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A Dreaming Grape – Jordan “Grape” 5′s

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Dreaming-Grape-Mockup-(update)I’m doing much better at keeping up with release dates these days and that includes the Jordan 5′s coming out on the 4th, known as the grapes. These shoes are definitely a hyped shoe, with one their most notable appearances being on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I was so glad the young kids weren’t successful at renaming them the Fresh Prince’s. They tend to not know the origin of the sneakers they seek after, which is another topic entirely. However, it’s always cool to watch one one of your favorite shows and see some of your favorite sneakers in OG form.

tumblr_mkwpx7Z64z1qhd0yjo1_500I absolutely LOVE this design. You may or may not have noticed that I kind of have a thing for design parodies and when the concept arose to parodize (yes, that’s a word now) Bape, I got excited. As you can see Sheepy has become Shape? Baby Shilo? I don’t think any of those names are clever, but he’s been redesigned in Bape like form. He’s rocking the 5′s and is joined by his friend Grape. There really isn’t much more to it than that. It’s simple, to the point, and up for presale in the store right now.

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cd-coverRemember when the Bape characters were everywhere beginning with Pharrell’s first solo project, In My Mind? Well I found a Bape character generator if you would like to relive that time in honor of the new tee. Go get Baped here

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Looney Dreams: Retro Jordan 8 Bugs Bunny’s

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Looney-Dreams-Final-Grey-MockOn April 20th the Retro Jordan 8′s known as the “Bugs Bunny’s” or the “Hares” are dropping. These are actually one of of the very first Jordans I remember and believe it or not, I didn’t like them. However, I didn’t like very many Jordan’s at all back then. It was 1993, I was like 8 years old and my cousins bought them, but I wasn’t interested. I believe I was actually rocking some Diamond Turfs at the time. Things have changed since then, not only do I like this shoe I believe it’s a staple in sneaker history.

The one thing that keeps bothering me is that everyone keeps saying Bugs Bunny wore these in Space Jam, but I don’t remember that. I’m not saying they’re wrong, I just don’t remember it. I remember this commercial with the Looney Tunes in it in 93 and I know that the movie, Space Jam, came out in 96 back when Mike was wearing number 45. I’m not sure how those two separate events intertwined or if they ever did, but I feel like there’s a mix up somewhere. Either way, Bugs Bunny did wear them in the 90′s so the name is accurate.

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j8smarsI feel like I’ve missed the purpose of the post…..So, above is the newest tee from Tecknicolor which is a compliment to the Bugs Bunny 8′s. It features Sheepy, the Tecknicolor mascot re-designed as a Bugs Bunny look-a-like, teeth and all. The text reads “Looney Dreams”, keeping in line with the always consistent dream theme of Tecknicolor and “That’s a Tecknicolor Story Folks” at the bottom of the tee. You will get more news about the re-branding “story” theme that has been oozing it’s way throughout the site and designs in a later post.

It’s currently up for presale in the online store right now.

Fila and Grant Hill Drinks Sprite!

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I’m always talking about Jordan’s and that’s fine and great, but that’s not all there is to sneakers. Growing up in the 90′s I loved ALL sneakers. I actually didn’t even own very many pairs of Jordan’s anyway. One of the best pairs of shoes of the 90′s were the Grant Hill 1′s. They were released in 1995 and being from Michigan, I was huge Grant Hill fan. Go Pistons! (well go old Pistons who used to win). I had tons of Kids Sports Illustrated posters of Grant Hill on my walls. I still say “Grant Hill drinks Sprite” right now and I ONLY drank sprite as a kid (dead serious).

I really liked the lo’s better than the hi’s. Those were the ones I owned in white, black and red. For some reason I got it in my head that I should wear them with my Jordan 45 jersey. I rocked that look hard. Later someone asked why I was wearing Grant Hill’s with a Jordan jersey and then it occurred to me that, aside from color, they didn’t really go together. But, whatever man….. I was killing it with my little kid style. They were just mad becuase they didn’t have either. Boom!

If these shoes ever retro I’m definitely going to get a pair. I’m determined to acquire all of my favorite childhood sneakers and the Grant Hill 1′s are high on the sneaker priority list.

….and yes the Phoenix beating Dallas (respect to Jason Kidd) tonight inspired this post. GRANT HILL DRINKS SPRITE!

 

Ralph Lauren: A Lo-Life Style

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Joshua Kissi from Street Etiquette put me up on this video, while having a discussion on what people from the “hood” used to wear back in the 90′s: Nautica, Polo, Perry Ellis, Timberland, Eddie Bauer and Tommy Hilfiger. I remember Wallabee’s and when Helly Hanson came on the scene, which seemed to be short lived. I can’t help but to think that the executives of Ralph Lauren, as well as the other mentioned brands, had to know about the subcultures created buy their brands. It’s pretty much their job to know these things, yet it is something that is almost never mentioned or acknowledged. Aside from Tommy Hilfiger, is seems that brands felt and still feel that embracing this particular demographic (inner city or urban youth) would diminish the prestige of their brand image. This isn’t a totally false concept, as Tommy Hilfiger had to revamp their brand image in the new millenium to pull themselves away from being considered a fad brand of pop culture’s urban scene. This video is about a whole underground culture that was built around the Polo brand, which is refered to as ‘Lo’ throughout the video. It’s very interesting and thought provoking to know that a brand that doesn’t acknowledge your existence can become your existence.

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Check out the story here.