I have some more info about the Lacoste Dot and Dash sneakers: A bit of history, as relayed to me by Mark Godwin at Lacoste Footwear: “The shoes both date back to 1983/1984. Both shoes have had their names changed for legal reasons since the 80’s; Dot was originally known as ‘Balsa’ and Dash as […]
Anna Kournikova’s K-swiss campaign
K-Swiss is banking on the face that launched a thousand Google searches to help revive its brand. And as scheduled, the company started its Anna Kournikova campaign. Here’s the commercial. While the ad itself left me unimpressed — there’s nothing memorable about the action scenes, the CG, the Rocco De Luca & the Burden single […]
fashion: lacoste quickies
A few quick items on Lacoste: 1) The folks at SNKRFRKR shows us photos of the new Dot and Dash shoes. Hypebeast has tied the theme to squash (dot) and tennis (dash). Not clear on it myself. I’ll get back to you with more info… 2) Here’s a preview of the S/S/ 2007 Stealth collection, […]
Nike Air Tech Challenge now for sale
After much hype, the Nike Air Tech Challenge — Andre Agassi‘s shoes from back in the day — has been reintroduced. The “kicks” (oh, kids today and their lingo) come in colorways of White/Black/Sonic Yellow and White/Black/Varsity Purple. Interesting: The Agassi logo once on the back of the shoe has been replaced by a Nike […]
fashion flashback: chanel spring 2004
Karl Lagerfeld took the public’s fascination with Chanel logos and slapped them across the face with it, showing that only the fashion house itself — under his wing — could turn anything and everything (from from Rubik’s cubes, to vinyl records, to billiard balls) into something fabulous. So move over, crocheted piece of shit, and […]