It looks like Brooklyn graffiti artist Josh "Stash" Franklin is back at the footwear game, as part of a new collaboration with some interesting characters. Ready? Philadelphia urban retailer VILLA turns 20 this year. OK, sounds good. So to commemorate this, Rocawear is making a boot for the shop. OK. Cool. Jay-Z and Udi Avashalom (Training Camp NYC) own Rocawear footwear, so this makes it their collab. Then they got Stash to write a happy birthday message on each box. OK. So it's a three way collab between Udi, Jay-Z, and Stash.
The boot is cool, but definitely not the first time Stash has gotten down with the collabo-train. Hit the jump for them all, a history of Stash's footwear collabs, and get schooled. Think you have what it takes to become the next go-to collaborator man? We know Nike is looking...
Stash x Nike Air Force 1 High (2003)
Stash's Air Force 1 High is up there with the Supreme SB as far as "sneakers that started the second wave of sneakerhead-dom." The O.G. pair came in a sick case, and the sneakers were re-released following Nike's "One Night Only" celebration of the Air Force 1 in 2006.
Stash x Nike Air Classic BW (2003)
These are sick; the start of the Stash blue on Nikes that later went on to appear on some of the most coveted collabs on the market.
Stash x Futura x Nike iD Dunk (2005)
When Nike iD first started, there were a bunch of promo projects and hype things going on. Stash x Futura x green dunk? Not a banger, but even Jordan missed a few shots.
Nike Dunk High - Premium Futura 50th Birthday F2T-50 by Stash (2006)
When we turn 50, we hope our really cool friends will make us a sneaker. Maybe Kanye will design a Yeezy for the Complex crew (hahaha)!
Stash x Gravis Comet Mid (2006)
Unfortunately, a lot of snowboarders didn't know Stash when these came out (despite his 2004 Burton snowboard collabo). They thought the Comet LE "Stash" had something to do with weed. Betcha wish you hadn't destroyed them at the Biltmore now, huh?
Stash x Nike Air Max 95 (2006)
These dropped at the height of NYC sneakerdom, and dudes were camped out in front of Nort like the apocalypse was coming.
Stash x Nike Air Force 1 (2006)
And that it did, look at this. Pigeon Dunks what.
