Nike’s Air Jordan continues its celebration of the Far East with its XO Ignite Shanghai high-top. The XQ stands for “Xi Qing,”, or “happiness and celebration” in Chinese and explains the shoe’s obvious Eastern influences. The Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG silhouette is customized in a patterned white leather with gold laces, Swoosh, silk […]

This isn’t Balenciaga’s frist foray into the once pedestrian world of sneakers. The high fashion house has released many casual silhouettes in its past, including the Contrast Panel and Mesh & Leather low tops and Felt Trainer High Tops. These ultra-luxury sneakers feature textured-leather panels, reflective metallic-silver fabric, cracked textures and bold blue sole. You can […]

Heiko is from Germany with a specialized field in Whisky. After finishing his apprenticeship as a fully trained hotel clerk he began work as a barkeeper in the 5-Star Hotel A-Rosa on the beautiful island of Sylt. He discovered the passion for whisky a few years ago and since then his life is full of […]

It seems Mexico has a thing for ultra lightweight, track-oriented speedsters. Last year we covered the Mastretta MXT, and now there’s word of another Mexican born trackster hitting the marketplace. The very well named VUHL 05 — an acronym for Vehicles of Ultra High-performance and Lightweight — is similar to other 2-seaters like the KTM […]

We’ve seen Jeremy Scott lay his madness on several silhouettes for his adidas Originals collections, but this is the first time he’s collaborated on a modern basketball shoe. This time the LA designer teams up with Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose for a unique spin on Rose’s signature adidas D Rose 3.5 sneaker. Taking the dollar-bill […]

We met Heiko this spring while testdriving the new Mercedes Benz E-Class coupe in the gorgeous island of Sylt, a dune-swept resort island in the North Sea that’s long been dubbed “The Hamptons of Germany”. While that’s undoubtedly intended as a compliment, the truth of the matter is the Hamptons don’t touch the kind of […]

While Playboy has long lost its way as a cultural beacon mixing intellectual stimulation with, well, boobs, no one has come along who has successfully filled its generation-defining void. That is until TREATS!, a thick coffee table-style magazine launched by photographer Steve Shaw as an outlet for his and his colleagues’ prolific nude work (some […]

Nike’s classic Vandal silhouette — the famed followup to the Nike Air Force 1 high-top — gets a new slate of releases for Spring/Summer 2013. The Supreme Vintage style comes in five very bold new monochromatic colorways, including Fusion Red, Sail Green, Distant Blue, Sonic Yellow and Tropical Teal (above), all in durable nylon uppers with the […]