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Two of streetwear’s biggest collaborators headline this week of drops. We are getting the latest work from Joe Freshgoods and Vans plus Salehe Bembury is debuting his latest footwear collab, the Clarks Mud Moss Lugger. Other notable releases include Stüssy latest work with Our Legacy, Crenshaw Skate Club’s capsule to raise money for the Harold […]
Unfortunately, you still can’t really talk about sneaker releases—how they come and go—without talking about the supply chain issues still interrupting them. The global footwear industry remains unsettled. The sneakers you’re expecting may not show up when they’re supposed to, or they may not show up at all. Through those obstacles, though, there have been […]
After delivering the “Outside Clothes” 990v3 last summer, the partnership between Joe Freshgoods and New Balance will continue in 2022 with more pairs coming soon. This week, the Chicago designer shared a teaser of his next collab with the Boston-based sportswear brand on Instagram. The image shows co-branded shoe boxes that are dressed in tonal orange and green looks but the sneakers have not been […]
The pandemic is still here and supply chain issues have heavily impacted the apparel industry, but brands are still managing to present exciting product and engaging narratives. There are the expected brands that have become mainstays like Stussy, Supreme, and Louis Vuitton that continue to draw in consumers with its core pieces and collaborations. And […]
ComplexCon Long Beach is back, and the fifth annual event featured drops from Pleasures x Crocs, BBC, and AWGE along with surprise appearances from Gunna and DJ sets from ASAP Nast and Lil Yachty. The outfits didn’t disappoint either. Joe Freshgoods paired a bowling shirt with pleated shorts and Bottega quilted slip-ons, ComplexCon co-host Kristen Noel Crawley wore a hoodie […]
With Labor Day weekend marking the unofficial end of summer, it’s time to start looking ahead to the fall sneaker rotation. This week has plenty of valid options to consider. The drops kicks off on Wednesday with the latest Sacai x Fragment x Nike LDWaffle. That collab will be followed up on Thursday by the […]
Joseph Robinson, better known as Joe Freshgoods, wants you to stop asking him when his second collaboration with New Balance—a pair of brown, green, and blue 990v3s—are coming out. “This is like my sophomore album,” says Robinson over the phone, the day before he would drop the sneakers in Chicago first at the Garfield Park on […]
It’s been over a year since Joe Freshgoods dropped his heralded “No Emotions Are Emotions” New Balance 992 collab, and continuing the fruitful partnership in 2021 is yet another sneaker collab coming soon. The Chicago designer has been teasing his latest work with the Boston-based sportswear brand on social media for the past few weeks and this time, his collab involves […]
Covid-19 impacted all of our lives in various ways and fully shifted how we go about our day-to-day experience throughout 2020. Although Covid-19 isn’t gone, things are slowly starting to get back to normal and brands and designers, big and small, are catching a rhythm. There’s Joe Freshgoods, who teamed up with 7-Eleven on a […]
McDonald’s is looking to capitalize on the success of its Travis Scott campaign but some celebrities/influencers are not swayed by the brand’s new direction. On Monday, Chance the Rapper replied to fellow Chicagoan Joe Freshgoods who claimed that his work with McDonald’s served as proof of concept for the company’s ensuing ads. “I was supposed […]
