Month: May 2021

LeBron James links up with designer Mimi Plange for a collaboration series of the LeBron 18 Low, as they look to diversify perspectives and connect various communities.As James’ second female design collaboration, he continues his commitment to shed a light on those who are making a positive impact on the community. Plange comes in with a fresh look at African fashion and grabs the opportunity to blur the lines of various cultures with her four-part LeBron 18 Low collection.“It’s amazing to shine a light where there hasn’t been enough light: bringing more voices into design. Having the space to speak a sense of self through design carries a lot of power,” Plange says.The first design is an implant of a varsity letterman’s jacket that is an iconic symbol of high school sports culture. Plange fashioned the shoe in hues of mustard, burgundy, pink, and crimson, lined with letterman jacket-like striped cuffs along the foot. Patches of a basketball hoop, LeBron’s “Just a Kid from Akron” lettering, and a spirited lion mascot island around each shoe representing education and sports. She finished off with a fuzzy white Swoosh double outlined in burgundy and mustard.Look out for the Mimi Plange x LeBron 18 Low “Higher Learning” colorway on June 2 via Plange’s official website and Nike SNKRS.For more footwear news, have a look at UNDEFEATED’s Nike Dunk Low “Dunk vs AF-1” collaboration.

WACKO MARIA has been coming strong with its collaborations this season as it has had product team-ups with brand such as Vault by Vans, PRO-KEDS, PORTER and more. Diving back into the ring of collaborative footwear initiatives, the Tokyo-based entity is now partnering up with the sandal savants of Suicoke to produce a fresh new Room Shoe capsule.For this newest collection, WACKO MARIA took a simple lounge silhouette and applied its signature flair to it. Leopard patterns — which are have been previously utilized on its various camp collared shirts — are translated onto this hotel room-ready silhouette for two takes. The first offering is one of more grayscale nature as its backdrop is wrapped in a foggy gray hue while the aforementioned animal print contrasts in a stark black. Its release sibling lies on the brighter side of color wheel as its base is painted in a rustic orange hue and also decorated with black all-over graphics. Branding also comes into play here in minimal fashion just over the bridge of the foot in the form of “GULTY PARTIES” and “Suicoke” spellouts that arrive in white.These Room Shoes, alongside its accompanying Beach Sandals are available right now via WACKO MARIA.For more footwear news, check out a detailed look at the tie dye-covered Nice Kicks x Suicoke collection.

When it comes to fast food these days, there’s nothing that turns heads like a spicy chicken sandwich. Wendy’s — the burger and fries chain that was established in 1969 — was the first entity to pioneer the delectable food offering, and now it’s morphing it into flavored chip form with Pringles.”Pringles Wendy’s Spicy Chicken crisps perfectly encapsulate everything fans have come to know, love and expect from Wendy’s iconic chicken sandwich.” said Carl Loredo, Chief Marketing Officer for The Wendy’s Company. “Wendy’s fans can now enjoy our insanely flavorful Spicy Chicken Sandwich in their crisps to satisfy taste-buds until their next restaurant visit.”If you’ve already been a fan of Pringles, then you know that the brand’s possesses expertise in whipping up flavorful crisps as its assortment ranges from “BBQ” to “Pizza” to “Sour Cream and Onion”. For this latest snack, the Michigan-based entity mimics the chicken sando’s fiery spice blend that consumers have come to know and love since 1996.The limited-edition Pringles Wendy’s Spicy Chicken flavor will be available on the shelves at retailers nationwide starting in June, and each can will also come packaged with a code that unlocks a free chicken sandwich.For more food-related news, peep a look inside Snow Peak’s new bonfire-inspired restaurant Takibi in Portland.