Episodes
Published 10/09/20
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Published 10/09/20
Relevant Link: Relevant Links: YOU CAN NOW SHOP VIVIENNE WESTWOOD’S NET-EQUIPPED GEL-KAYANO 26 NIKE SB DUNK HIGH "INVERT CELTICS" IS TWO COLORWAYS IN ONE @louisvuitton and @nba announced their partnership in January, and here's a potential preview of their first collaborative Here’s your first look at the basketball-inspired B27 sneaker by  AIMÉ LEON DORE RESURRECTS A FORGOTTEN NEW BALANCE SNEAKER Grace Wales Bonner x adidas Marine serre ss21 A$AP ROCKY & TYLER, THE CREATOR SHOW...
Published 10/02/20
Relevant Links: SLAM JAM'S NIKE DUNK FLIPS THE SWOOSH UPSIDE DOWN OFF-WHITE SHOE COVERS ARE THIS SEASON'S SNEAKER SAVIOUR DIOR MULE ALYX NEW SNEAKER ‘COLETTE, MON AMOUR’ TOKYO MERCH IS COMING YOUR WAY SOON DAPPER CORDUROY SUITS AS EVERYDAY WEAR? NO VACANCY INN, STÜSSY & A$AP NAST THINK SO HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE FW20 GETS FORMAL WITH TUXEDO PLEATS DEMNA GVASALIA IS PREPARING US TO CARE ABOUT  COUTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME PATTA X UMBRO X INTER MILAN SONY APOLOGIZES FOR CHAOTIC...
Published 09/25/20
Relevant Links: Bottega Veneta’s Couch-Like Loafer Might Be Fall’s Comfiest Footwear Hender scheme x The North Face  @dior’s CD1 continues to evolve every season and here’s the FW20 edition. Virgil Abloh Reveals First Look at New Off-White™ x Stüssy Collab Palace x Happy Monday Supreme Is Far From Over, the Yohji Yamamoto Collab Proves It With a Big CFDA Fashion Award Win, Kerby Jean-Raymond Shows What’s Next 4SDesigns @willsmith partners with @airbnb to celebrate the @freshprince 30th...
Published 09/18/20
Relevant Links: Each Pair of This “Community Gardens” Dunk Low Is Unique Reebok’s Chelsea Boot-Slash-Instapump Fury Is Not as Awful as It Sounds The adidas YEEZY 450 “Ophani” Could Be Kanye’s Next Slide Offering Nike Is Dropping a Blood-Soaked “Freddy Krueger” Air Max 95 Nike Tries to Extend Summer With the 2020 Nike Air Max 1 “Powerwall” Wait, Did Demna Gvasalia Just Rip Off…Demna Gvasalia? Virgil and Mercedes-Benz Want To Rebuild the Luxury Landscape, They Explain How Stop the Press: Kim...
Published 09/11/20
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Published 09/04/20
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Published 08/28/20
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Published 08/21/20
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Published 08/14/20
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Published 08/07/20
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Published 07/31/20
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Published 07/24/20
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Published 07/17/20
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Published 07/03/20
Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no Wi-Fi access (get your game up, Patrick Star), you probably heard the long-awaited Dior Jordan 1 sneakers quietly released this week. Well, “release” is a term we use loosely, as people really just got a chance to register for the opportunity to buy a pair. Chances are you’re not one of the lucky few to receive one of the estimated ~8,500 pairs up for grabs! Good thing there are plenty of consolation prizes to talk about this week, from new YEEZY...
Published 06/26/20
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Published 06/19/20
On this week's episode, internal protests at adidas addressing the company's racist culture takes center stage. Hosts Noah Thomas and Jian DeLeon discuss the article we published earlier this week, outlining the need for an overhaul of how the company treats its Black employees. But it's not all bad news for the sneaker world, as SNEEZE magazine released a Reebok Club C (an adidas-owned company that certainly isn't faultless either) with all the proceeds going to Black Lives Matter. We also...
Published 06/12/20
On this week's episode, hosts Noah Thomas and Jian DeLeon change things up and get serious about the Black Lives Matter movement, social justice, and holding ourselves, our friends, our co-workers, and damn near everyone we know accountable. We understand the importance of keeping this energy not just 'til the November elections, but every day. Systematic oppression and institutionalized racism are two complicated forces that are difficult to fight, but we talk about the ways in which we've...
Published 06/05/20
On this week’s episode of The Dropcast, hosts Jian DeLeon and Noah Thomas kick things off by discussing a previously unseen colorway of the sacai x Nike Vaporwaffle, a sneaker that looks like it was possibly made in a wafflemaker, just like mom (and Bill Bowerman) used to make! This colorway is kind of mid compared to the ones we've teased before, but it's hard to beat a white sneaker for summer. PLEASURES is also back with a new Reebok collab, taking the hippie-infused Beatnik and adding...
Published 05/29/20
On this week's episode, hosts Jian DeLeon and Noah Thomas go back and forth on the week's hottest releases. On the top of that list of course the Ben & Jerry's x Nike SB Dunk Low — better known as the “Chunky Dunky.” The cow print kicks made even more waves this week when lucky F&F members got their pairs in giant-sized pints, along with actual cream. Meanwhile, YOON's upcoming Dunk High collab gives the hosts some nostalgia for a certain Puma sneaker designed by Hussein Chalayan, one...
Published 05/22/20
Hosts Jian DeLeon and Noah Thomas are beyond bummed that most of the week's sneaker releases (and teases) are pretty much a gigantic bag of bricks. There's the Grateful Dead Bear Nike SBs that look like a radioactive version of the Three Bears pack from back in the day, and the long-awaited COMME des GARÇONS x Nike Dunks...which are also disappointing. But there is one shoe that manages to pass their taste test, and you'll have to listen to the episode to figure out which one it is. Meanwhile...
Published 05/15/20
For Kevin Poon, co-founder of Hong Kong-based label CLOT and boutique retailer JUICE, the Covid-19 pandemic is long past lockdown and at the very early stages of getting back to normal. “It feels like we’re watching the same movie, but we’re 40 minutes ahead,” he says in today’s episode of Vibe Check. He’s in a very fortunate position as a small business owner, where he’s had the opportunity to actually open a new location instead of shuttering several during this weird time in history. He...
Published 05/14/20
Aleali May is a model, stylist, and creative who’s designed her fair share of Jordans including a pair that makes a nod to her home city of Los Angeles. Aleali catches up with host Jian DeLeon on this episode, sharing what she’s been up to in quarantine which has often involved rewatching some of her favorite fashion documentaries. Aleali joins her fellow Cancers as a homebody who’s appreciating the stay-at-home life as an opportunity to relax and recover from her past fashion week run. She’s...
Published 05/12/20
Jian DeLeon and Noah Thomas talk the latest drops on Highsnobiety’s radar including No Vacancy Inn’s New Balance collab, the 700 percent markup on Air Jordan 1 Chicagos, and the shoes you’ll most likely catch on the feet of drug dealers. In the second half of the show, the hosts give their takes on the style lineup: a courtroom sketch artist’s illustrations of outfits for the Met Gala that never happened and Supreme x Barbour’s Harvard-meets-Oxford collab. This week in pop culture saw Nicolas...
Published 05/08/20