Sneaker Freak

This one's for the boys.

What handbags are to the ladies, sneakers are to the men. The kind of crazy designs, color combos and graphics companies and artists are coming up with these days are mind-blowing, not to mention totally collection-worthy -- some sneaks are basically works of art.

Sneaks stores are popping up everywhere, from Sportie LA to Alife Rivington Club To Blends to Colette (yup, the Paris one) to Clientele to Flight Club Los Angeles and New York to Headquarter, Gravity Pope and Livestock in Vancity to St. Alfred in Chicago to Undefeated. And most of them probably carry Creative Recreation, a sneaker line from Orange County, California just dominating the scene.

Now, hip dudes sport suits and dress pants with sneaks instead of fancy wingtips. Creative Recreation styles have testerone-filled Italian or Latino names like the Cesario, Colombo, Don Carlo, Gambino and Torrio, as well as a special collection exclusive only to Barney's New York. Oh, and hey -- they've got styles for the chickies, too.

These puppies are no longer just for the ballerz in iced-out bling.



















I'm Lovin' it: A little bird named Michelle Rizzardo -- who owns one of my fave Vancouver boutiques One Of A Few -- told me that she and her fiance are opening up a second boutique next door to their current Gastown location. Store number deux is aptly named Two Of A Few, concentrating on menswear, exclusive labels and a bigger shoe selection. If you haven't check out Michelle's store, please do yourself a favor and stop by. I'll be the girl curled up in a ball in a sleeping bag next to the entrance, waiting till Two Of A Few opens up its doors a few feet over.


I'm Over it: Looming editorial deadlines. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!


Track of the Day: New Violence by White Williams, aka. Joe Williams and close crony of Gregg Gillis from Girl Talk. More electro-pop goodness I usually praise. It's the kind of song that gamers might dig, with its techno edge and Atari sounds.







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