sneaker culture
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This Is Not a Drill: The HFR x LeBron 16 Nikes Are Back—in a New Colorway!
Nike’s first women’s basketball sneaker sold out within five minutes when it dropped last September, and today, it’s back. At 10 a.m. ET on Friday, the coveted Harlem’s Fashion Row x LeBron James 16 drops a new Citron colorway just right for summer on Nike’s SNKRS app. The innovative design, a co-collaboration between James, the…
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Adidas, But Make It Childish: Did Donald Glover Debut the Design of His 1st Sneaker Collab in September?
In the sneakerhead universe, there are few things more exciting than a highly anticipated drop. So when it was announced last September that Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) would be joining the Adidas family, fans of both the entertainer and athletic brand were eager to see what would develop. As it turns out, it’s likely…
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Reebok x Pyer Moss Scores a Big Win at the Footwear News Awards
Pyer Moss’ rise continues. Following a nice bit of product placement from musician Anderson .Paak during last weekend’s Saturday Night Live performance, on Monday night, the label was awarded Collaboration of the Year for their ongoing partnership with Reebok at the Footwear News Achievement Awards, sponsored by Ruffino Wines. The honor comes only a year…
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Stephen Curry Continues to Address Gender Disparity—This Time, With a Sneaker
Steph Curry has gone on record in support of gender equality (though we’ve yet to see any of that translate to equal or even higher pay for the WNBA). In fact, in an essay timed to coincide with Women’s Equality Day 2018, he wrote about the impact his mother, wife, and daughters have had upon…
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This Is Not a Drill: Pyer Moss x Reebok Restocks the DMX Daytona Experiment 2
Here’s a gift idea you won’t want to miss: Just in time for Black Friday, Pyer Moss’ latest offering in their collaboration with Reebok, the DMX Daytona Experiment 2 in the Chalk colorway, has been restocked on the label’s website. The unisex kicks feature leather paneling, gold-tipped laces, a magnet-attached embroidered logo tongue tab and…
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The Original Sneakerhead: Whoopi Goldberg Shares Her Longtime Love of Sneakers with Complex
Whoopi Goldberg is well-known as a giver of zero fucks, but what is less acknowledged about her—despite her seemingly contradictory identities as both an unapologetic comfort dresser and a constant front-row presence at New York Fashion Week and the Knicks games—is that she’s a bit of a fashion trailblazer. In fact, Goldberg was one of…
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Get Your Kicks: Pyer Moss x Reebok Drops 2 New Styles for Fall
To say that designer Kerby Jean-Raymond is on the cusp of greatness would be a belated accolade. The CDFA Award-nominated designer of Pyer Moss—who is currently a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist—has been making a major impression on the fashion industry for years, with socially-conscious shows and of-the-moment designs. Jean-Raymond’s rise has included an ongoing collaboration…
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You Ain’t Got These: Lena Waithe Is Creating a Series on Sneaker Culture
It’s no rare thing to be shoe-obsessed, but when it comes to the sneaker-obsessed, writer, producer and actress Lena Waithe is one of a rare breed. Waithe owns over 100 pairs, using her kicks to accent an eclectically casual wardrobe primarily comprised of “queer designers who happen to be brown and makin’ shit,” as she…
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What We’re Talking About This Weekend
This is what The Glow Up is buzzing about this weekend: a world of curls; multiethnic, natural-hair care; ’90s-throwback, female-dominated streetwear; and traveling like royalty. Happy weekend! I am dying over HSI’s Groover Curler Master Kit curling iron, with 10 interchangeable curling wands. It’s beach season. It’s wedding season. That’s lots of bridesmaids’ parties and…
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Rochester, NY, Teen Gives Sneakers to Peers for Start of School
Tennies, sneakers, runners. Whatever you call them, kids today are into them. And even if they’re not, everyone wants to start school in a fresh pair of kicks. A Rochester, N.Y., seventh-grader is giving back to his community by giving just those items away before the start of the school year. Zaire Downs said that…