CHILDREN’s newest vendor is Fifty50 Grind.  A dope streetwear boutique in the LA suburb of Eagle Rock.

Fifty50 carries brands like Jeepney, Free Gold Watch, Ames Bros., and 7th Letter.  They also carry skate decks from Rhyders and they have a surprisingly stacked selection of shoes with New balance, Nike, Adidas and more. 

Check the pics below and definitely make a point to stop by this unique spot.  Say wassup to the owner Robert and his wife.

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Boy oh boy.  If I wanted shoes that looked like Jordans, I’d buy Jordans.

Check these Jordan XII and Jordan XIII bites from some company I don’t remember the name of.

Sad, really.  The XIIs on the right look like they were painted with nail polish. 

Image: freshnessmag

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Merry Christmas everyone. 

The season of giving and receiving has wound down and with just 1 hour and 41 minutes left until December 26th, my wallet is empty and my stomach is full.  It’s back to the grind tomorrow and my little 4 day slice of heaven is coming to a close.  I shopped, saw The Golden Compass at The Grove, ate espresso-chocolate-chips pancakes from The Griddle, hung with the fam and got not-enough sleep.  It was good times.

Next weekend will double as a UFC fight night and a second mini-Christmas party for the homies who didn’t get their gifts today.  And I’ll for sure have something written about George St. Pierre’s slaughter of Matt Hughes and Wanderlei’s utter annihilation of Chuck Liddell at UFC 79… but that’s another blog. 

Statistically speaking, it was a good holiday season for the retail industry.  People were shopping and thank God I got some of what was bought.  If you read my blog you probably know I like my streetwear clean and simple and that I like FUCT, Upper Playground and New Balance (amongst many other things, of course).  Looks like wifey was reading my blog because she got me all three.

I got this shirt from Upper Playground:

This one from FUCT:

And the pimpy velcro New Balances from Undefeated which I KNOW I saw on Freshnessmag or Highsnobiety, but for some reason I can’t find the image now.

I got my wife the Made Me tights from Karmaloop:

and also some things I picked up a the Insight sample sale here in LA.

What’d you get?

Merry Christmas everyone.  Back to the grind.

Holla!

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UBIQ is one of my favorite shoe makers outside of the top 2. I’m almost positive it’s the same Philadelphia based streetwear boutique UBIQ, that makes these shoes, but I’m not sure as it seems a lot of their stuff is available exclusively from Japan. Their designs are clean and balanced. Some smaller-brand shoe makers, especially ones that see to appeal to Japanese buyers, design kicks to look just plain weird; too tall, too flat; narrow heels with wide toes, etc.

Not UBIQ, though. As seen on Highsnobiety, they’ve just released a special Xmas edition of their popular Grace model.

These shoes are super tight. Their design appears to be based on Nike’s Blazer. These would look proper with shorts or jeans. Even though they are the “Xmas” edition, they’re not overly Christmas-y and imo could definitely be rocked straight through to NEXT winter.

Buy them here: ZoZo.

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Niiiiiiiice. I loved me some Bo Jackson’s when I was younger. I copped a pair of the Trainers when they were re-released about 5 years ago and wore those shoes to death.

With so many fugly colorways going on with shoes these days, it’s nice to see Supreme come out with something clean and nice (with a jacket to match! aawww) with these low-top version of the trainers. According to Highsnobiety they’ll be available only in Supreme stores, in 3 colors on November 8th.

The webbing and the colors are reminiscent of the Jordan IVs, the most beautiful sneaker eva. I give them a B+. Nice kicks.

The jacket is cool, too. I’ve always wanted to rock a letterman-style jacket like that, but I could never pull them off. I think I’m too small for them. I’d look like I was wearing my big brother’s clothes.

Btw… will this ever slow down, the whole sneaker thing? Freshnessmag.com and Highsnobiety have new colorway drops announced DAILY! I mean every DAY it seems Nike and others are dropping new shoes. That’s ridiculous!

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New Balance have been a cool, clean alternative to Nikes for a while now. It’s mostly the 574 model that you see around. They have a real sort of even, clean (I use that word a lot, “clean.” Don’t I ?) look to them. With some jeans I have to wear hi-tops, but the 574s have just enough bulk in a low top to hold my pants right yet still look proper with shorts or skinny jeans. The other New Balance models don’t seem to have the same aesthetic value as the 574s. The just didn’t seem as… well… balanced. Until now.

New balance teamed up with sneakersnstuff.com, a European online shoe store, to make these super dope 577s.

These color ways are solid if I do say so myself. Especially the green ones. The offsetting of the earth tones with the hot pink is especially nice. And the gray on gray is just (ahem) yeah, you know… clean.

There’s something about these color combos that make the actual design of the show look better in my opinion. I’ve always thought they were a little too long and narrow compared to the 574s, but these shoes are hot. And besides that, New Balance makes a top quality, very comfortable shoe.

Sneakersnstuff.com has a real nice selection of all the other major shoe brands, but I don’t know what shipping would cost as it seems they’re based in EU.

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I’ve been wearing Asics for years, for running that is. Their running shoes are top notch, ask any Sport Chalet employee. But they’ve never made a shoe I thought worthy of rocking beyond my 7 am jog. They had the Onitsuka Tiger line, but those were a little too indie rock and too narrow and flat; pants didn’t fall on them right.

Nike learned long ago to make their high-end athletic shoes look cool enough to wear on the street. Jordans and Air Max 95s have been on the courts, the tracks AND the dance floors for decades now. This obviously translates to more people buying the shoes y ma$ dinero. I mean what if only serious golfers wore the Tiger Woods hat? I don’t think Nike could afford to pay TW their share of the $87 million he makes a year. Companies like Asics however basically only sell their high-quality running shoes to people who actually want to RUN in them.

I think Asics is finally taking a cue from the dominant leader in the footwear industry. Enter the Asics Gel Lyte III.

According to Highsnobiety, Asics teamed up with Patta (a sneaker boutique in Amsterdam) and Alife to create these colorways on their kicks. I’m excited for them, a nice break from the Nike domination of the sneaker scene. I think I’ll be coppin’ me a pair. They seem to have a strange no-tongue design that I don’t think I’m feeling, though. I’ll have to see them in person.

Congratulations Asics! Go sell some shoes, goddamit.

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What can I say except when my 2 favorite Nikes of all time get mashed together? OMG, those are dope.

I love sneakers, but it’s actually pretty rare that I see a pair that I just gotta have. The original Talaria trail shoes in black/yellow and the Air Max 90s are 2 of those shoes I just had to have. This mash up is dope. I’m probably a week late on the jump on these, but they’re hot.

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You gotta have BALLS to wear these:

I mean for real. I don’t personally now anyone that can get away with this. Maybe it’ just cus I’ve never been a Timberland guy, but these boots are way out there. Maybe Kool Keith could do it. Yeah, I think Kool Keith could do it.