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We’re not much for sneakers, but we know a good piece of 70s style when we see it.
This shoe is the legendary Oregon Waffle, courtesy of Nike’s Vintage line. It’s an earnest attempt to recreate their first line of shoes circa 1977, complete with Carter-era nylon (In University of Oregon colors, naturally) and the original sole made on a waffle press. Just a reminder: once upon a time, they were the best kept secret in jogging.
The 70s were a good time for frames, so Nike’s offering up some new sunglasses in the Downey Jr./Killy style along with their first ophthalmic glasses based on the same frames. Think skiers and Formula One drivers. A good reason to get excited: they’re made by Marchon Eyewear, the artisan-behind-the-curtain for everyone from Fendi to Calvin Klein.
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The Word “Sultry” Is Used: We can never see too many profiles of Eva Green. [Details]
The Jeans Remain Untouched: A detailed history of Seinfeld’s Nike collecton. We’ll come out and say it: not a stylish man. [Complex]
A Dedicated Follower of Fashion: Ray Davies of the Kinks was once shot while chasing a purse snatcher in New Orleans. Now you know. [Vulture]
Going Green: Here’s an enormous pile of fake money. Use it in good health. [Better Living Through Design]
via LikeCoolThe Great Divide: Esky splits up the menswear world into the heritage stuff and the disposable stuff. [Esquire]
The Holy Grail of Sneakers: An Oregon couple unearths the waffle iron that minted the soles of the very first Nikes. The Oregonian]
The New Ties: Hill-Side S/S ’11 is looking pretty good. [Secret Forts]
The Pitch: Inside the cricket season so far. Naturally, you’ll want to stay up to date. [Reuters]
Glam Life: A kind soul digs up the only five issues of Star, the premiere magazine of early 70s west-coast groupie culture. Looks like it was quite a scene. [Boing Boing]
Sartorial Man: Scott Schuman waxes poetic, gets his hair cut and wears the hell out of an overcoat. [The Sartorialist]
Sock ‘Em: A few of the world’s more colorful socks, in honor of cold ankles. [Unabashedly Prep]
Spiked Bats are the New Axes: Nike Sportswear put together this spiked bat as part of their latest installation. Adidas better watch themselves. [Yimmy Yayo]
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Tiger Woods is currently taking his first turn around Augusta after taking some time off to catch up with old friends. And honestly, we’re just excited to see him take a few swings again.
In honor of the occasion, we managed to snag a peek at his Nike wardrobe for the next few days and we must admit, it looks promising. A few quick notes:
1) The coral polo is going to come out when he needs to unleash the thunder.
2) Black slacks symbolize repentance.
3) Chicks dig lavender.
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Frivolous Kitchen Shot of the Year: We boldly defy the internet’s Megan Fox boycott. [Just Jared]
Building Bridges: Finally, this silly war between Adidas and Puma comes to a close. Hopefully someone gets a Nobel Peace Prize out of this. [Neatorama]
Dropping Math: A gentleman scientist’s guide to stocking the bar. [Lifehacker]
Just Watch It: Nike enlists David Fincher for one of the most amazing 90 seconds of video we’ve ever seen. Can we nominate Guillermo del Toro for the next UnderArmor spot? [Thompson on Hollywood]
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It’s a Low Bar: The divine Ms. Refaeli is on board to host MTV’s revamped House of Style. Here’s hoping she can avoid getting a catchphrase. [People]
Milking It: Vice experiments with the culinary possibilities of breast milk. We give it six months before this makes it to four-star restaurants. [Vice]
By Any Other Name: The good news: Kanye’s Nike collaboration finally has a name. The bad news: that name is Air Yeezy. [Secret Society]
Mr. President, Have Pity on the Working Man: Cigar taxes go through the roof, forcing decadence enthusiasts to light up with ones instead of twenties. [Luxist]
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You might not know it from their ad budget, but Nike’s had brand problems for a while now. They make the right moves with the indie crowd, but they can still come off a little…evil. And their latest Chinese forays may not help. A rule of thumb: When you start calling for the heads of your critics, you may want to reconsider your PR strategy.
Gawker reports on a rumor that Nike had hurdler Liu Xiang fake an injury and drop out of the Olympic Games because of his poor chances. It’s not the most damaging rumor Nike’s faced—after all, the haters are always with us—but (as Gawker points out) they’ve come under fire for tampering before. And as bad as the scandal is, Nike’s response has been even worse. They reached out to their friends in the Chinese government to “investigate those that started the rumor,” meaning some poor blogger is about to get reeducated. A mess of back-pedaling followed, which ended up making everyone involved look worse.
The Blessed One: Marissa Miller is so hot, her body’s natural response is to cool itself by sweating profusely. [Egotastic]
Fatty Foods: These chain restaurants’ menu items will have you busting your gut before you know it. Avoid them at all costs. [The Bachelor Guy]
Slam Dunk: The new line of Nike SB’s debuted, and if you’re a fan of sneakers, you’re gonna need to cool your boots after looking at these photos. [High Snob Society]
No Longer A Mystery: A breakdown of famous designers’ names and the proper way to pronounce them. Now you’ll know, just in case you ever need to impress a model. [Haute Concept]
Kanye’s Inspiration: Meet the sunglasses that started a movement… A very colorful movement. [Men.Style]
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All Access Pass: Here’s your VIP badge for to the
backstage loveliness at Victoria’s Secret. [
Oyster]
Holy C+ Batman!: A complete ranking of Batman’s best
and worst gadgets—and you thought Bond liked his toys. [
Marching Orders: Nike teams up with the Army to
create the fastest soldiers on earth. [
The Shoe Hound’s Dog House: A brief profile of
Leffot. [The
Moment]
Let The Games Begin: Every one of these Olympic
hotties deserves a medal. [
Hot LOVA: A little bit “Mad Men,” a little bit
Revenge of the Nerds—all good. [
Pipeline]
Check That: Real Mad Men wear plaid. [
Continuous Lean]
With designers grasping for ideas and movie tie-ins multiplying at an alarming rate, it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.
Still, we were hoping it would take longer.
After years of agitation from Neatorama, Nike is finally rolling out an “Air McFly” model of the kind predicted in Back to the Future Part II. To the cinematically uneducated, the sneaker looks like your usual 80s throwback—making it perfectly in tune with today’s style—but those in on the joke will recognize history in the making.
To play along, Nike has refrained from mentioning the shoe’s inspiration in any of the press materials. Perhaps they have a little shame left after all.
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All in the Family: Witness a touching moment between
all-time hottie Jane Seymour and daughter. Why? What were you
thinking? Perv. [
Back to The Future: At last, the Nike McFlys are
coming! [PSFK]
Location, Location, Location: How and where to button
up. [NYTimes]
Bubba Pop: We always thought Bill Clinton was a
colorful character. [
UK]
Jumpsuits are The New Sexy: Actually, no, they’re
not. [Daily
Mail]
Old Folks Home: This is what happens when male models
work past their expiration date. [
Certified Classic: Salma Hayek—still beautiful, still badass. [Camel Tap]
British Invasion: Save your pence—Topman will arrive any day [DNRNews]
These Nike Canvas Lows Are Kinda Awesome: That is all. [Hypebeast]
Pocket Protector: The history of the pocket square revealed. [Art of Manliness]
Putting It Together: Assembly, the omnisexual store from one of the creators of Scout, is picking up all kinds of press. [We Are The Market]
Misunderestimating: President George W. Bush tells French President Nicholas Sarkozy of his wife, Carla Bruni, “I can see why you married her”. Apparently his degree from Yale was in stating the obvious. [BBC]
Hanging In There: The tie is dead? Go tell it to CBS. [A Continuous Lean]
Hump Day: You totally owe us for these Alessandra Ambrosio shots. [Hollywood Tuna]
NY-LON Suits: Paul Smith’s London bespoke team takes a field trip to Soho (sorry, our Soho). [WWD]
Sidelined:And thus ends an epic season for the NHL’s Dennis Rodman. [NYTimes]
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: The Lookbook captures a sculptural dresser. [NYMag]
Miley Who?: You might have noticed that we’re not covering a certain controversial photoshoot by a certain 15-year-old teen-pop star in a certain general-interest magazine.
Really, we’ve
better things to do with our time. [Maxim]
Saddle Up: If you’re excited about Country-and-Western singer Tim McGraw’s new fragrance, you might be a redneck. [She
Knows Best]
Surf and Turf: Put on your bib – these Nikes are best with melted butter. [Trash
Bag Aesthetics]
Duty Free: Paul Smith takes off at
unlike some.
[Vogue
UK]
Rabbit, Run: Furry chic makes its unsettling debut at Tokyo Fashion Week. [Boing Boing]
“Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red”: Nike goes
all Neo-plasticist
on us with the Piet Mondrian Dunk Lows. [
Goose Steps: The Cut hashes out this whole
thing. [NYMag]
Repeat Performance: Daniel Craig, star of *Lara
Croft: Tomb Raider* and
other stuff, wins GQ‘s best-dressed award for the second
year straight. [
UK]
Signing Out: Portfolio‘s fashion blogger
Lauren Goldstein Crowe waves a “Peace the Fork Out” to the rest of the
linkable world. [Portfolio]
Pig-malion: The classiest classy guy in the world of
high class wants to play Henry Higgins to Ashley “The Governator”
DuprĂ©’s Eliza Doolittle, though we suspect she’s already had her
elocution lessons if you know what we mean. No? Us either. [
Big Top: David Coleman snuggles up to our favorite
dandy fabulist and his long, thick hat. [
Mashups of high and low fashion will always have a certain high-concept appeal, but it shouldn’t stop us from distinguishing between a good idea and a bad idea. And high-top wingtips are certainly the latter. Luckily, like pachinko and monster attacks, these unfortunate creations are currently confined to Japan, where they will hopefully remain. (We’re looking at you, Kanye.)
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The ink flies again as even more brands and designers become new pals. As you were metabolizing turkey, Italian denim domo Diesel shook hands with Germany’s Adidas, American institution Levi’s partnered with Nike’s Jordan line and H+M survivors Viktor + Rolf teamed up with luggage maker Samsonite. According to our calculations, this latest round of cross-market collaborations means we’ll only have to wait a year or so before there’s a Marc Jacobs section in every Uniqlo, a Starbucks in every Herm‚à ö¬Æs and a Crazy Robertson in every Foot Locker.
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