Complete Your OOTD Look with These Stylish Yet Comfy Shoes from Skechers at Shopee’s 8.8 Fashion Sale

On July 29, shoppers can enjoy up to 70% off on selected Sketcher items from Shopee

Calling all shoe-fanatics! Trying to find the perfect pair of shoes? Look no further as Skechers is having their end of season sale on Shopee. On July 29, shoppers can enjoy up to 70% off on selected pairs of shoes at Shopee’s 8.8 Fashion Sale. Here are eight pairs of kicks shoppers can indulge in: 

urbanAthletics Unveils New Look for Makati Flagship Store

urbanAthletics, a leading street lifestyle retailer known for its meticulous selection of sneakers and apparel from the most sought-after brands, recently unveiled a new design for its flagship store in Greenbelt 3 in Makati City. The refashioned store follows the urban-industrial look with a dramatic and inspiring design that was first introduced in its boutique in Conrad, S. Maison.

Established in 2009 by the same group that runs Toby’s Sports and RUNNR, urbanAthletics has attracted loyal customers who want to get their hands on the latest sneaker releases from the top sportswear brands. With a new store look and an improved product selection, the retailer hopes to increase its market share and establish its retail locations as an integral part of the local sneaker scene.

FASHIONISTA: Fashion Experiments With Converse Weatherized Collection

Today we will be cooking up something new, not with food ingredients, but with fashion find that we can inside the flagship store of Converse Philippines. Housing the popular Chuck Taylors and other Converse collections like Jack Purcell and specials with comic series like Batman and other DC characters, we can now make an interesting approach to the sneaker brand and it other products.  

Sneakers is probably the best thing that ever happened in footwear. Developed in the past century has now the footwear of the people. And one of the iconic brands, Converse has reinvented itself to keep up with the times as style and taste change. And that is why we answered the call of converse for fashion bloggers to express and impress ourselves through mixing and matching different styles and combination using their latest line up, the  Converse Weatherized Collection. The new line up has a great selection of design and functionality which is both practical and fashionable. 

Converse maybe a brand for the skating generation, this does not limit the other possibilities of styles one can come up with. That is why I like to call it "Fashion Experiments with Converse Weatherized Collection."

Looking at the different designs of the collection, I saw the perfect personalities that would fit for those sneakers. And I have come up with 4 styles using 4 different sneakers, and probably 4 different personalities that come with it.  I posted these pictures in my instagram too.

FASHIONISTA: Street Action with Converse CONS KA-II

Converse CONS KA-II is the streets that offer
infinite possibilities of adventure.

In the urban jungle that is the city, it is the streets where most of activities transpire, not within the sedate buildings and structures that flank them. From London to Hong Kong, from Manhattan to Manila, one can feel the distinct, pulsating energy as people negotiate the streets, avoiding collisions, taking in the scene, or rushing toward their destinations.

For artists and creative instigators, the street is an inexhaustible source of inspiration, with its graffiti, geometric lines and ever-present denizens asserting their own individuality through fashion and other forms of visual expression. For skateboarders and bicycle enthusiasts, the streets offer infinite possibilities of adventure.

HEALTHY LYF: Dr. Kong Footwear Bringing Footwear To Each And Every Household

Reports shows that the shoes we wear have a substantial impact on the load on the knee joints which can impair the quality of one’s life. A small abnormality in foot function can be the cause of and have a large impact on knee and other joints higher up in the body, causing pain and discomfort.

Most of us are blessed with healthy feet from the day we are born, but problems often arise with the development and abuse which we subject these feet to later in life by wearing inappropriate footwear. Statistic has shown that between 75% to 80% of the adult population has some form of foot problem and unfortunately, most people do not seek advice on it.

It is thus clear that footcare in the early formative years is vital to ensure that children grow with healthy feet, which may otherwise result in foot problems like flatfoot and rearfoot valgus (a condition in which the rear of foot tends to curve outwards at the ankle joint) as they move towards adulthood.

First CONVERSE Flagship Store Store Opens in the Philippines

Everybody loves sneakers, and when it comes to this kind of shoe one name comes to mind, Chuck Taylor by Converse. They have been the shoe of the deviant generation, the rockstars and the  artists (like me). Its comfortable feel makes you want to jump and run, and sometimes eccentric. 

Though converse has been available in the contry for quite some time and stores in malls, they just recently launched their first flagship store in the Philippines which is the biggest in area and also with the variety of merchandise available.

In the launch January 18, 2013, it was well attended by the media, the converse management, and celebrities like Bernard Palace, Tessa Prieto-Valdez, Kapamilya stars Ejay Falcon, Khalil Ramos, Zaijan Jaranilla and Xyriel Manabat. The store is located near the link between the Landmark and is along the people traffic in Glorietta. 

School of Hard Knocks: Black and Blue Colorway

Adidas launches the black and blue colorway as inspired by Derrick Rose’s hard fought path to the NBA from the physical style of play at Murray Park in the Englewood neighborhood of Derrick's hometown of Chicago. The shoe features tumbled, full grain leather and luxury nubuck upper for a smooth off-court look to rep the style of his hometown.

Adidas Releases its St. Patrick’s Rose 2.5 Edition

After another huge outing last Monday and another key match-up the other day versus the Miami Heat, Derrick Rose's Chicago Bulls enter a stretch against the East's top teams.  That includes a home match-up this Saturday on St. Patrick's Day where the Bulls will don green uniforms and Rose will debut an all-new colorway of the adiZero Rose 2.5.

Dubbed "St. Paddy's," this Kelly green colorway of the shoe hooks up to the Chicago Bulls' special green uniforms when they play on St. Patrick's Day, one of the most celebrated holidays in the Chicago area. 

In 2006, the Chicago Bulls were one of three teams to take part in the NBA's first-ever St. Patrick's Day uniform celebration. The shoe features a luckskin nubuck upper that also ties back to the colors of Derrick's childhood school, Beasley Academy. 

Avail of your own adiZero Rose 2.5 St. Paddy’s in the following stores: adidas Trinoma, Greenbelt 3, SM Mall of Asia, Sm North EDSA, Cebu and Titan. It retails at Php 7,295.

Keds: The Original Sneaker

In 1916, Keds created an American Classic: the first shoe with a soft rubber sole, so comfortable & quiet you could "sneak" up on anyone. This original sneaker, called the “Champion” has remained a style icon for almost 100 years. Worn by legends Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, The Ramones, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie O, and consistently celebrated by Vogue, Elle and GQ, Keds continues to attract fashion designers, stylists and top editors in the industry with their classic, authentic style.

My Feet Craves For a Radii Footwear from Urban Athletics

Shoes is a necessity in our lives and has been there since the first civilizations. In the present modern world, finding the right pair of shoes is important because it should fit to the lifestyle that we have now. Being a music lover and also a dancer, sneakers would be definitely my preference. But having tried many shoe brands (even the cheap ones) but ended up hurting my feet the longer I use them. Worse is they look to stiff and not fashionable.

These conditions also cause my feet  to stink and stressed. This made me want to look for better shoes that can perfectly fit my feet and provide great performance in doings the things I do.