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Almost everything about The Kids in the Hall feels like a miracle. It’s a miracle that a defiantly weird sketch comedy troupe from various small towns across Canada could land a prime-time series under the aegis of HBO and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. It’s a miracle that the series in question could smuggle […]
Peter Moore was not a man for meetings. He would attend them—his spot near the top of the world’s biggest sneaker brands necessitated his presence—but his energy in that setting was more often focused on sketching logos on the paper in front of him than taking in the agenda. Corporate environments were not a natural habitat […]
The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week, the three have a long conversation about Marcus Jordan’s infamous Trophy Room x Air Jordan 1 release fiasco, how it affected his reputation in sneakers, and the spicy photos circulating on Twitter. They also break down the “Mambacita” […]
Vans secured a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in its trademark infringement lawsuit against Brooklyn art collective MSCHF last week, effectively stopping the sale of the Wavy Baby sneaker that riffs on Vans’ classic Old Skool skate shoe. Judge William Kuntz granted the order in a decision filed to New York’s eastern district court […]
The footwear industry has lost a giant, as sneaker brands have confirmed to Complex the passing of legendary designer and sportswear exec Peter Moore. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Peter Moore, an iconic designer, whose legacy will forever be connected to Jordan Brand, and the sneaker culture he helped to create,” said Jordan Brand Vice […]
With the return of Kobe Bryant’s signature Nike line comes increased interest in reselling the late legend’s sneakers for profit, particularly on platforms such as StockX and GOAT. Since Bryant’s passing in January 2020, both demand and prices for Nike Kobes have both skyrocketed, compounded by the shocking split between Nike and Bryant’s family estate […]
The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they’re joined by Lukas Bentel, a chief creative officer at the Brooklyn art collective MSCHF. Bentel brings with him the recently released Wavy Baby sneaker, a Vans-lookalike model that is the latest MSCHF creation to earn a trademark […]
When Jack Harlow asks if there are any real Jack Harlow fans in attendance for his performance here at The Track at New Balance, a giant new multisport facility and event space in the sneaker brand’s native Boston, it feels a bit like a rhetorical question. Harlow, a tall man of charming Kentucky drawl and […]
This year’s biggest blockbuster sneaker, the Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 collaboration orchestrated by the late Virgil Abloh, is a superlative collection in multiple categories. The shoes set a new record for opening day bids at Sotheby’s, the auction house offering their first release. They are the boldest footwear project of Abloh’s, marking […]
Two things about Filipinos: we love basketball, and there’s a whole lot of us in Toronto. So, when Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green—the highest-drafted Asian American in the NBA, and the third Filipino player to ever make it to the league—came to town to face the Raptors earlier this month, adidas Canada knew they had to […]
