Nike does a job creating shoes in honor of very important historic people. This time around they choose to honor the Armed Forces, And what a better way than with their own Air Force One (get it ?) . The Armed Forces Day 1 force one feature a sport red and white leather upper. Micro perforated leather graces the eye stay and heel white regular leather is used elsewhere.The heel tab, laces, out sole, and sock liner are obsidian while the missile and panel behind the swoosh are white which creates a nice but not overly done color placemet.

Back in May, these went on sale at the Navy Exchange for 69.99 and now a couple spots in Japan have them available for sale. So hurry up and rush over to Limited Edt before they‘re completely sold out.

Style: 328208-661
Color: Sport Red/Sport Red-White-Obsidian

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Sneakers by Sean released a new pair of Air Force Ones recently that should catch the eyes of custom sneaker fans. These Air Force Ones are dubbed the Neon Bolt due to the shoe’s electric aesthetic. The designer’s approach to the Neon Bolts shows other artists that an active editorial eye is needed for a great pair of customs.

The Neon Bolts could have easily fallen victim to overdesign in the wrong hands. It is easy to imagine an alternate Neon Bolt with brighter background colors and excessive lightning cluttering the shoe’s open spaces.

Sneakers by Sean kept it simple with a neon green bolt running behind the Nike swoosh and across the toe box on a continuous path. The black background is the only way for the designer to make the neon bolt stand apart from the shoe.

The latest shoes from Sneakers by Sean were found at the designer’s Customsnkr.com blog linked here. The design may be View More Photos/Info

Plaid is one of the hottest fashion trends in 2008 and this trend is even making its way onto kicks. Check out these plaid happy shoes from a collaboration of Fred Perry and Size?. These shoes will be released sometime in September but you should grab a pair quick as quick as you can because only 250 will be available.

In the pictures, you can see colorways that utilize the colors of white, black and red.Most noticeably, however, is the plaid used on each of the shoes in this pack. To find more information and order a pair after they are released, check out Size?. Via Sneaker Freaker.

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A few months back, Adidas Skateboarding released their first pack inspired by food court eateries like Orange Julius. Now here’s a follow up pack with two more models which use a combination of suede and leather.

In September, we will see two releases from part two of the food court collection – a Superskate Vulc inspired by hotdogs or corndogs and a Polson ST using the colors of Cinnabon. These shoes will be exclusively at Zumiez and priced at $70 for the Superskate Vulc and $65 for the Polston ST. Via Complex.

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Nike has a new Pack to celebrate the middle of autumn. This Pack has been influenced by the recent Beijing Olympics 2008. There are one Terminator, one Air Max One and a Blazer in this Pack. We are going to look at the Terminator in detail in this post. This Pack will be released soon but the date has not been fixed yet.

The Terminator has a gold colorway with accents in red and white. Gold and red are supposed to be lucky colors for the Chinese people. The toe box is gold with small perforations. The toe box is made of shiny gold leather. The holes are arranged very neatly in rows. The mudguard is red and so is the frame for the shoe lace holes. The red laces look nice against this frame. The tongue is gold colored, with a white label at the tip.

The midsection is beige/gold colored. There is a background print on this section. It looks like big floral prints View More Photos/Info

A young artist with the handle Crunchy Soups showed off these custom Dunks at the forum linked here. The designer is preparing these Velcro paneled Dunks for a recycled art show later in the year. Crunchy Soups shows that an old pair of Dunks, recycled materials and some ingenuity are the best ingredients for custom sneakers.

The designer used recycled materials for each section including plaid, distressed red leather and pink fabric with the word “San Fran” in black lettering. She notes in her post that these shoes will have Velcro panels to help the wearer add colorful cloth and other elements with ease.

While the idea of sticking fabric on a Velcro shoe may not sound appealing, Crunchy Soup is exposing the limitations of sneaker design. She admits that her custom Dunks are incomplete but they already show a new frontier for View More Photos/Info