Visit https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video I show the process of the cobbler beginning the repair of my custom shoes from COMUNITYmade. Noah sent me pictures of the process last week prior to the shutdown of stores in California to maintain social distancing as the unknowns around COVID-19 are too great. I did my best to…
Visit https://www.comunitymade.com/ The process of creating a custom Traction from COMUNITYmade has been a fantastic process. This week my shoe was supposed to ship, but Noah hit me up to tell me that the toebox counter was created incorrectly and didn’t capture the shape of the Traction. He sent me pictures of the shoe…
picture of my COMUNITYmade custom Traction in hemp and suede with gold-foil Handcrafted in DTLA stamp As custom work is a big part of what COMUNITYmade does, my design on the Traction is in the queue. Usually you wouldn’t expect to hear anything from the brand at this point especially since they have been gracious…
Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video Noah shows me my uppers of my pair of COMUNITYmade Traction custom sneakers. He explains the lasting process and shows you COMUNITYmade’s custom lasts. This is a great video for those who are interested in the process of what happens with a…
Custom Shoe Consultation can be found on COMUNITYmade’s website: https://www.comunitymade.com/ In this video Noah introduces me to Richard who is the cobbler/fabricator of my pair of COMUNITYmade Traction custom sneakers. We get a look at the process of taking the fabric and preparing for the last before the shoe is adhered to the outsole. This…
Custom Shoe Consultation: https://www.comunitymade.com/products… The steps in creating a custom, handmade shoe aren’t as difficult as they seem and the process allows for me to share as much information as possible. While the sneaker community thrives on the opportunity to establish how many pair of shoes we have in the collection and the best pairs…
Source: https://www.comunitymade.com/ Part 2: https://arch-usa.com/building-a-custom-shoe-with-comunitymade-cost-breakdown-and-material-selection-part-2/ The buzzword for the entire sneaker industry is “sustainability”. Every brand has made it a point to highlight what they are doing to become carbon neutral. Saucony ran an ad during the Super Bowl. adidas has heavily invested in Parlay for the Oceans to utilize recycled plastic. Nike and Under…
Sports brand PUMA believes it’s never too soon to begin thinking sustainably — that’s the idea behind the new kids’ collection TIME4CHANGE. Source: Starting out green: PUMA debuts eco-friendly youth line TIME4CHANGE A few days ago I posted a video on YouTube of a plant based sneaker from Nike. I thought that was one of…
Casbia is a brand that is slowly leaning towards luxury and could find itself challenging the likes of Off-White as opposed to vying for a space in the casual and performance footwear market. The latest entry is a troop inspired boot that looks ready to wear on a catwalk and bold enough for those seeking…
From our Cotton + Corn collection. We took our tried-and-true sneaker silhouette and made a shoe with things that grow. A 100% cotton upper and a biobased sole derived from corn delivers comfort and durability. Altogether the NPC UK Cotton + Corn is the first ever 75% USDA certified bio-based shoe so you can feel…
World champion surfer Kelly Slater saw a problem and set out to solve it via a more sustainable, eco-friendly and ethical apparel company. The digitally native brand Outerknown was born. Outerknown produces water repellent jackets woven from recycled fishing nets and pants, shirts and denim from smarter sourcing. While it’s difficult to show clothing benefits…
The footwear in this video was sent to me by Merrell. You can find the shoe on their site: https://www.merrell.com/US/en/gridway-mid-canvas/41378M.html?icid=search_suggested_products I’m currently teaching a course at the University of Texas at Austin. The course is named Problems in Retail. The students are all interning at various businesses in the apparel industry. I’ve assigned a…
Source: ASICS Global – The Official Corporate Website for ASICS and Its Affiliates A few days ago FootLocker announced the launch of a (Greenhouse) an app that is described as an incubator for artists and designers. The description immediately gave me a reason to celebrate because in the sneaker industry there are a host of…
I usually make TSR about a company that I just discovered like Bloom Foam. The goal of the series is to introduce people like me, who don’t often speak about sustainability or eco-friendly products to consider buying smarter and better products. This episode is about an established brand in VF Corp’s “The North Face”….
Source: GEL-MAI KNIT MT The rebel status of Vivienne Westwood lies as one of the cornerstones of UK Fashion. Since her collaboration with the Sex Pistols’ Malcolm McLaren she has established herself as a voice for those fighting to make waves as opposed to simply riding them. She recently connected with ASICS to create a…
LIVING INK IS A BIOSCIENCE RESEJmksportStore AND PRODUCT COMPANY DEVELOPING THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE COLOR PIGMENTS GROWN FROM ALGAE. Source: LivingInkTech I can approach this post from several directions. The first would be my love for t-shirts. The second would be my general frustration with the design of sneaker boxes. The third would…
This week I wanted to take the time to discuss the little bit that I’m doing to become more active in buying sustainable fashion. I decided to start cleaning out my closet and replacing the apparel I have with more eco-friendly brands. I bought two items from Outerknown: Sur Sweatpants and the Evolution Shirt…
https://algix.com https://bloomfoam.com In the final video in our tour of the algae harvesting company Algix and Bloom Foam, Patrick and Ryan complete our tour of the Wet Lab. This has been one of the most enlightening trips I’ve done. I hope that both sneakerheads and ‘everyday’ consumers become more aware of the options in footwear…
https://algix.com https://bloomfoam.com In the final two episodes in the Algix & Bloom Foam visit, CTO/Co-Founder Ryan W. Hunt takes the time to show us around the Wet Lab which is operated by Patrick Carter. I take the time at the end of the video to talk to sneakerheads and sneaker culture about going to…
#cleanwater #bloomfoam https://algix.com https://bloomfoam.com In this episode we get to see more of the machinery on the factory floor before entering one of the two labs where Algix actually creates a smaller version of the Bloom Foam process.
https://algix.com https://bloomfoam.com In Part 5 CTO Ryan W. Hunt leads us to the next location on the factory floor; a jet mill that operates with winds up to mach 2. The mill smashes algae particles together to create different particle sizes for different uses of algae.
https://algix.com https://bloomfoam.com Algix & Bloom Foam have 10 of these huge algae harvesting machines. The machines are mobile and can be taken to any body of water and used to filter and create clean water. CTO Ryan W. Hunt takes his time to explain the process the machine uses and shows us some of…
