So last night was the launch of Sole What?, my first ever sneaker event and all I can say is, I want MORE. It was so overwhelming to see pretty much everyone who's anyone in the scene and of course, the schmexy shoes - specifically sneak peeks of the 2008 releases of all the brands featured in the flier above. As for the people, you've got reps from streeThing, art directors, shoe customisers/designers, avid (and when I say avid, I mean AVID) sneaker collectors...basically, if you show up in your typical general release kicks you'll pretty much be treated as a joke.
My jaw was pretty much dropped the whole night, my eyes were fixated on everyone's feet, my ears were listening intently to every single word Joe and Naz were telling me about the scene people and their shoes, and in my mind I was going through a state of paranoia and slight insecurity 'cause of everyone style-checking each other. I've only just started to really delve deep into this culture so It's ok that I don't really have much to show off. I've only been here for two semesters so it's been a slow but steady start to a very unhealthy obsession. Haha. Naz, Fafa and I decided to come to some kind of agreement to make sure things don't get out of hand. Per semester, we're only allowed to buy one pair of shoes, a maximum of 3 shirts and 1 pair of jeans/trousers: quality over quantity.
Speaking of goodies, I got myself the
Sole What? X Sole Obsession launch tee and the 10th issue of Sneaker Freaker. XD
[Note: the agreement doesn't apply 'til next semester. Hehe.]
Feat Blogger: Naz
Yeah check it, featured blogger here, Naz to drop a little knowledge on Mei's blog. So, Sole What? The grand opening of perhaps one of the biggest sneaker stores in Malaysia at The Gardens, Mid-Valley City. The owner, Edwin a.k.a Mini is also the manager (or something) of the Nike Culture stores in Malaysia according to Joe. He's a tall Chinese man that I mistook for Hiroshi Fujiwara. LOL. Seriously, I did. He was dressed sharply in a red Kangol hat, a white long sleeve shirt and Futura denims. Special invited guest, DJ Hans DC from Sneaker Freaker, The streeThing crew, Altimet and all the sneaker heads came to make the opening more grand than it probably should be. My eyes should've probably literally dropped and rolled all over the floor cause I was staring at everybody's shoes most of the time. A few of the sneaks that stood out to me were the Dunk SB Supremes, the Unkle Dunks, the SBTG Dunks and the Deftones Dunks. The grand opening was basically a sneak preview of the heat that's about to drop in 2008 from Nike, New Balance, Onisuka Tiger and Adidas. Weirdly enough they passed out condoms as 'freebies'. I don't think I got enough. LOL. Kidding. All in all it was amazing because it's my first time at a sneaker event and everybody was pretty cool. There are so many people that I'd just love to mention that was there but like I said, SO MANY so I doubt I could even express just how many people there were major players in the game so I'm just gonna leave it at that. Peace.
I'm not really sure what to think of this Puma collab with Sergio Rossi. It's not like this is the first time a classic shoe has been translated into something apparently more women-friendly. Remember the stiletto Timberlands and Chuck Taylors from a few years back? Or if you're really old school, the trademark Baby Spice trainers?
