Cool Clothes Clan

New Balance is known for appending acronyms to the end of their numbered releases to provide unique identifiers, and while most of those (especially the in-house designs) reflect the colors in use, a select few have extra letters to denote details about its special makeup.  That holds true for the Flimby Factory 30th Anniversary Pack, a [...]

Ah the Air Jordan XVII, that silhouette towards the dawn of the milennium that first wowed us with its premium price tag and packaging. Up today on The Daily Jordan is the mid version, bearing a red and white colorway that would no doubt quickly be labeled with a Bulls association were it not for [...]

We’re transitioning into a new age for Nike’s Action Sports divisions, as the SB label that’s been oh so popular for the past decade takes on a restructuring process concurrent with ‘little brother’ 6.0′s own. Somewhere in the middle, but with even wider distribution is a group of models like this Nike Dunk Low LR, a [...]

You might not know this, what with all their attention paid to the youngest-ever NBA MVP, a stunning MTV video starlet and the most flamboyant guest designer doing it today, but adidas has a sincere interest in the sport of table tennis.  Three Stripes to this day makes among the world’s very best ping-pong sneakers and [...]

The Converse Fast Break Hi might seem like it’s been around a bit more often, but it’s really something of a rarity from the One Star’s heritage catalog.  That sense of familiarity is possibly a reflection of their similarity to the Puma First Round hightop, but the sidewall branding on this pair’s sole ensures there’s [...]

Didn’t we already see a Nike SB Dunk Mid covered in Bill Jordan’s Realtree Camo prints?  Longtime Sneaker News readers will be able to point you back to October 2010 when Dunks and Bruins dropped featuring unique camouflage prints, and now here comes a couple of new drops with more than a passing resemblance.  The Realtree [...]

Nike and New Balance, and to some degree adidas, have the suede and mesh classic running game on lock, but don’t forget that the reason we celebrate those and not others is because of their staying power.  Brands including Spalding, Autry, Osaga and Wilson are just a few that’ve either gone the way of the [...]

Is this all new Jordan SC-2 piggy backing on the just released Air Jordan XII ‘Cool Grey’ with its familiar grey on orange combo? You would think that at first glance, but the model is actually a few shades off in a couple categories, making it strangely similar but not a direct take down. Key [...]

Before this popularity was realized on massively successful hybrids like the Half Cent and Zoom Rookie, Nike Sportswear put much of its hybrid design attention on nu-classic runners. These designs included models like the Air Max Skyline and AM Command, a couple of designs whose elements can clearly be seen as taken from the early ’90s Air Max [...]

Plenty of sneaker brands have tried workwear or otherwise blue collar-leaning colorways over the past couple years, and even though that connection is referenced in the Supra Pilot ’Utility’ nickname, the design (and previous explicit ‘Workwear’ drops from the Crown brand) require that we think another layer deeper to make sense of what’s going on here.  At first glance, this is [...]