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ADIDAS TOP TEN 2000 “NIGHTMARE” PE

With Christmas approaching, all sorts of brands are releasing player editions in Christmas colorways. While green and red may be commonplace this time of year, adidas is taking another route with their lesser-known Top Ten 2000 “Nightmare” release. The shoes are themed after Tim Burton’s famous A Nightmare Before Christmas film, and reflects the classic in its design. A purple upper with hints of black makes up most of the shoes, while shades of gray take up the midsole and bottom. With wavy laces and a “12-24-12” printed on the tongue, you can pick up your own pair for $125 now at Eastbay.

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NIKE ZOOM ROOKIE “GALAXY” OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE

With the original release date slated for this coming Saturday, the Nike Zoom Rookie “Galaxy” was one of the most hyped releases for the end of 2012. While it remains so, fiends will still have to wait a couple more weeks to get the shoes, as the drop date has been pushed back to October 19th. The coveted and much-replicated Galaxy pattern covers the heel around to the toe of the shoe, with black nubuck and pods breaking it up.

At $215, the sneakers follow the recent trend of breaking the two bills cap that held sneakers to a more manageable price for the last generation, but there is little doubt that the model will still sell out.

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LEBRON X “CUTTING JADE”

The LeBron X is on its way, and the newest colorway to be detailed is rumored to be a China-exclusive. With Chinese history certainly ingrained in its makeup, the Cutting Jade colorway for the LeBron X is the most unique we have seen yet. The gem shade envelops the upper, while black and red details run across the laces, midsole, and branding. Expect details on the release shortly.

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STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO SNEAKER CUSTOMIZATION BY MACHE CUSTOMS

While most of you probably found this blog through my custom sneaker videos and tutorials, it’s been a while since I have dipped my toes in that water. Now that football season is back around I am painting shoes again (Sundays I wake up early and paint and watch football alllll day), you’ll surely see some new work - and old work I haven’t shown yet - come out of my corner. But while I have been gone a lot has changed about the sneaker world.

One of the biggest things is the introduction of blog coverage, and when that happened a lot of non-customizers got a lot of attention. Luckily, the one guy who got the most attention is Dan Gamache of Mache Customs. He is a beast with a brush and the blogs have been eating his work up. Complex recently asked him to go through the steps to sneaker customization, and while it’s very beginner-level in its complexity (no pun intended), it’s a great start for anyone wanting to try their hand at this complicated art form. Check it out here.

SN’EADS CREATOR TALKS TO NICEKICKS ABOUT STREET FASHION AND COMICS

Comic illustrator and sneaker culture commentator Ree of popular webseries SN’EADS (pronounced as an amalgam of “sneaker” and “heads”) recently sat down with NiceKicks to conversate about the origins of his series and his thoughts on the current sneaker market. The artist has been caught up in his work for major brands like FOX and Rob Dyrdek of late, but promises new entries into the series once a major event happens within the sneaker event on which he feels he can accurately comment with his trademark wit and signature style.

I was looking for a creative outlet; something I could do outside of work and outside of animation. I wanted to do something that included all my passions and all the things I am attracted to – hip-hop, basketball, thick women, and kicks [Laughs]. I got two of the four in the cartoon series with an occasional basketball reference and maybe a thick chick or two in a piece of art.

Catch the full interview here.