These Nike Vandal Highs have recently hit stores.They come with a patent leather alongwith a glitter effect, granite grey and white and a orange sole. via theshoegame

We all have a pair of great shoes from our past that we wish could be brought back to life. The custom sneakers I have written about in past entries were overhauls of great shoes based on a specific theme. The Air Jordan IIIs shown above are a series of shoes posted on NikeTalk by a novice customizer whose mission is using a little artistic liberty in bringing classic shoes back from the dead.

The original shoes had chipped paint on the midsole and yellowing paint on the heel as it came into the workshop. The designer added a richer color of blue around the heel to each side of the toe box to give the Jordan IIIs his own personal touch. It looks like the top eyelets may have been replaced to match the new color on the midsole.

Custom designers can get too fancy and mess up a great shoe with a grand design. This designer used basic cleaning, repair and design techniques to make these Air Jordan IIIs new again. The sign of a hard working designer is that the final product looks effortless. This is certainly the case with these Jordan IIIs.

The Japanese brand Doarat has just released their first sneakers. The Doarat Lightning Tex Sneaker is very similar to the Vans Sk8 Hi.

These sneakers come in three different colorful colorways, all of which have a white lightning pattern throughout the uppers. I really like the contrast stitching against the black fabric.

These shoes are available at eproze for 16590 yen (about $145 USD).

All three color combination are nice, but very different. The hot pink/teal are very bold. The yellow/grey are more subtle, while red/blue are more classic. All three feature black in the front of the shoe and the ptint on the side panels.

I prefer the yellow/grey version pictured above because they aren’t too loud.

Many sneakers have been using reflective materials over the last few months and now Puma has given the Puma RS100 an extensive reflective 3M treatment.

These grey and black shoes feature reflective materials on sections of the sides, as well as around the laces and toebox. I love the black and grey color combination, even if they weren’t reflective. But the relective material gives them a little extra pizazz. These sneakers feature a black toe cap, grey laces low and black laces up top.

The heel tab has a “high voltage” logo. These shoes are available at some local Puma dealers. Via Streething.

This shoe belongs to the Reebok Spring/Summer 2008 Neon Pack. This Pack will have several running shoes and Pump models. These will be available at Colette.