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 […]

The latest in the long-running Y-3 line — Adidas collaboration with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto — is this “Zebra” print Hayex High model. The hightop will be the second of the Y-3 endeavors to hit this fall, being most notable for the unique shaping of the Hayex silhouette and the bold zebra print across its quality leather upper. Other details […]

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 […]

Givenchy is no stranger to the luxury high-top, and thus continues on its trend of patterned tennies with this bright and brash plaid sneaker. The plaid pattern on the premium calfskin upper being an alternating blend of red, navy blue and khaki tones. The look is topped off with Givenchy’s signature 3D metal star-studded Velcro closure at the ankle. […]

Need a little background music to get your Monday spliff rolling right? Then you might wanna hit play on Stussy Toronto and Bevstmode’s collaborative mixtape below. Titled 431 Richmond after the Toronto landmark, the mix is nearly 2 hours of blunted trap and slow flowing weed-brained leftfield beats. Not to be confused with the always excellent DJ Kicks series, 431 […]

Christian Louboutin continues his foray into the realm of ultra luxury sneakers with this latest iteration of his Louis Flat silhouette. The classic “Louis” has been made over for Spring/Summer 2012 in checkered vichy fabric, and finished in metallic specchio. You can get your own Italian-made limited edition patent leather gingham high-tops for $795. via […]