Peep Show: and the Answer is…

the Studded High Top in White and Silver by Gasoline Glamour, a Karmaloop exclusive! This round of the Peep Show was a tricky one, but many of you guessed correctly. Our winner is Brittany King — can’t wait to see how she rocks these studded kicks!

We are super excited to introduce this new brand featuring souped up Chucks, customized by designer Shannon who does all the work by hand. While we are carrying some of her more versatile footwear, she offers many one of a kind items that really fit into this era of over the top shoes. Check out her site and you will be amazed.

Spot the QR Codes with Soleheaven & the Trainer Angel

Spot the QR Codes with Soleheaven & the Trainer Angel

Soleheaven QR codes are popping up in the UK, find and scan them to get exclusive images… Dale tells us more…

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

“They appear to be the work of a sneaker obsessed character known only as the ‘Trainer Angel’.

City skate parks and popular bars on the arts and music scene appear to have been visited
overnight by the Trainer Angel. The installations are numbered and each location has a shoe
positioned in impossible high up locations as a physical signature. The sneakers that have so far
been spotted range from Nike Air Max, Supra, Asics and ltd edition Vans.

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

Close to each location is a giant sized paste up that wouldn’t look out of place on the streets
of Paris or Barcelona. The design is a bold industrial graphic design with strong lines, featuring
between the wings of the body a giant digital QR code.

Scan the QR code with your mobile phone and you’re taken through to the home of the Trainer
Angel where you can view exclusive images and connect with the Trainer Angel directly using
social media.

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

Newcastle upon Tyne continues to establish itself as a creative and leading cultural city with a hive
of creative commerce and business bringing a different kind of spotlight on the famous Geordie
shores.

Dale Parr, of Soleheaven says: “We worked last year on an exhibition with 20 artists including Dan
Baldwin, INSA and Mr Jago in an exhibition in Shoreditch. Called Kicks N Canvas. I wanted to do
something this year that was a little closer to home and directly related to the business.”

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

soleheaven trainer angel - uk street art

 

So sneaker-heads, keep your eyes peeled…

Check out Soleheaven in Newcastle for sick trainers, and keep an eye on the Trainer Angel Twitter for the latest news on this QR gubbins.

 

 

Related posts:

  1. Jon Burgerman Urban Art in Newcastle, UK 2010
  2. Noodle – Design Museum Poster (Original Exhibition Poster) by Jamie Hewlett – Urban Art For Sale
  3. Jarritos Flavor City Competition Art – The Entrants

Flying Junction: Prohibition Era Atlantic City Prints

Flying Junction: Prohibition Era Atlantic City Prints

Flying Junction founder Ace Harrison loved vintage subway type and bus scrolls. He loved them so much that he created an entire company around accurately reproducing early 1900’s public transportation type pieces for home display. His newest collection for Flying Junction is inspired by the smash hit HBO series Boardwalk Empire. The prints feature the iconic streets and neighborhoods during prohibition-era Atlantic City. The signs come in 12”x18” or 13”x19” size in addition to a few special, larger versions of archival quality that top out at 24”x36”. Look for them now here.

Read more at Hypebeast.com

New Enstrumental tees available now!

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Just in a healthy supply of all NEW tees from our friends at Enstrumental. Each shirt has a message, make sure you hit the more to see them all. My personal fav is below, will need these in both colors!
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THE REVENGE OF EMMETT TILL
Another Enstrumental + Hebru Brantley collaboration!!
Revenge is like the sweetest joy …
Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman.
Several nights later, the woman’s husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam, arrived at Till’s great-uncle’s house where they took Till, transported him to a barn, beat him and gouged out one of his eyes, before shooting him through the head and disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River weighting it with a 70-pound (32 kg) cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. His body was discovered and retrieved from the river three days later.
Till was returned to Chicago and his mother insisted on a public funeral service with an open casket to show the world the brutality of the killing.
Bryant and Milam were acquitted of Till’s kidnapping and murder. Protected by double jeopardy, Bryant and Milam struck a deal with Look magazine in 1956 to tell their story to for between $3,600 and $4,000. Neither of them thought of themselves as guilty or that they had done anything wrong.
While there never will be justice for Emmett, Enstrumental will always dream for Revenge!!
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GET OFF THE BANDWAGON
Don’t wait for someone or group of persons to like/approve of something before you can like/approve it. That makes you a follower. If it’s dope, it’s dope. You don’t need a cosign. If you like and/or approve of a product/person/situation, another person’s confirmation is not a prerequisite to your authorization. Seriously, do you really need a celebrity” or other figure of “importance” to provide their stamp of favor before you decide its “cool??”
Yeah, yeah, I know, you’re saying to yourself, “I walk to the beat of my own drum … Stop the madness … just Jump off.
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MUSIC AFFECTS THE YOUTH
Sure, there are many things that can affect the mental and/or physical disposition of a person. Throughout history, music has been used to express a range of emotions, as well as to influence, educate, and inspire, etc … While most might deny or minimize the impact of music on one’s character, the evidence speaks for itself. Music inspires revolutions, makes you think you’re someone you’re not, makes you want to have sex, to try that drug, to sell that drug, to dance, to laugh, to cry, to fight, to love, to hate, to find religion, to question religion, to lie, to steal, to cheat, to win, to respect, to disrespect … Need I proceed.
So does music get all blame? No. Some of the blame? Yes. Today, the plethora and unfortunate abundance of lame, nugatory, unproductive, tomfoolery, “minstrel show,” musical expression has dominated and “dumbed down” the masses … in particular, the most impressionable citizens of society, the youth.
When it rains, it pours. Things are getting out of control.
Stakes are high, let’s get a hold.
“Shorties get the game with no instructions to assembling …” – Common – “The Food”
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SCENARIO
In 1992, A Tribe Called Quest along with the Leaders of the New School released arguably what was one of hip hop’s greatest posse cuts. While most remember the song from an energetic verse from Busta Rhymes (this song might have been his breakout moment), Q-Tip’s line in this song also penetrated the subconscious…
“So Don’t Violate Or You Get Violated”
While most embrace (better yet, front like we do) Peace, Enstrumental fully believes in the principle of retributive justice. All I ever had … Redemption Song.
Watch yourself.
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While some question and debate over who actually killed MLK or who killed JFK, there is no argument over who deliberately killed Fred Hampton. It was the Chicago Police Department (CPD). No conspiracy theory. Just the truth.
Peep the story …
The FBI, along with the CPD decided to set up an arms raid on Hampton’s Chicago apartment. With the help of FBI informant William O’Neal, they set up a team organized for a pre-dawn raid armed with a warrant for illegal weapons. On the night of 12/03/69, O’Neal slipped the powerful barbiturate sleep agent, Secobarbitol into a drink that was consumed by Hampton during the dinner in order to sedate Hampton so that he would not awaken during the subsequent raid. Hampton fell asleep in mid-sentence talking to his mother on the telephone.
At 4:00 a.m., the heavily armed police team arrived at the site, (2237 W. Monroe, Chicago, IL)At 4:45, they stormed in the apartment.
Mark Clark, sitting in the front room of the apartment with a shotgun in his lap, was on security duty. He was killed instantly after firing off a single round, which was later determined to be a reflexive reaction in his death convulsions after being shot by the raiding team; this was the only shot the Panthers fired.
Automatic gunfire then converged at the head of the bedroom where Hampton slept, unable to wake up as a result of the barbiturates that the FBI infiltrator had slipped into his drink. He was lying on a mattress in the bedroom with his pregnant girlfriend. Two officers found him wounded in the shoulder. Two shots were heard, which it was later discovered were fired point blank in Hampton’s head. Hampton’s body was dragged into the doorway of the bedroom and left in a pool of blood.
The next day, the police said they shot because Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers shot at them. The officers were praised for there bravery. Evidence later revealed that this was not true at all. All of the shots fired came into the house (from CPD) … No bravery, just evil.

Vans California Era NS Canvas Blue

Vans California Era NS Canvas Blue Sneakers

Here’s a closer look at one of our favorite new releases from Vans California. The NS Era is a no stitch edition of the classic skate shoe, with contrast metal eyelets, a soft, washed blue cotton canvas upper and contrast leather lining. The perfect summer sneaker. Available now at Flatspot.

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Just in: Private Stock

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Private Stock is the brainchild of Jon Koon. His menswear collection made of selvedge denim that has the perfect mixture of ingredients for a brand that is trying to establish itself. The first ingredient, the silhouettes, are largely the popular slim-straight fit that looks great on men of most body types and can be worn with just about anything. The second ingredient, the finishes/washes, are hand done and have just the right amount of variety; raw indigo, worn/abraded and aged pieces which are not over the top, but just right and are sure to be appealing to denim heads and average consumers alike. The third ingredient, the details, add hidden gems on each item that will keep the wearer in a constant state of discovery. Small details like the red lining on the yoke and pockets, the “Private Stock” repeat woven close to the selvedge edge or the nondescript hook that allows you to attach a “contraband” pouch ensure that the wearer will find something new everytime they put them on.
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Cardigan, $128
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Black Raw Denim, $128
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Medium Distressed Denim, $188
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Pouch, $48
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Backpacks $98, Duffle, $188
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