All the pieces in Junya Watanabe Comme Des Garcon’s blazer collection for 2011 have an aspect of casual sportiness to them — even while walking the line of modernity. As Riccardi Boston says of the Spring Summer 2011 Collection: “For the past few seasons Junya has been straddling the line between uberpreppy college dropout and […]

God these are some beautiful shoes, courtesy of Japanese cobbler sak, aka Hiruma. Elevating the art of shoe making to an artisanal level, the Japanese born sak chose to study and practice the art of Italian craftsmanship in Florence, Italy for nearly a decade. This is his third collaboration with Converse — after tackling the […]

Barbour, the UK-based company most notable for having the royal warrant to provide the British Royal family with waterproof clothing (really? you need a warrant to give them free clothes?) have collaborated with Rockport to release these limited-edition collection of shoes. Unfortunately, they look rather clumpy. Neither the coloring nor the structure of these boots […]

Showing great team spirit for Boston, New balance has teamed up with Independent Fabrication to create a shoe based of the M498 design for the 2010 SingleSpeed World Championships, taking place this year in New Zealand. Together with Independent Fabrication — known for their indie style, high quality bikes — they’ve create a bicycle frame […]

The Bob Cousy All-American Hi is a replica of an original PF Flyers style from 1956, worn by one of the first Celtics greats — considered by some to be the NBA’s first superstar. The Couse wore PF Flyers during his entire Hall of Fame career, so the brand is smartly bringing back one if […]

Yves Saint Laurent is staking its claim to the luxury sneakers market by dropping these SK8 Hi-influenced high tops. The YSL sneakers will be available in the two leather options above, as well as a third suede option unveiling soon. In the current market of sneakers getting ever wilder and wilder, with fringes, wings, Stormtroopers […]

UNDERCOVER LIMITED is the limited edition line of Jun Takahashi’s already exclusive UNDERCOVER label, and here is their latest collaboration with Japanese retailer Zozovilla for Fall/Winter 2010. The collection includes a jacket, a couple iPhone cases and most notably a series of bags — including a heavy canvas backpack with premium leather detailing, a nylon […]

If you’ve been to any house club in the past couple years worth a damn then chances are you’ve boogied down to Soul Clap. Elyte (Eli Goldstein) and Cnyce (Charles Levine) first came together under the tutelage of seminal Boston Jedi DJ Caril Mitro of the late Vinyl Connection records (RIP), who taught his young […]