The new Jerry Rice-inspired version of the lightweight Free Trainer 5.0 built for hardcore activity is now available at Nike. Rice, known not just for his football feats (which place him as the best wide receiver the game has ever seen), but also for his intense training sessions along the steep hills of San Francisco, inspired […]

English designer Neil Barrett reveals his latest sneaker for Spring/Summer 2012, the Dickensian Leather Pyramid Trainer. A slight alteration of his reliable Dickensian trainer, the version for this season is slimmer, with padded leather panels and adorned at various sections with small rubber pyramids. The high top sneakers feature a hard wearing rubber sole with […]

Debuting in Missoni’s Autumn/Winter 2011 men’s collection this past week in Milan, the Auckland Racer is the latest piece of footwear from the ongoing collaboration with Converse. The couture Italian label took the classic 1970s Auckland Racer running shoe and crafted it out of their thick knitted material — a look first hinted at with their […]

Oh boy, this is one of those re-issues that you wait so long for you kind of get to the point that you don’t think it’s ever going to happen, so you resign yourself to a dull, vice-less life. It’s like you wake up after 20 years of marriage, and all of a sudden your […]

After last week’s Space Flat Sneakers, Christian Louboutin releases another luxury sneaker from his Men’s Spring/Summer 2011 Collection. The Louis Tik Tik Flat high tops feature metal studs and spikes riddling the entire black leather upper of the sneaker, which is just what you need when you’re trying to keep a low profile. Of course […]

Man, Jeremy Scott must love designing shoes, as it seems every week he drops another in his adidas Originals by Originals Jeremy Scott Collection. These poorly named “Cross Trainers” are part of the Fall/Winter 2010 series, and are 11 hole boots made of premium black leather and a rugged outsole. Cross Trainers? Not so much, […]

For Summer 2010 luxury house Louis Vuitton has released a new white-and-red colorway of their Tower Sneaker. The mid-top sneaker has a white leather base with the LV monogram pattern embossed, with accents set in a red patent leather, matching the red logo tongue tag. Simple and clean for summertime. via Highsnob

We here at LIAS begin to salivate every time we hear that there is a new collaboration with Converse, and although this collaboration has been done twice before, the Converse x Woolrich Fall 2010 collection of sneakers proves that the two design houses can only get better as they go. Woolrich has been in the […]