Don’t be too quick to dismiss, my man Jeff actually makes a pretty credible argument. JEFFSTAPLE TO CREATE EXCLUSIVE AIRWALK® COLLECTION jeffstaple, chief designer of Staple Design, a visual communications and apparel design company based in NYC’s Lower East Side, announced today a multi-year agreement for Staple to create exclusive Airwalk seasonal collections for fall [...]

If Vans can come back from the brink to become a major player (pre-Geoff Rowley, their shoes sucked), and Nike SB is doing Dunks in old Airwalk colorways (black/turquoise/white), what’s stopping Airwalk from coming back? Vans owned the ’70s, but Airwalk was the king of skate shoes in the late ’80s/early ’90s, no question about [...]

Kind of interesting because it is clearly “inspired by” (sounds more polite, right?) a classic Airwalk colorway. I could just ask my roommate who has a complete collection of original Airwalks from the 720s on down, which he bought hoping Airwalk will make a comeback a la Vans. (Or he may be trying to work [...]