Neighborhood and Honey have collaborated on a crewneck shirt in volume 3 of Honeyee. Both the magazine and shirt are now available at the Honeyee store. via highsnobiety.com

 It takes some courage to place your first piece of art in front of the eyes of fans and skeptics alike. The large community of sneaker fans that troll the Internet for new customs can be fickle when they see small flaws and errors on shoe forums. The shoes featured in this entry are the work of a first timer and I think the customs designer shows real promise.

The Nike Blazers that this artist used as a canvas have been given a burgundy/gray colorway. The white soles and top of the tongue that are part of the original Blazers act as a soft touch for such a stark color combination. The good commenters at NikeTalk offered kind words for these shoes though I agree with at least one of the commenters about the color. There is a reason burgundy is not a popular color for basketball shoes.

I would encourage this customs artist to keep plugging away and refining his craft. Check out more pictures for these custom Blazers below.

A few weeks back, we blogged about this Nike x Ryo The Skywalker “Earth” and told you we’d keep you updated.

Well you can get these shoes right now at Purchaze

The “Earth” High features earthtone colors, including black, brown and beige. The velour side panels are stamped with a leaf design, which is also used for the ankle area. Light green inside fabrics and logo details on the brown velours tongue with stamped layers of earth.

These shoes are $160.99 and available in limited quantities.

The Vans Syndicate Holiday 2007 Collection consists of Mr. Cartoon Sk8 Hi, the Gusset Half Cabs and the newest Vans and W)Taps collaborations.

Mr. Cartoon Sk8 Hi has the all black shoe upper. The material is premium suede and canvas. The toe box is suede. The rest of the shoe is canvas. There is a pattern of repeated red devil faces on the canvas panel of the shoe. Letting the devil loose during the holiday season helps to create a festive mood.

The Vans and W)Taps retain their traditional design of having a black colored toe box. The side panels of the shoe are in one color and the graphic is printed on the color. This Holiday 2007 collection has released 2 new colorways; the blue and brown-cream.These colors are duller and might be in tune with the cooler autumn season.

The Gusset Half Cabs look small because of the rounded toe box design.People with large feet can use these to induce the look of smaller feet. Of the 3 different colored pairs, I like the chocolate colored pair the best. The brown colors are nice. The light brown/beige pair is quite striking while the all black pair is a bit dull.

New Balance just released their Factory Plaid collection and now they have another interesting pack – the CM576 Tartan Check Pack.

The New Balance pack features two colorways – red and blue – each with a tartan pattern running over the toe box, tongue and heels.These shoes are much cleaner looking than the plaid collection, featuring some blocks of white.

The tartan pattern on the blue shoe features green and gold for a very regal look. The heel is metallic gold with “new balance” in green. The red shoe is very similar but obviously in red.

Checks and plaids are very popular with New Balance right now. In addition to the aforementioned Factory Plaid Collection, they also release the Porter Buffalo Check Collection recently.

These shoes in the Tartan Check Pack are relatively inexpensive at only 13,440 yen, which is about $120 USD, at Atmos.

Purchaze received the

Nike Court Force Hi Premium “Earth Pack” in the “Gum Yellow/Dark Cinder-HP Orange” Colorway.

Featuring light leather upper and a dark brown swoosh. Velours side parts with a stamped leaves design. This design was also used for the ankle area in green coloring and is revealed by the transparent sole parts. Light green inside fabrics and logo details on the brown velours tongue with stamped layers of earth.
Metal logos of Ryo’s label “Bush Hunter Music” in brown and gold. Comes with a second pair of orange laces!

Check that out.

More pictures after the jump.