Dr Martens New Shapes

Found these beauties on Flatspot this morning, both the Manton Boot and the Off White Low shapes are excellent and the suede/leather upper is always a winning combo in my book...

Brixton 2010 Collection

Brixton have no doubt been making some amazing headwear, in recent times there clothing has been improving season after season, I really like this lookbook see it in full at the website for some essential pieces including the Barrack Shirt...

Kanye West - New Blog

Very futuristic and very hard to navigate I think this new blog from Kanye probably somes up his personality, but I really like the in frame pictures its a lovely concept...

Nike 2010 All-Court Canvas

The All-Court is having somewhat of a revival over recent months thanks to brand collabs with A.P.C and Fragment Design. The canvas phenomenon continues to gain pace and these are going to be another sure fire classic....

New Adidas Zip Back Nizza's

By now you'll realise i'm a big fan of the Adidas Nizza, coming off last years project with Porter which gave us the Tanker Nizza, Adidas Originals bring us 4 new colorways all with the Zip Back format for easy access, I like them but feel they are all still a little bland...

Vibram Five Fingers Runners

Ive never seen these before but they are supposed to be the closest thing to running bare foot, I love running and might have to get involved in these for some summer running, available in many colorways on their webstore...

Nike Hyperdunk "Kobe Bryant x Aston Martin DB9"

Remember this??, one of the most popular videos from last year used to promote the launch of the Nike Hyperdunk.


Now to pay tribute Nike have launched a DB9 inspired colorway, they even have the Aston logo on the tongue, only 500 pairs will release this spring but they are available now at Osneaker...

Balmain Belts

Although the price tag is ridiculous, these belts are sublime... Available via colette...

Blogs...

Taken from JakandJil these pictures come from Francesco Cominelli's (Assistant Director of Vogue Homme) favourite things, I especially like the Vintage American Eagle's...

Common Projects 2010 Collection

After showing you the up and coming Common Projects x Evisu collection, I went to check out Common Projects 2010 line on SSENSE, now along side the classic shape of the achiles, we have the achilles raw which features more of a rough cut edge and leather laces, the brand have also brought in a more colourful cap toe low which I think is great for the summer. The downfall of this season is their new model the 5 hole slip on, aside from the quality materials this is a Vans Era rip off... Also available via Tres Bien Shop...

B:Scott Collection

This collection from US designer Brandon Scott is awesome, the Japanese influence is clear especially in the detailing with double layered collars and elbow patches, really nice stuff, I especially like one of the more simple pieces a denim jacket cut but in black fleece, check out the full collection here...

Nike Sportswear 6 Collaboration

Nike Sportswear begins the celebration of the World Cup Year with 6 collaborations from 6 different designers from 6 different countries. All of the designers were asked to design a badge, mascot, print and an alphabet in their handwriting style. Each collaboration includes N98 Track Jacket, AW 77 hoodie, kit tee, polo shirt and short for men and women. They also include colour matched shoes of which i'm most excited about the Nike Dunk AC in several colours which was one of my favourites from last year...

South Africa x Kronk x Nike Sportswear

England x James Jarvis x Nike Sportswear

Brasil x Nunca x Nike Sportswear

Netherlands x Delta x Nike Sportswear

France x So Me x Nike Sportswear

USA x Mr Cartoon x Nike Sportswear

Nike SB 'Bill Cosby' Dunk

Nike SB drop the quickstrike Dunk based on Dr Huxtables aka Bill Cosbys attire from the very popular Cosby Show, these will be available soon at SB retailers including Slam City Skates...

Sixpack France New Tees

New collection from the French brand, really nice designs, available now from Sixpack online and collete...

Supra Skytop II - All White

Reminds me of the NS Skytop 1 all white from 2 years back, Neil Armstrong would be proud...

Fashion House Influence

Thanks to Kanye Wests exploits into the game last year, we have seen more and more of the fashion houses entering the industry with designs to lure in the heads. Although the purests don't want to see this happen it was an inevitable step in the industry once we were prepared to queue for hours to pay £150 for a pair of Nikes.

There is a definate upside to this new trend. Now that we have all this money from the top design houses flooding into shoes we are starting to see the knock down effect into the designs at the affordable end of the market. The Mark Ronson collection with Gucci looks to have influenced Onitsuka Tiger this year:


And the louis vuitton Kanye collaboration has inspired countless features in recent designs, below the be-tassled Adidas Nizza and Hanon's Reebok VCMP Stomper


I'm sure we'll see plenty more influences from the high end market, and this is just the beggining and I say spread the wealth...