In celebration of just-passsed “Go Skateboarding Day” comes this collaboration between Portland outdoor-gear company Poler and the Nike Zoom Air Verona SB. The black upper features a leather side panel embossed with the Poler logo, and a suede toecap in this slip-on style. White rubber sole with gum wave tread. Available at the Poler store for $80, and then jump […]

Versace is Midas touching their basic black high-top sneaker with hints of gold. The buffed leather upper gets laced with gold bling hardware including the gold plaque along the midsole, gold eyelets, lace-up enclosure and side-zipper enclosure. There’s also gold hardware on the fold-over strap enclosures across the front and heel, and medusa 3D-emblem atop the tongue. […]

Well timed with the onset of summer, Vans once again reinvents a classic: the time-honored SK8-hi. Under their higher-end California Collection series, this season’s SK8-hi Zip comes in three versions. Styled with a zipper up the back with a red suede pull-tab and tongue lace loop, the SK8-hi Zip Cali is crafted in premium pebble grain leather with a […]

Maybe you’re used to seeing designer dude sneaker’s here, but any shoe capable of wrecking both the basketball court and the catwalk has a place in the Supermarket. And so, to appease the inner foot fetishist/lowrider in you, how about some heels on hydraulics? Fashion designer Sylvia Fado has combined ideas of functionality with high […]

French luxury house Givenchy just released the latest lineup of its Tyson high-top for Fall/Winter 2014. Distinguishing characteristics include a thick ankle strap and imposing rubber sole. Despite most of the series being themed on basic white/black variations, the highlight of the collection is the above model crafted of a brown basketball-leather upper with Givenchy’s […]

If you’re trying to complete your all-over robot suit, your fashion hard-wiring may be set to overkill. Nevertheless, Givenchy is about to complete your coding with the Givenchy Robot-print sneaker. Multi-color canvas in retro-robot pattern on the outside, brown leather on the inside of this traditional Vans-like slip-on sneaker. Step into your mother boards for $690.

From where the high-fashion Paris universe of Maison Martin Margiela meets the tried and true Americana of Converse comes the second coming of a collection that matches a classic sneaker with a (paint) splash of couture. After a very successful run last year, Chuck Taylor and Jack Purcell models have once again been given the Margiela white “overpaint” treatment […]

The latest take on the classic Converse All Star comes from punk-inspired menswear designer John Varvatos. The otherwise classic Chuck Taylor high-top features painted graphite-colored canvas and leather shoelaces, accented with back-zipper detailing. Exclusively available at the Varvatos store for $150. More looks at the John Varvatos Chuck Taylors after the Jump…