Never call Jacob Ferrato a cobbler. “A cobbler repairs shoes,” he says bluntly. “I’m a cordwainer: somebody who makes shoes.” In the DIY sneaker world, where custom can mean anything from Sharpie swooshes to complex reconstructions, Ferrato offers a unique service: He dreams up new shoe designs and stitches them together from scratch. Like other top customizers, he made a name for himself doing Nike mashups and python-skin Jordans for hip hop dandies and NBA stars. Success, however, bred ennui. So he chucked the reconstruction racket for a while to focus on original silhouettes. Step inside Ferrato’s atelier to see what cordwainery is about.EPISODE 9 "Absolute Zero"All three, @_theheyyman_ @bbizon and @hippieneal finished the competition but only one came out as the Ace Of Customs. Episode 8 "Tropical Fantasy" Episode 7 "Champions League" Sneaker Con in Charlotte, NC received an amazing treat when Sprite brought the Ace Of Customs competition there. It wasn’t just an ordinary competition, it was the “Champions League” where 4 of our winners faced off for the title of champion.
Dez Customz, Shoe Kings LV, Adrians Customs, and Kreative Customs Kicks had to execute their interpretations of the Sprite motto “Obey Your Thirst” onto the Lebron 12 Low model in just 5 hours time. Who was the Ace Of Customs? Sneaker Con in Los Angeles took place at the BET Experience for the second time with another Ace Of Customs epsisode taking place live. Adrians Customs, Deadstk86, and Just Win Customs went head to head to represent one of the Sprite Lyrical collection cans from 2015. The cans represented the lyrics of 2Pac, J Cole, and Missy Elliot. Each customizer chose a lyric to depict on the Lebron 13 Low model. Do you agree with the winner? EPISODE 5 "GEORGIA ON MY MIND" During Sneaker Con Atlanta in 2014 three customizers competed for the Ace Of Customs title. We’ve released this episode to kick off our series of 2015 episodes. The theme was “Georgia On My Mind” and these customizers had to show their take on the Nike KD 7 model in a 5 hour period.
See how they did it, check out who won…Let us know if our judges were right?Input your search keywords and press Enter. This instructable will show you how to paint sneakers, customize kicks, the Mofoz Visualz Way. This instructional is applicable with all leather shoes/boots./2009/04/how-to-customize-kicks-mofoz-visualz.htmlStep 1: Step 1 :Preparing a Sneaker/Shoe for PaintShow All Items« PreviousNext »View All Steps DownloadDevlin Braswell is going places. While we pointed out his potential four months back, he’s been at work customizing kicks since the 1990s. Better known as the founder of FBCC Inc., Devlin has a passion for transforming the most coveted sneakers in shape, texture and construction. With a work ethic sharpened by the military and a passion propelled by the loss of his young daughter, Devlin is making waves in the sneaker game with his luxe and imaginative customs. His resume is rich but his commitment to giving back has even more value. Aside from helping out the homeless with clothes on his own, he recently launched a giveaway contest where anyone that documented their own gift to the homeless would receive a free raffle ticket for a pair of custom kicks.
Driven, dedicated and determined, Devlin Braswell is on the road to success. Profiled by Toyota Corolla, hear Devlin’s story to success in the video above. Like what Devlin’s doing? Share this story with the #LetsElevate and keep working down your path to success. Foot Locker Is Opening Its Largest House of Hoops Ever in NYC Reebok “Chinese New Year” Pack Input your search keywords and press Enter. -2D & 3D Artist / Sneakerhead / Sneaker Customizer / Size 9/9.5 23 Photos and videosViewing Tweets won't unblock @kurtzastan.There are shoe fetishes of the Carrie Bradshaw ilk, and then there’s whatever 24-year-olds Keith “Hokum” Kunis and Ira “Steep” LaFontaine are afflicted with. Every inch of closet space in the longtime friends’ two-bedroom duplex is tied up in shoes—about 500 pairs, in fact. Some might call such a collection excessive. Kunis and LaFontaine simply call it research. The 2002 Cleveland High School graduates are elite customizers in the “sneakerhead” movement, a sneaker-collecting trend born in the late 1980s, when athletic shoes became as much about form as function.
Under the moniker Above the Clouds, the duo alters colors, designs and fabrics to create one-of-a-kind takes on classic models. And they do it well: Customers pay up to $400 for their artisanship. Above the Clouds has been profiled on ESPN’s It’s the Shoes and in the sneakerhead magazine Sole Collector. In February the pair launched their website, the closest thing they expect to have to a storefront sneaker boutique. Historically, sneaker boutiques—shops that sell high-end kicks—haven’t fared well in Portland: Three have tried, but only one, Compound, in Old Town, remains. That’s due in part to our city’s preponderance of discounted shoes. “Everybody knows somebody at Adidas or Nike,” says LaFontaine, “so the value of the shoe is skewed.” Because Portlanders are used to paying $60 for shoes (instead of the standard $120 retail price), they don’t fall under the spell of rare releases the way others do, and that’s bad news for local sneaker boutiques’ bottom lines.
But the tempered local shoegazer scene doesn’t bother Kunis and LaFontaine, whose customers come from all over the country. In fact, the two have transformed more than 160 pairs since they started customizing in 2003. Which should earn them enough for a tricked-out closet system to house that 500-pair collection in style. Produced for Toyota by Woven Studio, this micro doc follows Devlin Braswell who is chasing his dream of becoming one of the world’s best shoe customizers, out of his bedroom in Oakland. He has already achieved a feverish fanbase.I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I wanted to shine some light on a sneaker customizer some of you might not have heard of yet. Joe Carson of Carson Custom Kicks is a sneaker customizer based out of Maryland. He’s also a member of Team FBCC! His work is phenomenal! Check out his info and customs below! Hit him up if you need any custom work done and he’ll be glad to help you out! Have a great rest of your weekend everyone!