Cool Hunting

Puma Clyde
Puma is reminding us of their roots by digging in to the archives, pulling the icons and recreating them in the same colors and materials as they were originally available. The first in the Archive Series: The Clyde made famous in the 70s by the endorsement of New York Knicks' Walt Frazier. A preliminary release of The Clyde will hit select retailers this Saturday,...

The Art of Puma
The Art of Puma is a basic white high top with 80s style illustrations that will be released exclusively in Japan, UK , Germany and France. Neither subtle nor sexy, they do embrace a certain creative chaos circa 1988. They also further today's notion that white high tops are canvases. Definitely collector's items-- grab a pair if you can find them....

Puma x BDGA Spy II Hi
Everyone's favorite dueling spy duo, Spy vs. Spy, are making their way from the pages of Mad Magazine onto a new limited edition sneaker. Inspired by the classic comic, Puma and Boston-based boutique Bodega got together to create a special shoe based on Puma's classic Sky II Hi silhouette, aptly named the Spy II Hi. Made of premium leather, I especially like the translucent...

An Interview with Mihara Yasuhiro
For the past seven years Japanese designer Mihara Yasuhiro has been collaborating with Puma on a line of wildly inventive sneakers that has become known—with features like patterns, drips, fur, studs, stripes and metallics—for adding a true avant-garde edge to shoes. The current Spring/Summer 2007 collection marks Mihara's fifth collection with Puma that includes limited edition re-issues of the MY-1 Peace, featuring a variation...

T-Book x Peter Schmid Sneakers
With British t-shirt company T-Book's tessellating expressions of love and the German Puma designer Peter Schmid's high and low-tops, these may be the most romantic kicks out there. Laser-burnt with T-Book's clever, M.C. Escher-esque "Don't Kiss Goodbye" (pictured left, click either image for detail) or with their "I Love You" repeating script pattern (pictured right), the process takes about an hour for each pair....

Timberland King Spoke
Timberland periodically explores other avenues in footwear besides their iconic work boot. Back in 1985 they had a winner with this boat-shoe cum sneaker, known as the King Spoke. And now, just in time for summer, an edition of 1200 has been reissued. $85 at Sportie LA...