Clarks Trigenic Dune VS Mizuno Infinity Ring Moc

Sneaker Freaker recently posted their interview with Prad Indrakumar, one of the men behind Clarks' Sportswear line. On the interview, They talked about the upcoming shoe models, and one of them is this interesting piece of footwear, dubbed the Trigenic Dune (the other one is Trigenic Flex). Looking at it reminds me how Mountain Research & Mizuno came up with some next level casual sporstwear hybrid couple of months ago, under the name of the 007 Infinity Moc. 

"The Desert Boot and Wallabee are signature styles, but there are many others in the Clarks Originals collection worth digging into, such as the Desert Trek and the Weaver. When we started working on the Trigenic project, I wasn't expecting to design a product that could reinvent the brand or become a future classic, however, in light of the positive reaction, it's now starting to dawn on me that this could pave a new way in which we reinterpret concepts from our past at a deeper level"

"I reckon we'll be printing our own shoes, just like burning a CD of music was fifteen years ago. Brands could provide downloadable outsole designs, the consumer then aligns the newly downloaded outsole data to their custom foot dimensions and then simply prints out the unit on a sheet of genetically modified leather."

While you should also check out these nice pair from Mountain Research & Mizuno as well.

Aesthetic-wise, Both shoe got my eyes on, but haven't been able to try Mizuno shoes, and I know how comfy Clarks Sportswear shoes are. If you had to choose, which one will you cop? Me myself, imma cop me some Infinity Ring Moc from Mizuno.

Read more about Clarks Sportswear Trigenic here, and check out Mizuno Infinity Ring Moc, here.

Needles - Unlined Cordovan Shoes

Needles has put their feet on the footwear game with their latest shoes, the Unlined Cordovan Shoe Collection. You read it, then you should know that these shoes are made using the finest leather. And since this is Needles, they won't use any material that is below their high standards. For their shoes, they are using the super fine shell cordovan leather from famous Horween 1905. The collection brigns out 4 models, and one of the shoes that really caught my eyes on is the Straight Tip. Beautiful.

Red Wing Postman 101 vs Tricker's x Norse Projects

Some said that Norse Projects' recent collaboration with Tricker's is a cheesy copycat move by taking Red Wing's Style No. 101, Postman Oxford. I won't say that they are completely wrong though. It has a resemblance of the earlier model of Red Wing that has been quite famous all this years. But i think both still got their own character, and in the shoe game, it's always been about taking something from an old design, and makes it even more perfect, doesn't it? I mean, c'mon, it's hard to come up with an original shoe design nowadays. 

Red Wing - Style No. 101 - Postman Oxford

Norse Projects x Tricker's Blucher Shoe

Vans Vault x Taka Hayashi - Spring 2013 Capsule Collection

Collaboration between Vans (Vault) with Taka Hayashi has got another collection coming. For this spring 2013, the capsule collection will release not just footwear products, but also apparel items. We have seen some teasers before via glltn, and recently, the full collection images has surfaced on the internet. 

TH Engineered Boot Zip LX

What's interesting from this season is the beautiful mountaineering feel, TH Engineered Boot Zip LX, which features a vibram outsole, combined with waxed suede and horween leather. This could be a bloody good alternative than your old pair of red wing boots.

TH Lace to Toe LX

Another great pair is the TH Lace to Toe LX (I know, the name's not working for me either). Inspired by classic military paratrooper boots, and also features horween leather atop of cristy vibram sole. What makes it nicer is the contrast colored leather accent on the back heel, it makes a very nice touch.

Get these at selected Vans Vault retailers / stockists.

Alden Exclusive Long Wing Shoe for Doo Bop

Here's another nice point black shoe, from Alden, exclusively for japan's Doo Bop. Features a combination of scotch grain leather and a smooth leather upper, gave it a really nice touch of details while still looking real simple. The bad news is that you have to spend around 76,000 yen to cop this.

 Doo-Bop

Black Shoes

Mark McNairy - Cap Toe Pebble Grain Derby Boot

A pair of Black Shoes never goes wrong, don't you agree? It can be classic, it can be preppy, it can be rugged, it can be easy.

Tricker's for Tres Bien Super Boot

Our Legacy Longwing Brogue Blackstone

Our Legacy Slip-On

Our Legacy Derby Boot

Welcome Derby Black by Tricker's

Church's Grained Brogue

Alden Indy Boot Calfskin Black

Yuketen Chukka Gator Black

Tricker's Stow Espresso Burnished Dainite Boot

Tricker's Ilkley Black Scotch Grain

Red Wing Postman Oxford

Tricker's for Tres Bien Derby Shoe Black Repello Suede

Visvim Veritus Folk

Walk-Over Derby Black Pebble

Verginia Loafer

Nepenthes x Tricker's Multi Tone Brogue

British Remains Black Tie Derby

BePositive F/W 2012 Collection

I always love the simplicity shoe sneakers from BePositive. They always find a good way to combine the beauty of an Italian elegant dress shoe and twist them with comfy sneaker soles. They are still doing the same thing for this Fall/Winter 2012 Collection, and i must say that this genre-crossing thing works in a real nice way. Awesome.

Source : Hypebeast

Common Projects x Robert Geller - Oxford Shoe in Black

The last collaboration from Common Projects that i do remember is the one they did with Evisu couple years back. Recently, Common Projects is doing a collaboration with Robert Geller for this beautiful classic Oxford Shoe with Black Shiny Tip. Features a commando sole and soft black calfskin outer, with Common Projects' signature serial number in gold. A very nice pair. 

Get this at Blackbird.

Cole Haan LunarGrand Wingtip at Rococo

As expected, Rococo, one of the store in Indonesia that stocks Cole Haan Shoes has finally got the LunarGrand Wingtip shoes. Available in 4 colorways, the shoes are priced around IDR 3 Million. Head to Rococo shoe shops at Plaza Indonesia, Plaza Senayan or Pacific Place. (Sorry for the bad pictures though)