Just a little preview of the new yellow, patent leather Supras that will  be available on Karmaloop.com on September 15.
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Via Nitrolicious.
 

Charity starts at home.
This is an adage that the people over at Nike decided to honor by sponsoring the Nike/Doernbecher Freestyle.  Since 2004, Nike has allowed patients at  the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation in Oregon to design shoes for the company—with all of the proceeds going back to the hospital.
After six years of sponsoring this event, Nike has helped raise almost $2 million dollars to help support the Foundation, giving back to the community and allowing the hospital’s young patients to have a hand in saving their own lives.
This year’s shoes will be displayed to the …

The Fall 2009 Collection of shoes by Common Projects, the simple, yet eye-catching line of sneakers made by long-time friends, Prathan Poopat and Flavio Girolami, follows their tradition of understated designs.
Hand-stitched and made out of the finest Italian leather, the shoes are pricey ($200 and up) but they’re said to last long enough to be worth it. They only come in neutral colors–in variations of white, black, gray and brown—but the sleek build of the shoe makes up for the lack of patterns and color. 
The lack of logos is a …

Prepare to drool.
Nike is opening up another location of the House of Hoops, the sneaker junkie’s dream come true, in Hyattsville, MD. The first of these concept stores opened in New York back in 2007, with other locations in Chicago and LA opening after. The stores are dedicated to solely basketball, with Nikes, Jordans, exclusive shoes, Converse, clothing, and more.
Other new locations will be in Cherry Hill, NJ, Wayne, NJ, Houston, TX, Mesquite, TX and Las Vegas, NV.
The picture on the thumb is of the two-year-old NY location. The new …

Fans of the Nike boot will be in love. Air Jordan has slapped a Jumpman onto the back of a winter shoe. They come in subtle, cold weather colors of flint grey, cherrywood and nightshade, with an outer sole designed for getting good traction in snow.

Via Footlocker.

A few months ago, a close friend of mine posted a very insightful question in his status. He asked, “What exactly do those ‘sneakerhead’ guys keep in their backpacks?” At the time, I was being driven crazy by another friend of mine who refuses to leave the house unless he is strapped to his own anorexic backpack. Annoyed, I forced him to let me look inside of it, and all he had in there was his wallet, a pack of gum and a single sheet of paper. Seriously.
Every day I …