Just want to say congratulations to Starks team skater Eli Reed for winning Manny Mania today!!!

Friend of Starks, Mos Def shot the look book for Neighborhood’s 2009 1st Ex. Series “Holidays in the Sun” collection and of course had his favorite Tennis Classic laces in his mismatched Chucks, (that only he could pull off.)

Neighborhood did a great job with the clothing as always! What an amazing shot on the beach… Wanted to say thanks and Hello to Eugene over at Hypebeast, see the link Here.

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Starks

Head over to Nicekicks.com and Dailydrop.com for a chance to get some free Starks products. Good luck…

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Here is such a simple but progressive idea. Check the link…

Boxed Water

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While we were away, Starks worked on a project with Nike’s Jesse Levya and DJ Clark Kent. The three way collaboration was for the 2009 All Star Game in February. We did the: laces, Dubraes (lace locks), and the insoles for both shoes.

Here is a question out of an interview we did on the sneaker…

“When you were tasked to create something to commemorate the all star games, what were the details/elements you were most eager to incorporate?”

Starks: “We were eager to incorporate the East vs West element of the All Star game into the sneakers branding. Being able to give the classic Nike logo a face lift and replacing the “Air” in the logo, with East and West in Old English typeface, we were thrilled about. Using East on the right foot’s insole and dubrae and West on the left’s foot insole and dubrae is symbolic for the right coast, (which is the east) and the left coast, (which is of course the West.) Some radio Raheem flavor incorporated into the mix… The rawness of the Old English typography mixed with the classic Nike logo, just fit so well as a mashup of worlds. Also a nod to Easy-E’s Compton hat (RIP,) Old English has always been associated with the west and tat culture. It just worked so well for us.”

This was just our kick off for 2009, expect more exciting projects on the way. Here is a link to the Nike Sportswear Page where you can read all about the two different Air Force Ones that we worked on, for a Tier 0 and Quickstrike release a month ago.

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Starks