michael)
The Blog is run by Phd and has been online for just under a month attracting a large following.
The articles on the site are extremely informative raging from sneaker news to design awards. The aim of the site is to pore creative news into the industry and give their “Phd” honest opinion ‘be it good or bad’. This is by far one of the best blogs to visit for creative news and discussion. Spread the hype!
(thx for the review Deano)
Sekure is now a well known designer in Australia. Growing up surrounded by a culture that didn’t encourage his art Sekure covertly practiced his works for years before being contracted to co-ordinate the interior design and painting of various basketball and hip-hop shops within Melbourne.
His work began with street art, web-graphics and custom signatures which enabled him to develop an attention to detail and patience which is required in the field of clothing customization. Being a dedicated collector of rare footwear Sekure has formed an appreciation of the importance of style, uniqueness and quality of finish that is required for a shoe to outlast current fashion and to surpass common trends or fads. This is why each design created is totally unique and thus you will own a one of a kind Sekure-D couture item. Untamed by theme or style Sekure blends graphics, symbols and text within an underlying current of street art to craft a design based on the ideas conveyed by you or inspiration sought elsewhere.
Overkill is a sneaker & graff store in the heart of Berlin in Germany in an area called “KREUZBERG”.
The Store features a big variety of limitied sneakers, graff supply & streetwear from brands like: Nike, Adidas, Puma, New Balance, Converse, Carhartt, Addict etc…
Famous for founding the “Overkill” Graff Mag in 1992 and organizing the ROTL “Rhythm of the Lin” - International Graffiti & Hip Hop Film Festival in Berlin every year where the “Just for Kicks” Berlin premiere took place…
Overkill also organizes a lot of art, sneakers & streetculture related parties & events.
Next big event is the first show ever in Germany with Mark Bode, son of Vaughn Bode on the 22. September in Berlin.
Hicalorie.com is the online portfolio and shop of the HiCalorieDesign crew. Besides custom sneakers they design toys and illustrations. Superfresh stuff from England.
Some words from the HiCalorieDesign crew:
All of these shoes are designed in extremely limited runs and most are exclusive to the Hicalorie store. Some of them as exclusive as 1off originals, that means the face lickingly good pair you bought from us, that’s right, is the only pair in the world! Doesn’t that just make you feel like you’re the ambrosia pudding of life itself.
These shoes are all fresh out of the box, into the studio, onto a workbench, back into the box and ready to wrap themselves round your unworthy feet. They’re so shiny and new the soles havent even been licked yet.
Hicalorie sneakers are the new black.
Sneaker Freaker is the home base of all Australian sneakerheads and also the “first and only international sneaker magazine to document the modern footwear craze as a global phenomenon”.
Besides their website, the Sneaker Freaker team publishes a magazine twice a year. Printed on high quality paper with only a few ads and lots of space for their articles, photos and all the other dope stuff on sneakers and the culture. Back to their website. You can find the usual features like daily updated news, forum and articles on the Sneaker Freaker website. The articles on a variety of sneaker related topics and interviews with a lot of different people involved in the sneaker game are definitely worth checking out. Sneaker Freaker also has a section for art that presents artwork with sneakers in it.
Dave White is a very gifted artist and the best thing for all of us is that he uses some of his time to create sneaker art.
Some words from Dave:
What can I say… I am an artist and I love sneakers ! I set out in 2002 to paint my own collection, never anticipating the love for all things sneaker related out there.
I never tire of painting classics like the Jordan V, which to me is in the same league as a Ferrari or Mustang plane. As long as the brands keep producing great stuff, I\’ll be inspired to paint it.My website features a varied collection of old and new work with an online store to buy prints directly.
It also gives some background information on what, when and how I ended up here. Check out the past events and exhibitions for photos of the last few years. It\’s a great game to be in and I\’m grateful of the opportunity to be in it and meet so many cool people.
Peace,
Dave
Flatspot is an online store with a variety of sneakers and streetwear. They offer Nike Sb, Silas, Vans, Volcom and many more brands. If you are looking for a particular brand from England you probably find it at Flatspot.
Some words from the Flatspot crew:
Flatspot established in 1995 in plymouth england - online stockists of fine streetwear products from:
Nike sb, stussy, carhartt, vans vault and syndicate, supra, krew, the hundreds, staple, rockers nyc, stacks, delphi, 2k t shirts, edwin, circa, es, emerica, etnies, gravis, patagonia, amos toys, new era, cliché, princess tina, built by wendy, wesc, rvca, zoo york
Looking for Uk brands? We got:
Clothing and footwear from Loki, twelvebar, silas, pointer and addict plus skateboarding hardware from blueprint, landscape, heroin and the harmony.
We’re getting it together in 2006 with our own label, stay tuned for our collaboration with the delphi collective releasing end of september at the opening of our brand new store.
Mzel is a very talented illustrator and creates various kinds of artwork. She has some beautiful sneaker pattern and paintings on her myspace site.
Some words from Mzel:
Well, I’m a french graphic designer/illustrator… I’m influenced by the street, music… and sneakers! my myspace shows various works, and i try often to update my illustrations.
