In a way, these new kicks from Diesel have an appeal that’s a hybrid of Nike and New Balance, with maybe a bit of Puma. Only, Diesel has taken the best parts of classic/retro styles that you might love from the latter three designers and released them with two new cuts: the CRI55 CRO55 and the 55TOP.
Meet 55DSL’s new collection of sneakers the CRI55 CRO55 and 55TOP — with each style in four different colors.
The CRI55 CRO55 comes in a suede-and-nylon mix, two-tone: black/grey, beige/brown, iconic red/blue and “summer” blue turquoise and grey. It’s on his eyes that you can find small differences: pay attention.
The 55TOP, instead, with his high-top shape, takes inspiration from ‘80s skate style in nylon with leather and suede accents and a vulcanized sole.
The perfectly imperfect 55DSL SHOES have been launched exclusively at Berlin’s Bread & Butter tradeshow in July, and are available in 55DSL stores and selected DIESEL stores now!
They’ve come as close as possible with the highly anticipated “Marty McFly” sneaker. Michael J. Fox will be on David Letterman tonight to discuss the release.
Nike CEO Mark Parker stated that a mere 1500 pairs will be auctioned on eBay, with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Sounds good to us! The eBay auction begins tonight at 8:30 PM PST and will come to a close on September 18th. So hot! They probably don’t actually have power laces, but they look terrific.
We had a lot of fun last week going out to see a B.E.A.R. showcase at Jimmy’s Lounge in Hollywood. We didn’t get to see the whole show, but everything we heard was great. Would you expect any less from The Briefcase Rockers though? The crowd was an interesting mix at the show and the music that B.E.A.R. pushes is unique. We said it before and we’ll say it again: everything we’ve heard from The Briefcase Rockers is music worth listening to.
We got six video clips of the show (after the photos), two of Juan Huevos–who came all the way from North Carolina to make it out to the show–and four of ERAs. It was too bad that we couldn’t get more, but that’s all spilled milk now.
On Juan Huevos, we think he is a dope live MC and his performance was get-up and kept the crowd locked-in. Bringing a cover of Avril Lavigne, and getting half-naked towards the end of his show, it’s a performance we’ll never forget. However, we like Juan Huevos’ flows and instrumentals and find his style exciting even without the show and dance. Huevos’ is upbeat and different. Good things.
People like a good show, but if there’s not substance to the music, you could put on the best show in the hottest venue out there and it would be like eating a burnt grilled cheese sandwich at a five star restaurant.
Nathaniel Eras, or ERAS, really rocked out as well. Twiddling knobs and having fun while he played, things stayed engaging. Even though more abstract, glitchier music and melodies are more of an acquired taste, if you spend much time on the site you’ve probably noticed that we love experimental music in general and especially where technology and music meet. ERAS had a high-tech gadget-driven sound that we always enjoy hearing like sipping on a unique-flavored foreign drink.
At any rate, the show was hot. The videos are a bit dark and aren’t the best representation of what the show was like, especially since we didn’t manage to record all of the artists that performed, but that’s why you have to go out to these events for yourselves. We look forward to future shows from B.E.A.R.: rock, rock on.
