Archive for April, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2009 by gumsole
NIKE DUNK X PAULE MARROT (WMNS)
Posted in For the Ladies, sneakers on April 5, 2009 by gumsole
his summer, Nike Sportswear chose to remix Nike materials within the Nike Sportswear collection with legendary French textile designer Paule Marrot Editions. Once loved by the British royal family and Jackie Kennedy, Paule Marrot Editions has been creating memorable designs since 1920. Nike Sportswear’s footwear designers integrated Paule Marrot’s ‘Aurore’ to inspire the Butterflies and Feathers prints on the new ‘Skinny’ Dunks, and the ‘Les Cerises’ print draped two colorways in all-over prints of Cherries on the shoes for Summer 09. ‘Les Cerises’ is adapted from the original Paule Marrot design – Bigareaux – and is inspired by the cherries sitting in front of her when she met her husband-to-be. Paule Marrot’s textiles were heavily influenced by Marrot’s early studies as a painter under impressionists such as Pierre-August Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Maurice Denis. Accents of the designs show up throughout the rest of the Nike Sportswear Summer 09 Dunk collection as well, not just on the ‘Skinny Dunks.’ The Nike designer team have used inspiration to create the original Nike Dunk Lows in unisex styles as well.
Drake Concert
Posted in Music Drops with tags Drake/ So Far Gone/Concert on April 4, 2009 by gumsole
On May 2nd Drake will perform at The Loft in ATL, tickets are sold out but I did get mines.
Yeezy drops
Posted in Collection Drops, sneakers with tags kanye nikes/Air yeezys/kanye west on April 4, 2009 by gumsole
A quick report from sneaker culture: the new Kanye West shoes are dropping at 12:01am on April 4th, and look at the lines outside Shop Gentei in Baltimore—home of such ballers as ‘Melo and Rudy Gay. Lesson here: rap top dog + NIKE brand + exclusive release + basketball hotbed = people sitting on sidewalks in rain. We majored in sociology. Don’t yell at us if that math was a lil’ off.
