E-Bay Seller Shout: Harlemespanol and Shoessmaster

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It's happened my friends. The Air Yeezys are FINALLY available! A handful of e-bay sellers have apparently garnered exclusive rights to them, so expect your chance to own the "exclusive Nike shoe not found in stores til 2009" to evaporate quickly.


I missed out on both these auctions, but I definitely missed "Shoessmaster" more. Although "Harlemespanol" has the upper hand in colors available and Shoessmaster has zero feedback AND says not to purchase his items if you have "slight doubt," he does sell "100% authentic LV items." So, I would definitely purchase from him first (unless you're specifically looking for that Melo PE Yeezy). Aside from that, Shoessmaster provided a stunning PS of where the Air Yeezy's design cues come from. The Bape Roadsta, I never knew...

No word on whether they will be available at the local streetwear boutique.

--Ira

Brand Shout: Upper Echelon Shoes!

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It's been a minute since we've discussed streetwear here on The B.O.P., and it's going to be a little longer because we're going to talk about something that's been on my mind lately: Shitty shoes.

Enter UES, or Upper Echelon Shoes if you have absolutely no discerning taste.



Doesn't look that bad, right? Got a little bit of a G-unit thing going on, maybe it's a future Crooks and collabo, dunno. BUT THEN IT HITS YOU: it costs 155 dollars.

155 dollars wholesale.

It retails for $350.

Now you're gonna do exactly what I did, rationalize. It's a hi top, so they do cost a little bit more, kay. Maybe you realize that this "pinnacle (that means top) of design footwear" has been "hand selected with an emphasis on superior quality (?), comfort (...) and style (???)." Not really, but I guess. It's been worn by fashion icon Diddy (swoon!), okay that helps. OH, and IT HAS SHOE LACES THAT ARE MADE OF GOLD.

That's right, streetwearriors Gabriel Urist (double swoon!) crafts all the laces himself. Which makes sense. Cuz everybody wants laces that can't be tied and are made of precious metals.

Take notes if you're in the shoe design biz: the pinnacle is gold laces that can't be tied. Doesn't matter if you've been making sloppy mash-ups defacing the greatest player of all time or you're collaborating with the Kool-aid man. You're both wrong. Gold laces.

--Ira

PS: The UES server crashed when I visited the site, so I could only look around a little bit. I'm assuming that the site operator was online too, bringing the total number of visitors to the unexpected number of two. Chaos erupted.