By now you have probably seen our Berlin pack that we worked on with No. 74 store and Studio Anti. The pack consists of sneakers, a bag and of course a jersey. It went on sale today at lots of great stores, including…

End Clothing

colette

Hanon

and many more. Grab one as long as you can!

Some of you might have heard by now about the 14oz Berlin store. It is founded by the same people that run the Bread & Butter tradeshow and if you are only slightly interested in heritage brands and brands that care about traditional high end production, this is a store that you cannot miss. From Nigel Cabourn, Red Wing, RRL to Moscot, Alden, Tricker’s, the store carries a wide range of fantastic brands.

The other day I wondered through it and came across their own make-ups of Tricker’s classics. You have probably seen some Comme des Garcons x Tricker’s or uniform experiment x Tricker’s shoes on Highsnobiety or Selectism. While over the years the collaborative works of the English brand were very impressive, I was a little surprised to see a “collabo” with 14oz. There is one thing that people (including myself) tend to forget though. Tricker’s does not really do any collaborations, they are just doing custom footwear and they do that since day 1. Anybody can order a pair of Tricker’s and choose colors and materials. So I guess you cannot call these brand get togethers a “real” collaboration.

Nevertheless, seeing your brand name and/or store name in such a wonderful pair of shoes must be very satisfying!

Last week we were invited to visit the adidas World Headquarters. Since we had never checked them out before, we got a nice tour of the campus, but primarily we came to see the launch of the worldcup final ball. In case you do not remember, check it out here.

The highlight of the short trip was our 10 minute interview with the Kaiser, aka Franz Beckenbauer. Anybody who only cares a little about soccer knows, that he is one of the most important personalities in German and even international soccer. He was really easy to talk to, super chill guy and it was great that he gaves us a bit of time. Some of the bigger soccer magazines did not get personal interviews, so it was definitely an honor for us. Thanks to AK, Annie and Tom for making this happen!

When Highsnobiety started it was a blogspot blog, over 4 years ago… and was a hobby. A lot has changed, but one thing is for sure, we would have never thought when we started that we would be working with brands such as Gucci. Its a real pleasure and exciting to enter that world. Let’s see what will come from it. Make sure to check out Selectism.com and Highsnobette.com for some regular updates on Gucci product and events.

Today we got this Gucci tote, packed with a Mark Ronson record, to celebrate their Icon Temporary pop-up store in New York. It will be touring the globe starting next year!

Here in the office we have declared the Nike Match Classic as a favorite among the recent releases – just a solid sneaker. The suede uppers, vintage details and small Swoosh work well. The red one is really nice, even though we have to say that the brown colorway with red lining is probably the best one out this season!

it did actually turn out pretty nice…

Madeleine from Vans was nice enough to send over some packages over the last week. We got the Vans x Carhartt Half Cab, one of our favorite Vans collabs this year. They look great and both the red and black laces that they come with give the shoe a distinct look!

She also send over the new Vans Syndicate Book – I love books and this one especially – it combines my love to quality sneakers with some work of my favorite artists and designers.