vrijdag 26 februari 2010

Happy Weekend!

I've found a job and sold a pair of trainers, Great Day!

donderdag 25 februari 2010

New balance 576 GSL

Last year I did a small custom job on the NB 576 SLG, because I didn't like the silver on them and now I noticed that NB have produced almost exactly what I had in mind. They only have a leather upper instead of suede, so I still prefer the ones I did. They are available now on Oshman's in Japan, not sure if they will also hit these shores, but hopefully they will because mesh 576's are among my favourites.

This is the NB 576 SLG


After I removed a bit of silver and painted it grey


The 2010 version with a grey leather upper and no silver.

woensdag 24 februari 2010

10 Minutes 2: New York City


10 Minutes - New York City
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New Balance 576 Crooked Tongues editions

These New balance 576's were released in 2004 in a special collaboration with Sneaker website Crookedtongues.com. There were only 50 pairs released per colourway, so the chances to get a pair were very limited. Even now it is still hard to track down any pictures or solid info on the release it self. Therefore I've tried to re-create the colourways in Photoshop templates from the picture that I have from the book 'Sneakers: The Complete Collectors' Guide.





maandag 22 februari 2010

donderdag 18 februari 2010

New Balance 1500 Custom

I've used this pair over the last year to try out some different things. I must admit that it hasn't been very beneficial to this pair in particulair, but it was very learnful and they are good beaters now. The base shoe is the New Balance 1500 UKB and it looked like this:


...then painted some details grey to break-up the boring blackness (maybe I should've kept them like this;)


..then decided that the grey was a good base layer for some splashes of orange..


...flipped them back to black laces and added the brand name in black.

Puma Clyde Bring Back