Adidas has really been mixing things up this new year.Here we have a new pair of Adidas Superstar Vintages which comes in metallic silver leather.The silver is solid on the front and sides, but gets a herringbone pattern towards the rear.The stripes come in 2 shades of red and 1 shade of white.

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Can you see the shoe against the green background?Almost no, as this is the Army Green colorway of the Nike Zoom Lebron 6 Low.The upper is 100% Army Green, with white only being spotted on the tongue logo, and the contrast stitching.What do you think, should these make it to production or stay in the sample room?

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S4 of Sole Creations took a different approach to his Obama-inspired Air Force Ones than other designers. Rather than focusing on the messages of hope and change from the campaign, S4 targeted the idea that Obama’s presidency is the fruition of a prophecy laid forth by Martin Luther King Jr. I found these photos at the Sole Creations Customsnkr.com blog linked here.

The interior sides of the Prophecy/Fruition Air Force Ones feature white doves set against red and blue backdrops. The left exterior side shows Martin Luther King giving his famous “I have a dream…” speech at the Lincoln Memorial. The right exterior side shows the word fruition, a sketch of Obama’s face and an American flag to bring us to the present.

I enjoyed S4’s use of white lettering on the toe boxes set against blue and red to drive home the prophecy/fruition theme. The message of the Prophecy/Fruition Air Force Ones is clear but it has not been implemented widely in the sneaker art world to this point. Aside from the poignancy of these custom AF1s, I View More Photos/Info

Vans has been pumping a lot out of their lab lately, and definitely without a loss of style.Here we have 2 new versions of the classic Half Cab to release in March.They are both made of suede with faux-croc embossing on the underlay.The white pair features red accents and a black tongue, and the charcoal gray pair has purple and black accents, with white contrast stitching.

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Now is Adidas being too much? We’ve been speaking about some footwear being similar to jewelry and passing as items of luxury before. Adidas seems to have taken this concept seriously, and these shoes do sport six small diamonds between the signature three stripes, with Swarovsky crystal studded laces. Gem-shoes? Wow!

But if any of you will criticize this as a kind of misplaced extravagance, let’s remember the 60 years of excellence during which this German brand has been creating beautiful items of footwear for their followers. And the classical design of this sample doesn’t disappoint, the colorways, the stripes, the diamonds, all combine to create quite a masterpiece.

This pair is very limited in number, and we’re told that they are available at Xcitizm at the moment. Via Sneakerfreaker View More Photos/Info

Don’t be fooled by the simple and basic look of the Adidas Superstarts – We all know that it’s just black and white but this deluxe model has real diamonds on each side and also has Swarovski lace-locks. And of course, since these are Jewellery, they have to be kept in a special bag to keep them nice and shiny!

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