Saturday, September 11, 2004
Cartwright's guide to scalping sneakers
Some people say reselling sneakers on eBay deprives "true fans" of sneakers at retail prices. I say that the (sneaker deprived yet wealthy) people of South East Asia and the Mid-West need rare kicks just as much as those of us in the metropoli of NY/LON/TOK. There are rich pickings to be had this month in London, so I present three Lock's 'O' The Week.
1. Pharrell and Nigo bring us the Ice Cream, arriving at Harvey Nicks, Microzine and The Busy Ape Work Shop this month. So ugly, so hotly anticipated, so unavailable to the slavering masses. So demands grossly inflated eBay prices.
2. Lavelle x Futura x Nike SB...The Dunkle. My hook-up in Singapore has been begging me for a pair for months. They hit Slam City and Cide on the 19th. Of 400 pairs approximately 0 will be on sale east of Berlin, so every £65 pair will sell for $300.
3. The Hiroshi Fujiwara designed Orca Dunk High never hit stores in the UK. The whole Hiroshi connection makes these a very sweet collectible. His shoes usually appear under the hTM tag, which now attracts sneaker fanaticism. (As a little tidbit for JP culture fans: Nigo means "Number 2" in Japanese, because Nigo used to be Hiroshi's assistant.) Somehow the nice people at Slammin Kicks sold me the last pair in the whole world. Unfortunately I already wore mine. But at least in theory they would be a good investement.
Bad Fortune Cookie say: "You will have difficulty finding creative outlets for you minor talents". How true.
Save Nasa's Solar Capsule flash x game 'n' watch emulation x airwolf music x topical = best.
$1700 bounty (and rising) to ask George: "How many times have you been arrested Mr President?".
The "Name that Old School Video Game Sound" Game.
If you like giant manga robots styled on AT-ST walkers, photoshopped into Japanese street scenes you'll love Izmojuki.
Dance Brent Dance.
Two separate stories of horrific beekeeping/blowtorch accidents, and an upcoming motion detection based beekeeping sim.
It is Sept 11th, so it's probably extra tasteless to link to the The Suicide Bomber Sim, oops, perhaps you should enjoy this Test Cricket (with extra badgers) Sim instead.
Some people say reselling sneakers on eBay deprives "true fans" of sneakers at retail prices. I say that the (sneaker deprived yet wealthy) people of South East Asia and the Mid-West need rare kicks just as much as those of us in the metropoli of NY/LON/TOK. There are rich pickings to be had this month in London, so I present three Lock's 'O' The Week.
1. Pharrell and Nigo bring us the Ice Cream, arriving at Harvey Nicks, Microzine and The Busy Ape Work Shop this month. So ugly, so hotly anticipated, so unavailable to the slavering masses. So demands grossly inflated eBay prices.
2. Lavelle x Futura x Nike SB...The Dunkle. My hook-up in Singapore has been begging me for a pair for months. They hit Slam City and Cide on the 19th. Of 400 pairs approximately 0 will be on sale east of Berlin, so every £65 pair will sell for $300.
3. The Hiroshi Fujiwara designed Orca Dunk High never hit stores in the UK. The whole Hiroshi connection makes these a very sweet collectible. His shoes usually appear under the hTM tag, which now attracts sneaker fanaticism. (As a little tidbit for JP culture fans: Nigo means "Number 2" in Japanese, because Nigo used to be Hiroshi's assistant.) Somehow the nice people at Slammin Kicks sold me the last pair in the whole world. Unfortunately I already wore mine. But at least in theory they would be a good investement.
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