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HUF Holiday 2014 Footwear

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HUF give a premium rework to a selection of their key styles as they present their latest footwear offering for Holiday 2014.

Since it began just four years ago, HUF’s footwear department has gained some serious momentum and the calibre of product they are pushing out is contending with some of the best footwear brands out their. When it comes to skate-ability and functionality, the easy to wear, street ready silhouettes tick all the boxes.

Two of the most notable releases of this year – the Dylan and the Hufnagel 2 receive premium leather updates in their latest release. The Dylan arrives in an all black colour way on top of a gum sole, as well as a navy on top of a bone white sole, while the Hufnagel gets a clean all white look and also comes in black with contrasting white sole.

The newly introduced staple silhouettes in the Classic Lo, which is now offered in Faded Steel and the Classic Hi, which is available in a rich brown and black and light grey mix leather, both feature. The collection is rounded off with colour updates to the Pepper and Ramondetta Pro, and the Sutter is reworked with oil black leather and a vegan friendly black dot designs.

The HUF Holiday 2014 footwear collection will be available in the UK soon so be sure to check back for links! For more information visit store.hufworldwide.com

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size? x Reebok ‘Black Winter’ Pack

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Following a string of notable collaborative releases, master collaborators – size? link up with Reebok once again to give their renditions of the GL 6000 and Workout Plus in their ‘Black Winter’ Pack.

As the name suggests, the two silhouettes are reworked using an all black colour treatment and constructed out of winter ready materials. The Workout WW arrives with a heavy duty black waxed leather upper for durability against the harsh conditions, whilst the GL 6000 features a robust black ballistic mesh and suede mix sitting on top of a contrasting white midsole. Both shapes make use of the popular 3M reflective material on the details and branding, whilst each shape comes complete with additional teal coloured lace options for customisation.

The pack delivers two sleek silhouettes with high levels of functionality. Two shapes that are ready to deal with anything that the winter months has to throw at them, whilst still maintaining their street ready style.

Limited to only 500 pairs, the size? x Reebok ‘Black Winter’ Pack will be available exclusively at size? from 8:00am on the 17th of October (Friday).

 

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Etonic Trans AM Suede

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With a rich history that spans over a hundred years, including a major rebrand back in 1976, Etonic surface once again and they do so with a bang as they present the Trans AM suede editions.

Delving into their archives, Etonic pull the original performance runner straight from the 80’s with its original performance features of cushioning, anti-roll and stability still intact. Having been relaunched in the 90’s the shoe gained more of a lifestyle status as its athletic design proved popular with the sneaker community. Back to 2014 and the shoe’s original mesh and synthetic’s combination on the upper has been reworked into a premium tonal suede. The shoes dual-density coloured midsole and white embroidered branding at the heel and side panels is reminiscent of the time of the shoe’s first release.

The relaunch of Akeem the Dream silhouette back in July caused huge excitement within the sneaker community and this low profile silhouette is sure to make some noise of its own, arriving in a selection of rich colour ways including black, navy, forest green and wolf grey, amongst others.

The Etonic Trans AM suede is available now at Crooked Tongues and Size?

 

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PUMA Winter 2014 – States ‘Gum’ Pack

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Following the silhouette’s long-anticipated re-introduction at the beginning of the year, the low-profile PUMA States receives its latest rework for Winter 2014, in the ‘Gum’ Pack.

PUMA’s resurgence of late has been fronted by it’s innovative Trinomic technoogy, but the States (or ‘Clyde’ or ‘Suede’ as its also known) is one of the brands most notable re-issues of the year. A timeless classic, the shoes rich history in New York subcultures including hip-hop and the cities unique skate scene, earned it it’s name ‘States’ once the culture had been embraced over in the UK.

The latest iteration of the States sees the shoe’s premium suede upper given three winterised colour treatments – black, red and olive, sitting on top of a gum outsole. Additional features include a plush rich leather interior lining, as well as thin tonal lace and fat tonal lace options for customisation. The Olive colour option is our pick of the pack, in one of the nicest uses of the colour we’ve seen, complimented by the gum sole, you find an easy to wear, staple shoe.

The PUMA States ‘Gum’ Pack is available now at size?

 

 

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5Pointz X Tom Clapp – Asics Autumn/Winter 2014

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Bristol’s 5Pointz link up with talented artist Tom Clapp to present these unique digitally illustrated designs to showcase the stores new arrivals from Asics and Onitsuka Tiger this Autumn/Winter.

Tom’s style brings the futuristic, technical features of the the new releases to life, highlighting key features such as the 3M detailing in the ‘Glow in the Dark’ pack and the cushioned Onitsuka Tiger Shaw Runner. The digital lookbook also takes a closer look at the Gel Lyte III Outdoor pack, the waterproof Gore-Tex Gel Lyte V and updates to the Kayano and Gel Lyte III that fall under the ‘Glow In The Dark’ pack.

Check out the lookbook below, which also gives you a bit more information on the construction of each silhouette and it’s release date at the store. You can shop the new Onituska Tiger and Asics range over at www.5pointz.co.uk now.

 

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PUMA 2014 Autmn/Winter Trinomic R698

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At the forefront of the retro running revival, PUMA’s Trinomic range continues to expand as they strip back the popular R698 silhouette to present two subtle colour ways for Autumn/Winter 2014.

Born out of PUMA’s 90’s runner revolution and packed full of all the innovative technology that PUMA has to offer, the R698 takes the hexagonal Trinomic cells and fuses them together with a chunky EVA outsole, to take comfort, cushioning. and stability to new level’s. The shoe combines leather and nubuck on the upper with mesh overlays, a tonal neoprene tongue and ankle trim. Arriving in grey and black colour options, the R698 sits on top of a white midsole and black outsole, with minimal branding on the heel and tongue tab.

The PUMA Autumn/Winter Trinomic R698 is available now at Size?

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Sneakerbox 2 – Event Recap

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Following the success of the first ever Sneakerbox back in May, Bristol’s sneaker community were back in full force for Sneakerbox 2 on Saturday night (27th of September).

Back by popular demand, the event saw stalls from collectors, customisers and stores alike spread over two floors at Bristol’s Big Chill bar. You can check out photos from the day, as well as images of some of the kicks that were on display. If you haven’t done so already, head over to Sneakerbox’s Facebook page for all the latest news and info.

(Photos: 5Pointz)