SOLE TO SOUL

I say double take because when I saw this on Highsnibiety today and the sketch I had just done there was some uncanny resemblences… I must be getting better!

I love the sole of this trainer and it is something that I have been really focusing on in my latest designs. Its where I start to draw from the heel up. I noticed that its made up of a number of layers or sliced and cut into eachother in a variety of ways.

The heel or ankle next point of focus for me in my designs I like the one of the Emerica shoe. It wraps the tounge of the trainer almost.

The Emerica Braydon or my first shoe….

Cop Worthy.

At the very beginning of this year I went to see the Fashion Vs Sport exhibition at the V&A in my hometown London. While I still wish I brought my camera the exhibition collection and ethos is imprinted in my mind.

As well as a collection of clothes: my favourite being the first ever Nike Windrunner, some pieces from Vivenne Westwood and a sneaker collection from Kish Patel there were special select items that really embodied what the exhibition was all about.

New York’s prestigious Sneaker Outlet Flight Club have made their first sporting accessory with an obvious fashion twist. This fully functioning basketball has been designed with the ever recognisable cement print that we see on many Nike trainers.

Fashion Vs Sport or rather Fashion with Sport.

Now this is how you make a trainer.

I saw the designs for this a while back and it really helped to see from a design perspective everything I should think about or justify in my head before I commit to paper. The shoe represents how Beijing naitives think about their own city. Tiananmen Square, dust, noodles and traffic lights all feature in this SB.

Its genious. I like the story behind it and I love the way it looks.

COPPING!