New York is for Shoppers! Part 1

Welcome back readers!  I enjoyed and loathed this hiatus I have been on the past few months.  A lot of events have happened in my life; I got married and moved to NY. No, I didn’t move to NYC, but a smaller town north of the city, Poughkeepsie. It’s not exactly the fashion capital of the state but it’s a lovely little historical town and I only have to take a 45 minute train ride to the city.

My wife and I decided to make the excursion to the city on a rainy Sunday.  We hurried to the train station excited for the adventure.  I had the whole trip planned out on my iPhone, which consisted of all stores that I didn’t have available in Florida. Every place seemed like it was walking distance from Grand Central Train station.  I was so wrong.

New York City is humongous.  Every building towers above you and all the streets look the same.  When I was looking at Google maps, everything looked so close and walking to all my destinations would be no problem.  My first stop had to be Niketown on 5th Avenue, but we had arrived to early and nothing was open.  We started to walk down 5th Avenue passing street after street avoiding the rain and traffic.  I soon realized we were headed the wrong way. (damn you Google maps!)

We then trucked back the other way and stepped into Urban Outfitters to avoid the rain.  This Urban was amazing.  It was set up like a NYC style loft, with tons of wood displays everywhere, including a giant Levi’s emblem with nails driven into the wood for a nice 3-D effect.  My wife bought a dress and I bought an Obey tee, shocker, and a kidrobot Simpsons figure. 

We moved back to the street with the rain and wind picking up as we moved on towards Nike.  We passed all the really upscale stores, and finally arrived at Niketown.  I was not expecting a five store mega store.  I was expecting a lot of shoes and that’s exactly what I found.  I believe it was the flash of the store or the fact that I was shopping in NYC for the first time, but I just had to get a pair of shoes.  The fifth floor my was destination of choice; this housed the Sportswear line and vintage shoes.  I picked a nice vintage Nike Air Vortex in light blue/black.  They came in a light orange vintage Nike box and we headed out to meet up with my wife’s relatives that were in town so we could get some lunch. We had been in NYC for 2 hours and I only had 2 stores checked off my list.  I had a lot of places I still wanted to visit and we had a lot of ground to cover. 

To Be Continued!!

Gitman Bros. Vintage S/S 2011 Collection

A collection full of madras and plaid shirts; it’s the perfect spring/summer combination.  These shirts look like the slightest bit of pressure and they would shred to pieces. I am sure that’s not the case, but I imagine the shirts are going to be the lightest, most comfortable shirts you will ever own.  A shirt this thin will be great it you live in a hot and humid climate, because it breathes very well.  What do you think of the Gitman Vintage Collection?  The rest of the pics after the break.

Nike Air Pegasus 83' SI

A vintage running shoe, yes please. The Air Pegasus 83 is a great looking vintage shoe, especially in the concord grape and wolf grey colorway.  It looks like a combination of the Cortez and Waffle shoes. This shoe the reason I have a love for vintage running shoes. These are available at Caliroots right now.What do you think of the Air Pegasus 83? The rest of the pics right after the break.

Nike Sky Force 88’

Through all the new show releases, I am glad to see a classic 80’s basketball shoe getting released.  I remember seeing the Sky Force sale when I was a kid wishing and wanting to possess these shoes. Unfortunately these won’t be available until Summer 2011, so my quest to own these will have to wait. What do you think of the Sky Force 88’? The rest of the pics after the break.

Steven Alan x Nike Sportswear Rough Cut Video

Rough Cut: Steven Alan for Nike Sportswear from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

Remember the blog about Steven Alan’s collaboration with Nike Sportswear?  Well here’s the a video, with Steven Alan himself, talking about the  collaboration and his inspirations for the four different shoes.

Thanks to Cool Hunting for the video.

Nike Air Vengeance Plus

I should have posted this weeks ago, as soon as these popped up on Nike.com.  I was trying to figure out the next shoe to add to my arsenal. Let’s welcome the Nike Air Vengeance in Dark Grey/Varsity Purple-Black-Wolf Grey colorway.  I know this shoe just arrived at 21 Mercer, but it has been at the Nike Store since the beginning of January. I having been eyeing this one for a while and now it’s time to pull the trigger.  When I do get the shoe expect more details on fit and how the shoe feels in person. What do you think of the Air Vengeance?  More detailed pics after the break.