Common Projects sneakers.
The downtown men's store, beloved for its stock of Common Projects sneakers and Our Legacy knits, is selling the Araks Lily Teddy ($220) as part of its Girlfriend Project.
This is me a couple of years ago, standing in Times Square wearing my one-of-a-kind Patrik Ervell jacket with Common Projects sneakers, APC Jeans, and a Rag and Bone buttondown.
Yes, you read that right: Gimini's project Sneakered is an effort to preserve and promote Italian designs by transposing vintage product packaging onto contemporary shoes.
He then got up from his desk and took me through his entire new collection in his studio, showing off his new plum-colored Common Project collaboration sneakers, mixed-leather jackets, dress shirts with bleed prints, and dotted and stripped blazers.
It was introduced in October to coincide with the Gucci Icon-Temporary project, a sneaker line created in collaboration with the musician Mark Ronson and sold exclusively through a pop-up store that started in New York, moved to Miami, is planned for London in April and Tokyo later in the spring.
But with its new project, Converse — whose sneakers have been worn by generations of bands, from the Ramones to the Strokes — wants to become a patron of the rock arts.
So far we've seen the Gtar at TechCrunch Disrupt take off like a rocket, and that's not even to mention the the Pebble watch, and less well known projects such as recyclable sneakers or even albums from new bands.
Available in mid-February, the Norse Projects for Pro-Keds sneaker comes in three colorways (navy, light gray and yellow), all inspired by elements that are synonymous with Copenhagen's picturesque landscape: the ocean, the beach and the old town.
You'll need old sneakers (this project can also be done with heels, sandals or other types of shoes), an X-Acto or craft knife, and a stable surface to cut on, such as a table -- preferably with a cutting mat so you don't damage the surface.
Nevertheless, Ms. Holzer agreed to be the first artist to design a pair of Keds sneakers in a project to benefit the Whitney Museum of American Art.
