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Piera's Picks: How the Nike Kobe line became a reflection of his career
Today's Piera's Picks is slightly different. Actually, it's very different. Today's piece is about wins and losses, ups and downs, and how one of the greatest basketball careers has influenced shoes like no other. After...
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Piera's Picks: Holiday Edition
S'up? Quite a strong week ahead of us. There are tons of dope Nike releases and one more Ronnie Fieg release that I'm ignoring, because I feel like that's all I've been talking about throughout...
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Look Closer presents... Under Armour Curry Two "Iron Sharpens Iron"
Look Closer is all about giving you the opportunity to see the best footwear and sportswear in performance & lifestyle fashion in up-close and personal, high-quality portraiture served with a side of expert commentary. Inspired...
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Look Closer presents... New Balance Fresh Foam Boracay & Fresh Foam Zante
Look Closer at The BMF with Complex Media is all about giving you the opportunity to see the best footwear and sportswear in performance & lifestyle fashion in up-close and personal, high-quality portraiture served with...
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Look Closer presents... SUPRA Skytop Winterized
Look Closer at The BMF with Complex Media is all about giving you the opportunity to see the best footwear and sportswear in performance & lifestyle fashion in up-close and personal, high-quality portraiture served with...
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Brush by Ben Smith debuts bespoke hand-painted Coach C-101
Ben Smith, expert resident footwear artist of Brush , has long made a habit of jazzing up footwear, both athletic and dressy casual. He hasn't drifted too far from that, and keeps on with the...
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Opinion: Nike LeBron 13 a product of evolution more than drastic change
The LeBron series does always feature the latest technology, but somehow the Nike LeBron 13 doesn't have a load of brand-new tech. Actually, not too much has changed since the LeBron 12. This is actually...
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adidas x HYPEBEAST Ultra Boost Uncaged gets NFC tech, goes fashion-forward
HYPEBEAST, for all intents and purposes, has become the millenial version of GQ and Vogue. It's the intersection of life and culture viewed solely from the vantage point of style and design; and while surprising,...
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Reebok Classic Kamikaze II Overcast hints at Seattle climate
Everyone who knows about 1990s basketball is familiar with Shawn Kemp and his Reebok Kamikaze shoes, I and II, but in the years since, they've reappeared, and the new Reebok Classic Kamikaze II Overcast has...
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Piera's Picks: Extra Butter, Cruz-ing, and Kobe 10 EXT high-tops
First of all, let's take a second to say RIP to my ankle which just died during a sprint to get the subway in low-top Vans. Dang the pain. Second, I'm still mourning Kobe's retirement....
