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New Era was born in 1920, DC shoes was born in 1994. From the history of both comes 20|94.

The summer 2006 edition introduces the first installment of the 20|94 collection launching in New York, London and Tokyo.

With only 114 sets in production for 3 regions of the world, every pair is handmade. Taking cues from baseball, the 20|94 design reflects New Era's strength in the baseball world by including blue pinstripes, hand stiching with red thread, a green sole, and all American colors.

There will be 9 more installments in the series: fall, holiday, winter, spring, and summer from now until 2008.

2094

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You may remember back in June I mentioned purchasing the Fila x Core77 Blu Föm shoe? Well... after many many many delays the shoes has finally shipped! Limited to 300 pairs and marking Core77's 11th year these are the only shoes I've purchased strictly as a collector.

Core77 has posted some pictures from the production and fulfillment facilities. Head over to the site and check 'em out...

BluFom Production and Fulfillment Pictures

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Australian shop Provider Trainers has the new shoe collaboration with Japanese shop Atmos and the Nike Free Trail 5.0. Some absolutely ridiculous colors here and 3M reflective uppers to boot! $180 AUS

Check the shot for a closeup shot of the tongue and the 3M doing its reflective thing.

Atmos x Nike Free Trail 5.0 @ Provider Trainers

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First reported back in March, I've been eagerly awaiting these shoes ever since. I finally managed to get my hands on them last weekend at Turf and wore 'em out for the first time yesterday.

As with every New Balance 574 the fit and comfort is right out of the box and with their Limited Edition series the style and detail is unriveled. This one featuring a nice black/grey colorway with a sort of rough felt fabric and puffy N for New Balance.

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Puma has relaunched their Mongolian BBQ shoe customiser and chosen the RS 100 as their sole offering. There are a wide variety of enticing colors and fabrics to choose from but unfortunately the process suffers from virtual reality overload.

Puma has tried so hard to visualize your "Mongolian Barbeque" choose-your-own-adventure that in short order the experience becomes tiring and laborious. The complete selection of fabrics and colors is not available to view at once and the shoe is broken down into components - the only way to see what component you're customizing is to activate a seperate overlay outlining all the components then click back. The only way to see the color or fabric you've chosen applied to the shoe is to click "preview". Clicking preview launches a smaller overlay showing the fabric applied. First you have to choose a component, then you have to choose a fabric, then you have to apply the fabric to the component and you cant change components during the process.

The experience would be a lot more succesful if you could see all the colors and choices at once - or if they were organized into something more practical than "bowls". It would help if you could see the shoe as a whole rather than a flat diagram of parts. The concept is cute but the actual application is frustrating and tedious.

Too bad, given some patience a person could really create a slick shoe with this tool.

Puma Mongolian Shoe BBQ

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Oh yes! I remember back in 9th grade I bought a pair of Reebok Pump's and it was just about the biggest thing EVER. Pumps!! Heh, I don't remember them being especially comfortable but the technology was something to behold for the time and this updated version has a nice easter colorway and a decent pricepoint at $130.

Reebok Classics Court Victory Pump TF

Also, be sure to peep the limited edition Miami Vice version available from Karmaloop for $140!The Court Victory Pump Miami Vice Shoe

Furthermore, the Reebok Court Victory Pump has been customized by ALIFE and called "The Ball Out" - fabricated entirely out of tennis ball felt and limited to 48 pairs.Alife x Reebok = The Ball Out Reebok Court Victory Pump

Not to be outdone, Zappos returns with the "Cloud Grey/Charcoal/White/Radiant Orange" colorway!Reebok Classics Court Victory Pump Cloud Grey/Charcoal

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Originally formed in 1981, the Floor Lords played an important role in the evolution of hip hop culture for two decades. Helping first define and then expand the art of breaking.

These classic Saucony Originals feature design help from Lino of the Floorlords and Bboy Ivan the Urban Action Figure.

Meanwhile, these Saucony Floor Lords bear a striking resemblance to the limited edition New Balance MT580's. Pretty smooth looking either way...

$70 from Zappos. Free shipping and 365 return policy.

Saucony Originals Courageous Floor Lords

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