As part of Patta’s 5th Anniversary Collection, LA based, Keep came with an earth tone colorway for the Benten shoe. It is made with 100% synthetic suede and comes with a matching tote bag. Releases on July 18th at select stockists: Patta (Amsterdam), Avenue (Antwerp), Back Door Bottega (Bologna), colette (Paris), Donut Shop (Bristol), Hanon (Aberdeen), Pigalle (Paris), and Sneakernstuff (Stockholm).
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Sole Collector celebrates their magazine’s 5th Year Anniversary and with the help of the Nike Sportswear division, they created a 5th Anniversary Sole Collector edition of the Air Penny II. The shoe’s colorway of Black/Anthracite/Volt that ties in with the original SC Forum’s colors. These Air Penny II were made just for the Sole Collector team and won’t be coming to retail. Just wait for a pair to leak onto eBay!
One of my personal Heavy Duty denim companies from Japan is Iron Heart. For their 5th year Anniversary celebration, they are coming with a special IH-634SR jean. Per Kiya of Self Edge, it will actually feature unsanforized 22oz denim and once washed, it bulks up to 24oz, making it the world’s heaviest denim right now. In comparison to the regular 634S, these have more character and will age in a very intense way with lots of contrast and variations. It isn’t pliable like IH’s regular selvedge denim, it’s extremely rigid. It will release in late May with only 500 pairs available at Iron Heart UK and Self Edge.
Nike’s Doernbecher Freestyle Charity Project is now in its fifth year and has raised nearly $2 million for the hospital. This year’s patient designers come from Doernbecher’s cancer, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery and nephrology deparyments. The 2008 Freestyle collection includes five new shoes designed by Doernbecher patients and one by Nike designer Mark Smith to celebrate the program’s fifth anniversary. There will be a highly sought after Air Jordan I, two different Air Force 1s, a women’s Free Mary Jane, and an Air Zoom Vomero+3 running shoe. The Mark Smith’s anniversary shoe the white Air Max that features the Doernbecher logo on the tongue, orange accents, and multicolored sole. Look for all six sneakers at Niketowns nationwide and on-line at nikestore.com on November 14th. via Sneakernews
