adidas Running - Technology Retrospective
Don’t know your Soft Cell from your Polypag? Your adirail from your adiflex? The features we think make our trainers look great were usually conceived with one thing in mind – function. We hooked up with man of mystery and notorious Trefoil almanac 10ari to break down a key selection of seminal adidas running technologies. Take a leisurely jog into the running archive to discover more.

The Clyde, Suedes, States & Baskets Story
Be it the Clyde, the Suede, the States or the Basket, there's one thing for sure this family of shoes has to be the best thing that Puma have ever produced, simple design, clean lines, hundreds of colourways with plenty of cultural and historical reference, we have to bow down and give our fullest respect. Part 1 of our story starts with an insight into the man that helped them attain their status, the original fur coated hustler with the signature model, Walt 'Clyde' Frazier.

adidas superstar35 retrospective
For a few heady months last year it seemed like the whole sneaker community was swept up in the Superstar's 35th Anniversary. Here, we take a nostalgic look back at the celebration that had some nutters queuing for days, with some never-before-seen gems, honest to goodness opinion and an exclusive adidas interview.
Jesus Christ - Superstar!

Nike Air Max 95
The Air Max 95 has truly become a sneaker of cult status. Its familiar sleek silhouette has come to often grace peoples' top tens and collections alike, and in its ten year history it has constantly been a firm favourite both with the sneaker cognoscenti and the general public - the 150 plus colourways can attest to that!

Nike iD Studio
On August 5th 2005 we at Crooked Tongues were invited to experience the Nike iD Studio that recently opened it's doors in London. The exclusive invite-only experience was something we wanted to make a feature of and share with CT users. Read all about our experience of the project and check back over the coming months to find out what invited guests and CT competition winners made of the experience and what designs they came up with.

Vans Syndicate
Taking the flavour from the past and adding spice from the present. We get a insight into what the guys at Syndicate are doing. A sub division of Vans, that has its sights set on the highest of quality, the sharpest of details and the output of some really truthfull collaborations with the top boys in the area... one time Bones Brigade rider Steve Caballero, and designer, artists and skin staining master Mr. Cartoon.

New Balance Factory Trip 2005
What happens when you gather a bunch of trainer obsessives, chuck 'em in coach, ply em with fine wine, food and lodgings and let them get loose with the leathers and suedes? A great weekend away of fun basically, check out the results...

Nike Free
Part of the quest to keep pushing things forward, Nike's Free system brought the benefits of barefoot training to a shoe. An interesting example of technology and nature working together, not only does the Free perform its job well, it looks good too. How did it all begin? Check out the full story here.

Puma Mongolian BBQ
The offer to fly to Japan, eat food, pick materials and design our own Cabana Racers was something of a no-brainer. Definitely an interesting project with some proper hands-on experience, executed nicely naturally. Puma literally brought something new to the plate so we took full advantage of the opportunity.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
On the court or against Bruce Lee, they don't make sportsmen like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar any more. Setting standards, breaking records with a reign on court that lasted from the sixties to the late eighties, the adidas Jabbar range remained an appropriately stylish and functional collection for a sporting legend, and one that was worthy (respect to his teammate Big Game James) of a resurrection. Make sure you know the sporting history of the kicks you're rocking...

CT X NB 576
The roaming hills, the sheep, the cold, the beauty of one of England's most northern parts is home to one of the best quality shoe makers around - New Balance. Boy could we wait to get up there and get busy in the special product department? Of course we couldn't, so after a few discusions, some messing about in the design department, the deal was set - design four 576 colourways for a CT X NB collaboration, let's have it!!!

Onitsuka Tiger
One of the OGs of the sneaker game, Onitsuka Tiger have been responsible for a fair number of classics, bolstered by an unorthodox approach to design and details that separates their earlier models from legions of clones. Unwilling to compromise, they did it their way.

Nike Laser
Just when things were getting stale in terms of sneaker design, Nike dropped their latest mode of adornment. Ink based? Nope. Think James Bond. The Laser Project ensured that insane levels of detail could be delivered to footwear, far beyond anything that had gone before. Of course, nowadays it's commonplace on Nike product, but here's how it started.

adidas X A Bathing Ape
Ever wondered what the the brainchild of streetwear mogul Nigo and Adi Dassler's company would look like? With painful attention to detail and extremely low production numbers, the adidas A Bathing Ape Superstar was a true labour of love. Here's the story behind the finished, hard-to-find product, stretching far beyond the usual cynical reasons for a collaboration. Definitely a contender for the ultimate sneaker team-up...

World Of Troop
The troops gathered in '86 and stomped their way into hip-hop culture, flattening the fat-laced court classics from the ageing old school era. Kaboom. Move over big brands, there's a new kid on the hi-top block and he don't care about your sporting histories. But wait a minute, look at all these rumours, how long could the one minute wonder go toe to toe with the establishment?

Stash AF1
Hellllooooo Brooooklyyyyn... Enter the visual maintenance man with a whole bag of caps, some tasty textiles, subtle colours and killer details. Stash works his magic on the ubiquitous uptown - the Nike AF1. CT chats with the Brooklyn bomber himself about his ideas and tools of the trade.

Tinker Hatfield
Jordan design genius Tinker Hatfield's architecture background might have helped in the genesis of his seminal work for Nike, but the position he's cemented as the king of innovative, ambitious and timeless sneaker creations makes him the architect of hi-tech sports footwear as we know it.

Scoop Jackson - Sole Provider
Scoop Jackson, the man behind 'Sole Provider', the ultimate tome on Nike's basketball range, a book that proved to the uninitiated that Oregon's finest's stranglehold on the balling market, doesn't begin with the Uptown and end with Brand Jordan, caught up with us for a chat to coincide with its release...

End Of Year 2002
Can it be that it was all so simple then? 2002- the year the Dunk broke. From Storm Burst to bb4600, it was a good 'un for sneakers, and trust us, there was plenty you let pass you by and now you're paying the price. This is the definitive guide to a year, that thanks to our rose-tinted glasses, seems like a more innocent time for 'heads...

Nike Air Woven
One of the most innovative Nike shoes of the decade, the Woven remains an acquired taste, but nobody can question the innovation behind it. From an off-the-wall moment of inspiration to a detail flipped on a myriad of contemporary models, this is the story of how the Air Woven came to be...