As part of their 2011/2012 Winter collection, Gucci unveils their new cuir (French for boiled leather) suede & shearling high top sneaker complete with their signature green/red/green stripes. Available at gucci.com for $650. – ICE
Christian Dior’s new Dior Homme ‘Tailleur’ (tailor in French) men sneakers in linen, horse hair toile upper and white calfskin are thee must haves in footwear this season and probably this year. Available soon at diorhomme.com and luxury fashion retailers. – ICE
Me personally I prefer red bottoms on my red bone rather than my sneakers (over a lot of ya water heads I know) but for the male Loubou lovers here are the new Louis ‘Python Crystal’ made in actual python and retailing for $1495 over at christianlouboutin.com. - ICE
As much hoopla is made about him, don’t think I’ve ever seen something from Marc Jacobs I cared for until these. For his Fall/Winter 2011 line the fashion designer by way of NY, NY unveils his new Snake Printed Calfskin Sneakers for men. Made up of 100% calfskin leather and feature snake scale detail, suede trim, rubber logo patch on the side, and a translucent rubber sole and are available in high-top retailing for $588 and low-top at about $544. - ICE\
After a lifetime of laughin at em, these bout the fifth or sixth dope pair of velcro strapped sneakers I’ve seen in the past few years. Anyway, you can find the Hugo Boss ”Peppermill HB” which retail for $180 over at Bluefly. – ICE
Finally Loubou puts out something for the fellas that’s not studded as in his new brown leather trim and plaid cotton Rantus Orlato sneaker from the Christian Louboutin 2011 Fall/Winter collection. – ICE
After thinking I would never wear AF1’s again especially high tops, the new Nike Sportswear Air Force 1 Hyperfuse may have me reconsider well the white, grey & black ones at least. - ICE
Just when I though I was out, they pulled me back in. This reformed Jordan sneaker addict will be coming out of retirement such as the new Air Jordan 1 ‘Banned’ sneaker from Nike has been unveiled. The shoe plays on MJ’s banned red & black Jordan 1’s complete with a “X” on the heel & insole, “Imagin If…” on the inner tongue & box and a commemorative of it’s September 5, 1985 inception and October 17, 1985 NBA banishment. Available at Nike for now only. – ICE
This weekend Nike dropped a fusion of their 360 Air Max and Nike Air Griffey Max 1 dubbed the Nike Air Max Jr. If this were ‘98, I might could give these a look. Available at Proper. - ICE