I wrote glowingly about the beauty of a JGoods Customs offering called the Furious Flow in yesterday’s post. As I looked through the latest options available at the JGoods website, I noticed the Crisp Khakis pictured above. These Nike Dunk Highs come in at about $700 but lack the same burst of energy as the Furious Flow.

A checkered pattern with gray and blue stripes crosses over the swoosh as it wraps around the heel. The understated colors are fantastic if these shoes were bought off the shelf at a local shoe store. If I am buying a pair of customs for $700, I want some flash to draw the eyes of everyone in the room. The quality of JGoods Customs sneakers shines through with the Crisp Khaki but I can find comfort and a touch of style with an untouched pair of Nike Dunk Highs.

Many people were waiting for the release of this Nike Blazer SB Low in Newsprint/White and you can find them right now on eBay.

The shoe is dominated by the dark grey suede but is accented nicely with the white leather Swoosh, laces and midsole. The blue tongue tag and heel features orange lettering, which is a great contrast to the neutral colors in the rest of the shoe. The same orange is featured in the inner lining.

These sneakers are a nice casual shoe that can be worn with jeans or other casual wear. You can grab them from eBay right now for $70 with the Buy It Now feature. Via SneakerNews.

Nike celebrates the anniversary of the Dunk in 2008. The 1^st installment of sneakers to celebrate this event is the Vintage Dunk series of shoes. These shoes will be available in Jan. 2008. Please check out the store – Complex.

The Nike Dunk is famous in college basketball.  The new colorways will have the colors of the college teams that wore the Dunks in their games. Some of these colleges include Syracuse, St. Johns, University of Iowa, University of Arizona, Kentucky, N.C. State and U.N.L.V. This Nike project with college colors is called “Be True: The College Colors Program.”

I like the 1^st pair the best of all. The dark blue and white colors are formal and this sneaker would look great with formal and casual outfits.

The 2^nd and 3^rd pairs of shoes look the same, except that their colors have changed. The orange and red look good as a part of the color combination.

The 4^th and 5^th pairs of sneakers look different.  The 4^th pair has a black colorway while the accents are yellow. You can’t go wrong with the yellow-black combination and this pair of shoes will stand out in the crowd. The 5^th pair has a yellow colorway. The accents are in grey-blue.  Another feature that I like about these is that their shoe laces match the color of the accents. These shoes look great.

Back in the day, A Bathing Ape started the whole limited edition sneaker craze. They also were some of the first to use wild colors and material in their kicks.

Now they have released the Bapesta Mid in three classic, simple colorways – beige, black and red/brown. These sneakers feature premium leather and the colorways are what you would normally see in boots. They even have boot laces.

You can get these shoes from Japanese store, Cliff Edge. The red/brown pair are 23,800 yen (~ $208 USD), while the other two colorways are 24,990 yen (~ $219 USD).

All three colors also come in a low version for 22890 yen (~ $201 USD).

I am particularly fond of the beige Mids, but all three colors are sweet. These shoes are a great option for winter.

The ebb and flow of the ocean has been a popular muse for artists for centuries. The use of crashing waves and eddies in paintings has been transferred to the world of customs by elite designer JGoods. A pair of Nike Dunk Highs shown above called the Furious Flow retails for about $800 without additional signatures, initials and custom options.

The Furious Flow sets the familiar swoosh in navy blue against a gold backdrop as a peaceful respite from the waves on the toe box and heel. The artists at JGoods used a combination of blue, gold, green and white waves to give the allusion of the wearer’s feet cutting through water. I love the image of a basketball player dribbling past a defender with an imaginary splash on that crucial first step. You can check out this option at the JGoods website and look at other custom sneakers for comparison purposes.  

The Air Jordan Enhancer 2008 will be released in March, and here’s a few pictures of this interesting shoe via Kenlu.

This shoe is very unique, featuring a white midsole similar in shape to that of the LeBron Zoom 4. This sneaker offers an extremely nice translucent blue sole which goes up on the back of the heel, where the Jordan logo is emblazoned in black.

The all black uppers are only interrupted by the big silver Jordan logo on the side and again on the tongue. These shoes provide a combination of textures, including leather and mesh overlay on the tongue and other parts of the trim.

I really like the look of these shoes and I’m sure they will be extremely popular.