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For a minute we got a little vexed at the sheer volume of sneakers trying their best not to look like sneakers, blacking them out, coating them with brown hues, and cloning Red Wings. After all, if the brands had no confident in sn...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=941 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=940
This is some of that old classy isht - adidas is no stranger to giving a shoe the luxury treatment, but these are outstanding on the quality front. We don't know if they're a riposte to Nike Sportswear's recent invincible leather B...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=940 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=939
Sole Technology owner Pierre Andre's annual PAS collections are usually high concept affairs, but this year's version takes it even further in the theme stakes. Being a dad has evidently altered his already conscious outlook, resul...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=939 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=938
Just when we got bored with the state of sneakers, the trinity of Hiroshi, Tinker and Mark returns, bringing another Mark - performance design ace and Innovation Kitchen denizen Mark Smith, for HTM2. If that doesn't excite you ...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=938 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=937
Like you, we've spent a great deal of time trying to ascertain as to whether anyone's actually fighting the good fight and dropping those future classics. We thought pieces like the Beacon were the ones, but the sole unit split...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=937 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=936
How hard did the Nizza come back in the last 18 months? We'd long ignored them beyond the blue and white versions, but we've finally accepted them as a decent adidas heritage piece that encapsulates a craving for simple stuff that ...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=936 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=935
We don't know what triggered the Rod Laver's resurrection - maybe we'll never know, like the undead in a Romero movie, but we're happy that there's two variations currently doing the rounds at top tier level. Last year's vintage on...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=935 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=934
Beckham's reinterpretation of the Laver? What can we expect? Diamonique? Golden contrast stitching? Ummm...none of the former bad taste applications. In fact, caffeinated Friday afternoon good spirits aside, we'd actually go as...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=934 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=933
When Nike declare that they're holding a "summit" and you get an invite, for the most part, it means you should attend for sheer spectacle alone. Football boots on Crooked Tongues sounds like an odd move, but while they're ha...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=933 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=932
On hearing that David Beckham was dropping a whole 'DB' line as part of the Originals By Originals collection, we were sceptical, anticipating a ton of white-on-white Stan Smiths, Forum Lo and maybe a ZX 700 Boat or two. We may...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=932 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=931
We like the word Gipfel. We think it means 'Summit' in German, and it sounds right for an adidas shoe - this offroad-looking Torsion basketball creation is ill. Channeling the looks of the recently resurrected Artillery (which ...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=931 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=930
The current solution to everything is to festoon it with D-rings until the blogs and kids that pretend not to care about sports footwear listen up, but few really pull it off with any aplomb - Nike dropped a couple of fine Term...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=930 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=929
After clocking these in the Nike showroom last year, our next exposure was through one of those strange YouTube videos where someone gets an early pair in the unlabeled box and then tries to fill four minutes talking about them...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=929 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=928
"Don't think - feel!" Can we have a late pass? We just realised that we had these in the office, but didn't actually put them in the News. That's the pressures of retail in effect, but any excuse to feature the fifth football-i...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=928 http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=927
The adidas Consortium line is banging out the good stuff at the moment - this weekend's drop of three running makeups is proof positive that the rollout's on a roll in 2010, but we wouldn't want you to avert your gaze from what...read more ct]]> http://www.crookedtongues.com/news/single.php?n=927