Month: February 2022

While mostly known for producing a plethora of striking collaborations with various streetwear brands and industry moguls every year, Vault by Vans is also widely praised for dropping everyday staples that you can keep in your rotation. For the upcoming Spring season, the more elevated and fashion-forward division of Vans is readying a new batch of seasonal footwear and apparel. The skate brand’s new preview lookbook was creative directed by AWAKE NY‘s Angelo Baque.Leading the way for this capsule are the footwear pieces that include fresh colorways of the OG Sk8-Hi LX, OG Slip-On LX and OG Authentic LX and the Style 73 LX. Silhouettes like the OG Sk8-Hi LX are being proffered in neutral-heavy palettes of beige/white, black/white and navy blue, while other models such as the Style 73 LX and Authentic have been cooked up in vivid palettes that align with the seasonal shift. Elsewhere in the collection, you’ll find apparel pieces to spruce up your wardrobe with including rugby shirts, matching checkered shirt and short sets, graphic tees, printed shirts and more.You can peep the lookbook above and head over to Vans Vault’s website to keep updated on all of the brand’s Spring 2022 releases.In other news, Vans teamed with HuaTunan for a “Year of the Tiger” collection.

Nike adds a new design to the Nike Air Trainer SC series in a Kansas City “Royals” colorway. Originally debuted in 1990, the silhouette was created in honor of former American pro baseball and football player Bo Jackson.Named as an All-Star in both sports, Jackson was a left fielder and designated hitter for the Kansas City Royals in the MLB while also playing running back for the Los Angeles Raiders in the NFL. Around 1989 and 1990, the Alabama native together with Nike launched the “Bo Knows” campaign to promote the release of the cross-training shoe.This latest installment takes on a blue forward build with a white perforated leather base matched with a mix of Powder Blue and Royal Blue hues hitting the additional eyelet molds, fabric overlays and midsole. Underlining the theme of the sport are the shoelaces sporting a stitch-like pattern resembling that of a baseball. A black tongue and lateral overlay act as a backdrop to further highlight the cool water tones, while the Nike brand name stands out as a stenciled outline above the heel cap. A white outsole is slid under to complete the look.Look out for the Nike Air Trainer SC “Royals” to release in the coming months at select retailers and via Nike.In case you missed it, here are the official images of the Nike Air Jordan 1 Low SE “Pomegranate.”

For his latest collaboration, Tremaine Emory, under his artistic moniker Denim Tears, has teamed up with UGG to explore his Black Seminole heritage. Serving as a modern-day Renaissance man, Emory has made a name for himself as a multi-hyphenate creative that pushes art and design to new heights of visual storytelling to highlight often-overlooked cultural diaspora.The collaboration with UGG also serves as an ode to Emory’s great-grandmother Onia, incorporating inspiration found in associated iconography and craft techniques from the southeastern United States of the Black Seminole, black Indians associated with the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma.”My grandmother is 95 years old. Once my grandmother goes, that’s it. There’s no one else for me to talk to in my family about my great-grandmother. She’s the last living person on Earth who knew my great-grandmother. How much more time does she have? Or do any of us have? So, this is my attempt to try to cement some history so that, maybe one day, five kids or the rest of my family know the history,” said Tremaine Emory.The celebration of Indigenous and Black American heritage stitches together a shared history through wearable art. An expression of his past, present and future, the collaboration is about family, history, and memorializing stories suppressed by pervasive racism and the oppressive system of slavery. In his research, Emory also uncovered his family’s connection within New Orleans and the Black Masking Culture community (Mardi Gras Indians). Though now evolved, the community was a way for those in New Orleans past to celebrate away from white French colonial tradition and respect the Indigenous people in the region who helped those fleeing slavery.”Just putting things down that can’t be erased, so maybe ten more people know now that Indigenous and African American communities are actually way closer than we thought,” said Emory.The Denim Tears x UGG Spring/Summer 2022 collaboration is comprised of a duo of offerings that reimagine the Classic and Tasman styles. The historical outlook sees the Tasman ONIA crafted from the signature suede and sheepskin, adorned all over with floral decoration and whipstitch detailing around the collar. Continuing the suede and sheepskin construction with whipstitch detail, the Classic ONIA is marked to represent the fusion of Emory’s cultures with embroidery and beading.The Denim Tears x UGG SS22 collaboration is available now on the Denim Tears’s website. Aside from an accompanying apparel range, Tremaine Emory has also created a 60-minute documentary exploring his roots in New Orleans, featuring prominent figures Big Chief Demond Melancon and Chief Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.It is also important to note that the Denim Tears x UGG collaboration will also see the footwear brand donate $50,000 USD to the Backstreet Cultural Museum and the Guardians Institute. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Denim tears (@denimtears) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Denim tears (@denimtears)In case you missed it, Marine Serre’s “Spring Festival” capsule celebrates the Year of the Tiger.