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I’ve spent a large portion of my life writing about, selling & promoting sneakers. Although it’s not the sole focus with @contragram I still have more ideas on what to do with shoes than anything else. I’m particularly happy with how these faux Salomon S/LAB ads came out so I wanted to share. I’ve always been attracted to old footwear ads with extreme photography & outlandish copywriting. There’s something so tangible about them. Anyhoo here’s some pics. I basically took some old ads as a jumping off point & then subbed in my own photos & copy. The final XT Wings 2 is actually a complete scratch built image too which is pretty cool 🙃

I think I need more grey NBs...

So September 5 is #nbgreyday Generally speaking I think manufacturing special dates as a way of celebrating a product is corny, but NB has been a massive part of my life & I feel like the way it’s executed stands true to the company’s approach. This year there’s 2 versions of the classic 997 which (if you know me) is probably one of the most significant shoes of all time. I’ve dedicated an entire project to compiling every version of this shoe via @997archive for goodness sake! These here are one of the two shoes releasing tomorrow, this being the more conventional 997 with all branding removed except for the embroidery that normally resides on the tongue now taking place of the N. Seeing the rest of the shoe completely naked is pretty impressive & testament to the fact that the branding really is secondary to what makes a pair of NBs so recognisable. There’s another pair in this set which is the 997 Sport, which takes the classic USA made upper & fuses it to a contemporary futuristic looking sole. I actually really dig those as well which is something most wouldn’t expect me to say. I’d love to say I’ll be wearing these tomorrow but annoyingly they’re a size too small so I’ll have to make do with one of the many pairs of grey NBs I have already (lol). If someone gets a US10 they want to swap for a US9 hit me up! Thanks to NB for the gracious gift regardless, they actually rocked up in a massive paint tin emblazoned with the NB grey colour code; a hoodie & custom NB paint brush!

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