Ekahau’s T301W Wi-Fi tracker bracelet is guaranteed to bring even more drama to any dysfunctional relationship. [Gizmodo]

This Golden Goose Snowflake Cardigan is perfect for the upcoming holiday season. [Selectism]

Bape’s Winter 2009 catalogue comes with a camo plastic watch, and it is available via Amazon Japan. Time to be nice to that Japanese exchange student in the front row. [High Snobiety]

Add a variety of cool effects to iPhone pictures with these attachable lenses. [Daily Drop]

CITY: Santa Barbara, CA

SINCE: 2008

FOUNDED BY: DJ Vice, Nick Sakai, Asaf Dimant, & Mark Lawrence

PRICES: $$$ (out of 5)

WHY WE COSIGN: It baffles us that in 2009, companies still don’t understand the importance of real-world and online synergy. Take sneaker boutiques for instance: Finding a dope sneaker shop is task in of itself. And harder still is finding an online store that stays stocked with the latest and doesn’t look like a GeoCities page. So when we discovered CRSVR, we knew we struck oil. This boutique’s owners understand the demand for exclusives and the need for a pleasing shopping experience. Sick brands matched with a sick in-store experience and a dope online design make for one helluva place to shop.

Meeting in ‘08 during a flight to Santa Barbara, DJ Vice and Nick Sakai immediately recognized their passion for sneakers and wasted no time setting up plans to open their own shop. Inspired by the culture they were very much a part of, these instant homies kept every aspect in mind when crafting the direction for the store. The shop features an in-house DJ to keep customers in the buying mood and a staff that has no problem answering your questions (no too-cool cocky types here). Also the lyrics to EPMD’s “Crossover” are written across the back wall, letting folks know that CRSVR will never sell out—unless your talking inventory. Zing!

BRANDS CARRIED: Nike, Supra, Five Four Clothing, Brixton, Ever Clothing, The Hundreds, Mishka, In4Mation, Orisue, Stussy, Future Heretics, Ransom Clothing, Fyasko Clothing, Dim Mak, G-Shock, and Nooka.

Read on for our interview with DJ Vice, pics of the store, and the address/web site…

MOST POPULAR ITEMS: DJ Vice: Nike Quickstrikes are hands down our most popular items. We’ve had customers camp out as long as six nights in front of the store to secure a spot in line to be the first to get their hands on these super-exclusive drops. Aside from them, our Future Heretics x CRSVR ‘I Uzi SB’ Collab is definitely next up.

Complex: What was the inspiration behind CRSVR, and how has it influenced the overall look and feel of your store?

DJ Vice: The concept for CRSVR was actually sparked on a flight to a DJ gig I had in Santa Barbara. During the flight I struck up a random conversation about sneakers with the passenger in the seat next to me. We chatted throughout the flight and upon landing decided we were going to open a sneaker store. About seven months later, CRSVR opened its doors. The store is definitely influenced by my DJ career, and also our own personal style. Growing up listening to and playing hip-hop, it was important for me to capture a piece of that lifestyle/culture. We try to nail the “dressed-up, dressed-down look” that is somewhere between streetwear and high fashion. Aside from that, my partner Nick and I are sneakerheads at heart. We both grew up wearing Nikes, Jordans, and Reebok Pumps. So to be able to open a boutique focused on sneakers is not only a hobby for us, but a passion that we’ve had since we were kids.

Complex: What are your retail plans for the future?

DJ Vice: We just launched our website, crsvr.com, which has been one of our biggest projects since we first opened our doors. We kept the concept of the site similar to the store: simple, clean and fresh. We have added a couple of pretty dope features that will hopefully make us stand out a bit from other sites. We focus on our blog, our shoes, and our music. I want people to be able get our latest shoes, and also be able to download my latest mixes too.

Complex: Any anticipated collaborations?

DJ Vice: We are currently working on a Halloween event with Orisue, and just wrapped a project with Future Heretics. Future Heretics was nice enough to do a collab tee for us that’s exclusive to the store and online. We are definitely open to the idea and anticipate the opportunity to work with a lot of the brands we carry.

Complex: What are the next trends in men’s style?

DJ Vice: The dressed-up streetwear look seems to be pretty popular. Everything is getting really clean. The streetwear brands are putting out cut-and-sew pieces that look like they could go in Barneys but the price points are staying true to their roots. If that continues to happen for the next five years, I wouldn’t be mad at all. The shoes are tough to predict. Every time I go to Nike to see the upcoming lines, they always surprise me with classic shoes I haven’t seen in 15 years, and some sort of new technology that reshapes the direction footwear is headed. They are an amazing company that is able to stay ahead of the game and create stories and product that influences a lot of the other brands out there, and we are extremely fortunate to be able to work so closely with them.

STORE INFO:
632 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805.962.2400
Open 7 days a week, 10-8

Nike SB prides itself on never repeating colorways, so the “Ron Burgundys” are kind of a way around re-creating the Shanghais. Hit the jump for our favorite repeats, ’cause keeping the O.G.s isn’t only difficult, it’s retarded.

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Photos from the Dash Snow memorial exhibit at Deitch Projects. [Hypebeast]

For those with recession bomb shelters, James Perse has debuted a new a ping pong table for your consumption enjoyment. [Selectism]

Denim head alert: Levi’s Vintage collabs with Cone Mills. [Slam x Hype]

If you missed the red Visvim backpack from a while back (or couldn’t afford it), Nike SB is coming through with something similar. [Freshness]

A preview of things to come: Alexander Wang Spring 2010. [Men.style]

Check a new featurette on Where the Wild Things are. [Limited Hype]

Twine skeleton sculptures by “Jim”. [Life Lounge]

Patta x Pro Keds: another mark on the wall of awesomeness for Amsterdam. [Hypebeast]

Ball point pen art is the shit. Add in some pretty girls, and we’re sold. [Today and Tomorrow]

The latest crop of Internet-fueled Ivy-league graduate sneaker heads fresh off a “marketing” degree are taking over your www space. Check the new collab between HUF and Jansport (?). The bags are dope. [Jansport]

New SB socks are on the way, get you collectible cart out. (Lucky’s and Unlucky’s). [Freshness]

AGE: 20

OCCUPATION: Student/Model

HOME BASE: Baltimore, Maryland

SHIRT: Alexander McQueen

TIE: Bert Pulitzer

SHIRT: Vintage

POUCH: H&M

BELT: Gap

JEANS:: Paper Denim

SNEAKERS:: Nike SB

What are you saving up for the summer? Vacation to L.A.

What summer trends have you seen? Skinny cut quarter length jeans.

What is your dream vacation? Maui.

What is the sneaker style you are rocking this season? Visvim with simple designs yet distinct details.

Vote on whether this week’s subject is “Stylin” or “Wildin” below…

What’s your summer drink? Homemade mojitos.

Who inspires your style? Senior citizens are pretty fly.

What city has the best style? London.

What movie best captures your style? Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Who has wack style? Fake sneaker wearing chumps.

What trend do you want to see die? Sleeves of rush-job tattoos.

Last clothing item you purchased? Alexander McQueen scarf.

Most money you ever spent on a single item of clothing? $575 on a pair of shoes.

Favorite online shop? Colette.

What do you collect? Vintage pictures.

What is your favorite brand? Vintage Stüssy.

What do chicks dig about your style? The fact that I’m fashion forward.

What’s the most common statement people make about your style? “Can I buy I that from you?”

What’s the item currently in your closet you most regret buying? Supreme x Wu-Tang collab shirt that I only wore like 3 times but nothing goes with it.

What do you see as the next big trend? Vintage Vietnam combat boots.

What is your favorite city? “Bodymore Muderland,” Baltimore.

What is your dream job? Working at Complex.

Last book read? The Street Lawyer by John Grisham.

What is your trend proof style advice for our readers? It’s all about being exclusive and not expensive.

How has the recession affected your life? I invested in buying a bike and started BMX’ing due to high gas prices.

Want to be featured in our weekly Street Detail blog? Email a head-to-toe picture of yourself to: streetdetail@complex.com

Yup, the official bird of the NYC streets, the one Staple made into a dunk has become one of the most recognizable colorways in the cool-guy world. Some say it’s merely a copy and paste, but hey the kids are buying the shit out of the Staple x [Insert Brand Here] products. With the latest collabo, a 5-panel hat with Kangol, hitting the Internets late last week, we take a look back at all the collabos Staple’s pet pigeon has shat on…

NIKE SB PIGEON DUNK LOW PRO
RELEASE: MARCH 2005
• The design that spawned everything else on this list. 150 pairs of the SB Dunk were released in NYC, causing riots among sneaker heads. Arrests were made, and the release made the front cover of the post.
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NIKE SB PIGEON SOCKS
RELEASE: JUNE, 2007
• Most blogs wrote “if you missed out on the pigeon dunks, these will make up for it.” No, they won’t. They’re just socks worth nothing compared to a pair of $2000 sneakers people almost got shanked for.
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LOMO x STAPLE COLORSPLASH CAMERA
RELEASE: JUNE, 2008
• Oh, awesome! Now you could take pics of your pigeon sneakers with your pigeon camera.
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NEW ERA FITTED
RELEASE: AUGUST, 2008
• Not much of a shocker here, but it might have been a bit more on time if the hat dropped around the same time that dunks did.
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NEW BALANCE 575
RELEASE: AUGUST, 2008
• Before Converse hooked up with Staple and after Nike did, New Balance released this collabo with Staple on a 575. Insiders say the Converse make-up actually used scraps left over from this shoe. We keed.
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CONVERSE SEASTAR
RELEASE: FEBRUARY, 2009
• Converse got at Jeff Staple for its boat shoe make-up the “Sea Star Hi.” Jeff complained on his twitter about the coordination of the global launch of the shoe, but we’re thinking he forgot about how bad it went once the checks started to roll in.
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AMP ENERGY DRINK PIGEON FRIDGE
RELEASE: APRIL, 2009
• Not an official collabo, yet…AMP Energy Drink produced this pigeon camo-splatter fridge and sent it to the Staple office a couple months ago. Cranking out pigeon designs takes energy, sometimes you need a place to stock the Red Bull.
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KANGOL 5-PANEL SAFARI HAT
RELEASE: JULY, 2009
• Once you do the fitted, you have to do the 5-panel too right? Just last week, this Kangol x Staple 5-panel safari cap released.

The Nike SB Am movie Debacle info just went up. [Nike Skateboarding]

Longchamp x Jeremy Scott for your lady this weekend. [Colette]

Girl Skateboards x Where the Wild Things Are = Spike Jones is the man. [Brooklyn Projects]

New York’s Gagosian Gallery is pulling bangers all summer. It follows one of the greatest Picasso exhibits in a bit with a new Yayoi Kusama retrospective. Go there and see it. [Slam x Hype]

First Nylon Magazine with a Dunk, and now Maxim with an Air Max 1? hahahahaaha. [Hypebeast]

You can put lipstick on a pig, but what about a Blue Lobster? All the info you ever wanted to know. [High Snobiety]

Nike SB x Supreme, full collection view. [Slam x Hype]

If you didn’t know, there is maaad iPhone hype on the way. Here’s a little rumor confirmation. [Gizmodo]

Oh, and Zune HD hype. Not. [Gizmodo (again)]

DC’s LIFE line and the California sneaker boutique chain Blends go tone on tone on these gray Admiral High-Tops. [Freshness]

Murakami and Louis Vuitton have some new Superflat love on the way. [I Lvoe LV]

In other Superflat news, Mr. is teaming up with Lucien Pellat-Finet. Everything is going nuts, and it’s only Monday. [High Snobiety]

The store stocks top-notch brands such as Adidas Campus Vulc, Adidas Skateboarding, Alien Workshop, Altamont, Anti-Hero, Benny Gold, Brixton, Chocolate, Diamond, Emerica, Girl, Habitat, Krooked, Lakai Manchesters, Matix, Nike Dunks, Nike SB, Roger, and RVCA. Oh, and the best part? The shopping experience is pleasant, thanks to the brothers doing without the whole I-own-a-skate-shop-and-can-act-like-an-a-hole-to-everyone mindset. Check out more images and info on the store below…

No Comply
812 W. 12th Street
Austin, TX 78701
512.804.0472

The Lambo's blue, and his President is Black. Go behind the scenes of Young Jeezy's video shoot. [Nah Right]

These SBs never made it off the cutting room floor. Mint chocolate chip? Yums, no (Soulja Boy). [Nice Kicks]

New freestyle from Officer RAWSSEEEE. [On Smash]

This “summer” snowboard looks pretty lame. [Like Cool]

[Nice Kicks]