White-on-white sneakers might be tough for us New Yorkers, but in Cali and other warm weather states, Creative Recreation kills it all year long. Although the O.G’s of cleaned-up sneakers pump out new silos every season, the Cesario is their oldie but goodie style. And if you do live New York, pack these for the mid-November Miami weekend getaway.
$85, www.zappos.com
Did you catch the new Topman footwear leak this week? It features a sneaker that looks strangely similar to a Creative Recreation Dicoco Hi. Hmmm. Topman, we love you, but come on, this is not fair. You can’t just copy a sneaker and put it on sale for cheap. Creative Rec has a brand identity, and while they might not be big enough to come at you with a team of snarling lawyers, that doesn’t mean you can go in and take its designs.
All sneaker companies get ripped off (ever see fake AF1s in the hood?), but when a big company does it, it just looks bad. Hit the jump for other brands who have produced strangely similar kicks to Creative Rec. Yup, we see you…
Last night we hit EA Sports NCAA Football 10 pre-draft party, and when we asked a lot of the future-millionaires which sneaker brand they were feelin’ these days, the answer came back the same multiple times: Creative Recreation. It’s not like the draftees told us something we didn’t know already, but it did remind us just how much our Cali homies steadily kill it.
With warm weather rolling in, and the boats about to be in the harbors, it’s a perfect time to show you these deck-shoe-like Rocco’s. The sneakers will hit Creative Rec retailers sometime next month so pencil them in to this season’s rotation. It’s gonna be a hot fuckin’ summer.
© Killa.
$120, cr8tiverecreation.com
Creative Recreation just updated its website with its full Summer 09 collection, so we had to get our rip-game-proper on. The new collection is broken up into CRec’s usual three categories; “Choice,” “Select,” and the more luxe “Prime”.
These gun-metal metallic Cesario’s are off the “Prime” line, so expect to pay a bit more because of the premium factor. The Summer collection will hit stores next month, but in the meantime head over to the Creative Rec website to see the full range.
Pricing information not available yet.
Khaki-colored Creative Recs to rock with your khakis? Sounds like a bad tongue-twister. Truth is, we don’t suggest you heavy-match these Ponti’s with your Dockers, but this new colorway of the high-top sneaker makes for a good spring/summer shoe.
The perforated upper will help your foot breathe when it’s balls-hot out, and you’ll be good-to-go from the beach club to the strip club, without having to switch your kicks. Check for these in Creative Recreation stores in the next few weeks.
$135, cr8rec.com
Just because they're launching a new collection called, umm Collection, Creative Rec hasn't lost focus on re-inventing their classics. For Spring 09, they're lacing the swanky-shelves of Barney's with these black-wrinkled patent leather Dicocos. Expect the price point to be a little hefty compared to regular in-line models, but bet on the patent leather being superior quality. Check for these to hit in a few weeks.
http://www.cr8tiverecreation.com/spring09/barneys/
A.P.C.'s spring line just became available online at the brand's website, sift the virtual racks and get geared-up. [APC]
The O.G's of sophisticated sneakers, Creative Recreation are coming back strong for the spring/summer seasons. Here are some standouts. [Hypebeast]
Live from Bread & Butter comes this Penfield winter 2009 bag preview. Quality fabric x dope designs makes for a sure thing. [High Snobiety]
Kanye's blogging from Paris fashion week, check him out in his new LV's with Marc Jacobs. [Kanye's Blog]
More Terminators are dropping this Spring in classic colorways, have a look. [Nice Kicks]
Fashion kids loved the Milano Hi when Creative Rec debuted it last season, now for Spring 09, the brand will drop the low-top version off their “Prime” collection. The first make-up that will release is this all-patent black colorway that may just bring the whole suits-with-sneakers thing back. Release info is sketchy, but we'll hit you back once these start popping up in stores in the next month or so.
www.cr8tiverecreation.com
It was all good last year when wifey hooked you up with a brand new pair of yellow Timbs to get you through the season, but if you haven’t noticed it’s a year later and winter is just about to really show its head. Purchasing sneakers is easy'study the blogs, or hit up your sneaker-head friend who’s in the know about what’s hot and what’s not'but when it comes to buying a pair of boots, things get a bit more tricky.
Because our New Years Resolution was to look out more for others, we scouted the market and searched high and low for some boots that will withstand this winter season and look good doing it. Check out our top-ten below…
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Creative Rec keeps getting that Barney's money. After you've gone through holiday shopping rehab, and you check back in with the high-fashion retailer, look for these Dicoco's to be stocked. These two drops are the latest of Creative Rec's holiday season that are exclusive to Barney's. Tons of people are rocking with CRec these days, but we can guarantee you'll be one of the select few with these special make-ups. Check for them to hit sometime next month.
http://www.barneys.com/, http://www.cr8tiverecreation.com/holiday08/barneys/
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