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After last weekend’s release of the New Balance x Atmos 996 ‘Face Off’, New Balance continues to bring the heat this summer with the release of their three-way collab with Oshman’s and Mita Sneakers. The 574 takes a very refreshing twist as they took inspiration from the “Mojito“. Aside from the mint green upper, the [...]

The Black Pigeon. Since late 2011, a lot of Staple and NB fans were waiting for these to drop. A year later, they finally did. Although distribution was limited across the world, it’s good to see New Balance Philippines starting the year right by working hard to bring these in. Two pairs (yes, 2 pairs) [...]

The good fellas from Progress are opening their 2nd store, this time in QC, at the corner of Sgt. Esguerra cor. Sct. Bayaran. Beats will be provided by DJ Aryan, Nix Damn P, Diego Mapa, Fuckin’  and the Miggles. Festivities start at 3pm. See you there!

If you were there the last time, you might want to go drop by this weekend. Earlier this week, we mentioned that weLegendary is having their 4th year Anniversary Sale all weekend long. This Saturday, the rest of the Deckmates are chiming in to celebrate with weLegendary with the Big Deck Sale. Drop by this [...]

You’ve seen the quirky videos. You’ve seen the shoes, whether on the feet of some friends or their upcoming collection. Gourmet’s officially here in the Philippines and now available at Res|Toe|Run and now at six other specialty boutiques- BratPack, Bauhaus, Sole Academy (as seen here), Progress, Terminal MNL, and weLegendary. I was at their S/S [...]

Now you know why it took a while for me to upload my event recap of Platform. I actually don’t have to say much as the photos should speak for itself. There were a couple of familiar faces/brands (Titan, Native,  Unschld, WipCaps, Groupe De Ville, Sole City, Progress, Googoo & Gaga, etc.) and a couple [...]

Drop on by the DECK over at the RONAC Art Center later for Progress and Terminal’s first year anniversary party. Good food, great music and awesome company. 4 PM onwards. See you there.

Frank 151 released Chapter 45: Philippines last Friday at the Deck of the RONAC Art Center. They took on a fiesta-theme for the event and all the shops at the Deck contributed to the buffet spread. Music was awesome the whole night and it was fun to just hang out and be with friends and [...]

The good people over at Streething produced a great piece about Manila’s street/sneaker scene. They featured Dennis Tan (Titan/Slam PH), Edong Canlas (Clavel/Bikefix/Progress) and Bigboy Cheng (Secret Fresh/RONAC Art Center). They are definitely cornerstones of the industry and it would be great to learn more about the scene through this piece by Streething. Fellas, you [...]

With the grand opening of RONAC Art Center happening a week from today, let me give you a couple more reasons to head on over to the latest installation to Manila’s street scene: 1. Wednesday Nights- Last Wednesday was the start of something that’ll be a regular thing. the crowd was just right and it [...]