Five years on since the last retro, and it looks like the buzz for the 180 is back. Trippy, seeing as the last round didn't fly, despite some fine new colours and an abundance of original palettes. In fact, that whole 'Powerwall' from early '06 was...

Since the Slam City refurb, that basement, once the domain of solemn looking kids gawping at Thurston Moore's signature on the ceiling, pawing Can reissues in Rough Trade, has been a fine spot for showcasing brands. Syndicate smashed it, SB was a g...

This shoe was initially a controversial one for us. We grew up with the BW. We lusted after the Persians, shrugged and made do with the grey/white/blacks from the saleracks in the early '90s and didn't bat an eyelid when it just stayed and never we...

There was no way we were going to pass on covering these shoes. The buzz around this retro has been apparent since last Summer, and we're stoked to see it - it's hardly the most accessible Nike design, and instead of firing the imagination of the m...

For all the great makeups, the Lyte Speed has been fairly anonymous next to the retro rollout collossus that is the Gel Lyte III. Maybe we haven't been paying attention so far, but for all the good looking variations, none have exploited the lightw...

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 sneakers, surely th...

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 Blazers or the cur...

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, resulting in the '6th ...

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 from a conceptual poi...

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 splits office opinion (are...

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 doesn't seem to b...

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 onslaught left us a...