We showed you the Nike Zvezdochka, which will release at the Gagosian shop beginning on September 13th. Industrial designer and artist Marc Newson designed this model, and he will be on hand for the release of his sneaker, which features a flexible outer cage and replaceable inner socks. The sneaker is emblematic of Newson’s designs in that it is both utilitarian and futuristic. The sneaker was originally released in 2004 in extremely limited numbers, and you should expect that this one will also be quite difficult to snatch, so if you live in the New York City area, don’t miss your shot to grab these at the Gagosian Gallery shop on Monday and the Nike Sportswear Shop at 21 Mercer on Tuesday.

Update: Nike Sportswear Shop at 21 Mercer has not received the Zvezdochka yet, we’ll update once they get them in.

Gagosian Shop
988 Madison Avenue | Map
New York, NY 10075
TEL #: 212-744-9200

Nike Sportswear
21 Mercer Street | Map
New York, NY 10013
TEL#: 212-226-5433

We’ve shown you the Ryu edition of the Nike SB Dunk Mid and the SB Dunk Low Chun Li edition, and now the third edition of the Street Fighter pack is based on Akuma in the form of the P-Rod IV (4). In a rugged blue canvas upper highlighted by a red heel embroidery, the colorway of the “devil” character from the games, who is shown on the illustration on the heel insert, is simple enough. Word is that these will be a quickstrike release, and all of these Street Fighter models are beginning to appear at retailers like Level6.

At the MTV VMAs held this past Sunday, B.o.B took the stage with Haley Williams of Paramore and Bruno Mars to perform their hit song, Airplanes. For those who have been following the B.o.B action outside of his music, they would know that B.o.B moonlights as a cook at the adidas Originals MEGA Diner. And as a recently recruited ambassador, B.o.B is spotted taking flight with a pair of theme appropriate adidas Originals by Originals Jeremy Scott JS Wings 2.0 in gold leather. These winged shoes are a revamped edition of the previous JS Wings, and the wings have been moved from the lace placket to the heel. Check out the video of the trio’s rousing performance, and of course, the shiny golden shoes B.o.B is flying with.

When in financial troughs, many designers often opt to play it safe by sticking to the classics. However, Japanese designer, Yohji Yamamoto (also known to have filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009), known for his avant garde spirits and as one of the key players who brought Japanese fashion into the spotlight, manages to retain his signature amplified volumes and drapey shapes in his latest Y-3 delivery, while fusing in fashion’s favorite element– rock and roll. When British band, The Duke Spirit, drummed it up on stage and gave an electrifying opening, we were slightly apprehensive where a played out inspiration might go. But, much to our relief, Yamamoto has proven that a tried and abused inspiration can indeed stay fresh and enlightening if well executed with an open mind.

Yesterday, Yamamoto and adidas sent Y-3′s Spring/Summer 2011 collection down a U-shaped runway bedazzled with large mirror panels and elevated stage where The Duke Spirit performed an explosive live session for the runway presentation at the Park Armory. If we want to look for a narrative continuation, Y-3 continues on with a rebellious spirit after last season’s futuristic vagabond speeding down the runway in flow coats and artfully haphazard layering. Escapism lives on through rock and roll this season, and while we are used to rock and roll and music and fashion as a combination (need we remind all that Converse Chuck Taylors is perhaps the most frequent guest at rock concerts through the ages), Yamamoto does with surprise, flair and sex appeal.

Congrats to team USA, who won gold at the World Championships today, beating Turkey 81-64. While Kevin Durant may have cemented himself as an NBA superstar with his global domination at the games, we now have a look at LeBron’s new Air Max LeBron VIII, which gets the patriotic treatment in red, white, and blue. The pebbled leather on the non-flywire upper portions dominate the color scheme. The flywire portions are a gradient navy blue and the tongue and swoosh outline is done up in red, completing the colors of the USA team. Be on the lookout for lots of new LeBron VIII colorways as the season nears. via MarqueeSole

The Apesta sneakers from BAPE is a low tech model that ordinarily uses canvas uppers. This low cut vulcanized sole sneakers are matched with unique velvet uppers in four different colors. Classic Apesta patch is located on the heel section and the same logo is mirrored on the woven tongue tag and screen print on the insoles. White shoe laces accent the furry velvet uppers that range from light gray, gray, green and blue. Currently these are available at BAPE stores world wide and BAPELAND online store but sizes are running out fast so be quick if you want to add this to your sneaker collection.

Does Modernist automatically equate bland, streamlined designs? Andrew Buckler, the designer behind the label Buckler certainly don’t think so. By merging the ideal of Bauhaus School and the 1924 Summer Olympics, specifically the triumph of English runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, Buckler created a collection, with the help of Warriors Footwear, which embodied a perfect juxtaposition between the two concepts, those expressed in the Modernism and those from contemporary athleticism. More on Buckler Spring/Summer 2011 Collection via Juncture.

New York City’s downtown skate staple (and now a staple across the world) Supreme had collaborated with VANS once again to release two new sneakers for Fall/Winter 2010. The capsule collection includes the Half Cab and the Old Skool. Both are rendered in muted tonal palettes, with both shoes crafted from suede and leather with deep brown soles. The colorways are decidedly fall, in a mix of monochrome tonal wine red, grey, black and navy. The sneakers will be available in-store and online on September 16, and will be hitting Japan two days later on September 18.

Its home again, to the blue-collar working towns and their roots in the Appalachian, for label Rag & Bone. While previous collections have seen a influx of militarism and base-layer basics, designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville marked a clear direction for Summer/Spring 2011 with a slew of denim work-wear inspired silhouettes right at the start of their men’s collection runway show. Relaxed and loose, the fits seemed to also dictate an image of workers at rest and at break, rather the usual interpretation of them at work. As a whole, the collection is one of homage to its roots and a experimental set to test new waters. More on the Rag & Bone Spring/Summer Men’s 2011 Collection via Juncture.

When adidas Originals decided to take their fashion forward sensibilities to a new technical level with the MEGA Collection, they have decidedly caused two things– one, proven that performance can indeed by stylish; and two, successfully given the sneaker purists something to rave about, and opened up their minds to something other than classics.

The MEGA Collection brings together some of adidas’ best technology such as the Softcell and Torison Bar into a reconjugation of adidas’ best loved performance classics such as the ZX8000, and gives it a youthful, urban twist with bright colors (purple, blue and yellow, anyone?), but not as conspicuously fashionable as the adidas Originals by Originals Jeremy Scott line-up. Hence, orthodox sneakerheads be pleased!

For designer Chris Cox, the love of the sea is perpetual emotion where the dynamics of its form translate to a theme each season. Where as the Fall 2010 Collection, now arriving in store, is a culmination visits to coastal towns from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon, Spring and Summer 2011 for NAUTICA, where Cox is the creative director, its about the southern coast of the U.S. Though the region been embattled with countless disasters as of late, from Hurricane Katrina to the recent Gulf Coast oil spill, Cox wanted to shed light on the region in a infallible light and touched upon each region’s specificity as well as a whole, from Hemingway’s retreat at the Florida Keys to the trans-cultural hub of New Orleans. Spring 2011 will also be the inception of NAUTICA footwear collection. Sensing the demand for lifestyle accessories aside from the common athletic mantra, the label re-tool and design its footwear to fit the market demand, but without being ostentatious in branding and theme.

The glint from his deep-blue eyes said millions as designer Christophe Lemaire took his final bow at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Saturday. After a 10 year run at LACOSTE, Lemaire is to become the successor to Jean-Paul Gaultier at another timeless French institution, Hermes. In this final showing, Lemaire shined through once again with his talent, tapped into the root of the Bauhaus movement without deviation from LACOSTE’s core theme. The result was blocks of vibrant colors integrated with hues of white and black. The collection was also a retrospective of sort on Lemaire’s works with LACOSTE, a fitting tribute indeed.