Consistently Infrequent.
Novella Royalle
Novella Royale was inspired by the concept of designing luxury handbags without creating waste from new materials. The leather from each bag is hand cut from vintage jackets, making each piece a one-of-a-kind in color, distressing and seaming.
Vintage Pantone
In need of some good summer shoes to wear around the docks that are vintage Pantone colors? Well, Pantone opened their archives to the design team at SeaVees for their 06/93 shoe. Can’t go wrong with dock shoes or archived Pantone colors.
Million Dollar Idea: Stovepipe New Era
Sometimes it’s hard to stay on trend with everything let alone start one. But, I think I might have racked up the latter with this one. My first yatch-buying idea of oh-nine, The Stovepipe New Era. This should be a household product by early next decade as soon as I get placement in some MTV shows and music videos. Considering collaborations, if you’d like to get on board, drop me a line.
Getting Lo
The 3rd best player in the NBA has gone to a lo-top shoe for his every-game foot bag. An avid soccer fan, #24 suggested that if soccer players could wear lows on the pitch, then it could be worn on the court. Also, the shoe is made with some foam technology that was developed along side NASA, weighing in at 11.5 oz.
One of the most interesting bits of info in the article by ESPN was this, “basketball shoes, once a $5 billion-a-year industry, have shrunk to about $2.5 billion a year. In August, Powell said, skateboarding shoes outsold basketball shoes.”
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