Our good friends over at Cultureshoq are putting their blog to good use by ebaying a never been released sample pair of Asics Gel Lyte III’s designed by Ronnie Fieg.  100% of the proceeds will go to Wyclef’s Yele Haiti Foundation:

“After the Horrible Earthquake took place in Haiti we decided to help out out. Many are in desperate need of aid and hopefully these Asics will help raise a nice amount. These are a one of a kind and will never be released. Dont sleep on this. It was the first prototype for the Asics X Cultureshoq collabo that dropped last year. This is a size 9 and the only pair that exists. 100% of the proceeds will go to “WYCLEF’S YELE HAITI FOUNDATION“. Shipping cost is $20 in the USA. GOD BLESS HAITI AND LETS RAISE SOME $$!!!”

Even if you’re not a size 9 or not into sneakers, you should try to donate something to the cause.  Skip the second jack and coke when you go out tonight and spend it on people in need.

More pics of the shoes after the jump

Anyone that knows anything about DJ AM knows that aside from DJing, two of his greatest passions were in helping others and collecting sneakers. Throughout the years, he managed to amass a collection of over 800 pairs of kicks. As of last Sunday afternoon (Nov. 15th), these shoes have gone up on Ebay for auction in an effort to raise money and awareness for the DJ AM Memorial Fund, which in turn will use the profit to aid already existing organizations, whose focus lies in substance addiction and recovery. The auction is running until Dec. 14th and 100% of the proceeds will be going to the aforementioned charitable causes.

The collection that is up for grabs includes limited edition and hard to find shoes from Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Converse, and BAPE.

You can check out the collection and bid on shoes HERE.

It’s not often that something can be called classic right off the bat. For something to truly be called classic, it needs to stand the test of time. This applies to everything from cars to clothing to music to movies. Problem is you don’t have a Delorean to go back in time and get bags of classic vintage gear. Thankfully, For All to Envy’s Kirk has got your back. His eBay store has almost a thousand vintage pieces and his blog schools you as it acts like a vintage history book. One of the best things about his blog is that he’ll post current pictures of a vintage piece and vintage pictures of people/athletes rocking that item back in the day. Seriously, check it out and you’ll be hooked: ForAllToEnvy.com.
Read more after the jump!…

How long have you had For All To Envy?

The actual name came to be in 2005 but I’ve been in the vintage business since 2001. I started off by selling only on eBay, then after four years I had accumulated such a vast inventory that I needed another outlet. In 2005 I started the website to give people a chance to shop my entire inventory. The website was an eclectic mix of rare vintage clothing, sneakers and streetwear. When I went live with the website I decided to expand the company and create my own t-shirt line as another creative outlet.

What’s your plan for your next line of t-shirts?

In ‘09 I’m trying to expand the brand…right now I do mostly t-shirts, with a few hats and sweatshirts here and there. My goal in the near future is to create a complete clothing line. It will be much more than just t-shirts, while still sticking with the themes I’ve used in the past which are vintage, sports and music-inspired pieces.

How did you get started with this? Were you always collecting older stuff?

After high school I started going to the thrift stores just to try and find some cool t-shirts and stuff. After going for a while and buying some vintage clothes, people started to ask me where I got my stuff like vintage Lacoste polos, for example. Back then, Lacoste hadn’t made their comeback yet and everyone was going crazy for polos with that little alligator on them. One day I decided to go on eBay and search for Lacoste polo and to my surprise they were selling for $50–$100. I thought to myself, wow, I could make a lot of money selling these on eBay and so that’s exactly what I did. I slowly started selling as a part-time gig but it eventually turned into a fulltime job. One thing lead to another from selling a couple shirts on eBay to creating a website to starting a clothing line and now I’m sitting here talking to you… With all that being said, this snowball effect all came from my love of going to thrift stores and finding cool, unique clothes.

Is it like going digging for records and finding that original that you’re not going to find every day?

To me, it’s a rush. I always say it’s like playing the Megabucks when I go out hunting or digging for vintage. When you buy a Megabucks ticket you instantly start thinking what you would buy if you won. For me it’s the same feeling when I go digging for vintage, I start thinking what if there’s a pair of OG Jordan Is new in box or what if I find a vintage 1986 Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill tour shirt. You never know what you’re going to find and that’s one of the best things about what I do.

You describe your stuff as vintage; compare a piece of clothing that’s just old to a piece of clothing that’s vintage. What would you say the difference is?

When I think about it, vintage has more of a positive connotation and if something is old, it’s just old. The word vintage is thrown around so often these days that it gets confusing. I guess it depends who you ask; some people say vintage is 30-plus years old but I believe it’s anything 10 years or older. The reason I say that is I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s so clothing from those eras are vintage to me. I personally specialize in ’70s–’90s because that’s what I know and what I like. However if you ask the next guy, he might tell you vintage is from the ’30s–’60s because that’s his generation. When you use the word old, you could be referring to an old pair of pants from last year that you don’t wear anymore, so I guess the word old doesn’t really have the same connotation as vintage.

How do you feel about vintage-inspired and all the new clothes that are made to look retro?

Me personally, I really don’t care for retro just because my business is selling authentic vintage. If I have a rare vintage t-shirt that I’m charging a good amount for and then a company comes along and retros it, that just cuts down the value of my tee. These companies just mass produce these shirts and sell them for cheap which in turn makes my product not as sought after as it was before. Another thing about retro tees is their is NO history behind them, which is one of the reasons I love vintage so much. Every vintage t-shirt I come across has a story behind it: How did it get so worn? Who wore it? Why did they give it away? And how did it end up in my possession?

What type of stuff do you find people wanting the most?

Sports. Sports is my biggest market. Because sports will never go out of style; you’ll always like your favorite team. You’ll always be a fan. You don’t just switch teams because you feel like it. Every year, every sport plays. It will always be there. It’s a constant. So that’s the best seller. Always has been, always will be, at least in my opinion.

Do you ever debate between keeping something for yourself and selling it?

Actually, yeah. All the time. And it’s hard because I’m in business first. So it’s hard for me because I want to have a successful company and have rare items for sale. So if I get a piece and I have to sit there and weigh the options. It’s hard for me, but I keep my fair share. I have plenty of vintage wear. I keep it if I really want it.

What’s one of your best finds?

Well, I could probably write a book on this….I would say, it was actually this year. I found a spot that this guy had and it was chock full of sneakers from floor to ceiling. Old sneakers, old vintage Ewings, there was vintage Nikes, Asics, Adidas Streetball, Converse Aero Jams, everything from the the early ’90s—it was stocked with that. And he also had thousands of snapback hats, t-shirts and sweatshirts. It was just like walking into a time warp and I was back in the early ’90s. And that was my biggest and best score that I’ve had to date.

Text by: Bernardo DiGirolamo

I hit up Felix when I heard rumors about Converse re-launching their skate program, since he was one of the architects of Con’s first foray in skateboarding. Felix can be a pretty modest guy in his way, so I wasn’t expecting so much honesty about the ins and outs of the industry. As a veteran pro skater, shoe designer, clothing designer and stylist (and who knows what else he has cooking), Felix knows more about the shoe game from firsthand experience than most will ever learn. Feel free to see everything the man is juggling via onefelix.com. —PJC

Seriously Felix, have you ever met a shoe you couldn’t match to an outfit?
I’d have to say no. Riggin’ my kit is a pastime. But recently I’ve been streamlining my personal color palette. It makes packing so much simpler. So I travel in one colorway all the way down to my board.

Is the object of acquiring kicks to impress other heads? Or is it just pure materialism?
Being from New York, your kicks do a lot of talking, so I think it has just been embedded in my cerebrum since birth and strengthened as I grew up in that environment, where I found myself running home at times to not get flipped for my kicks in Washington Heights.

Are you still heavily influenced by NYC and nostalgia?
Definitely. I was around for the birth of hip-hop and B-boying, and I grew up alongside rap music in New York, so when I get in an old school state of mind it makes me remember some of the greatest moments in time, back when the NYC greats put swagger in the whole world’s step.

Who’re you working for now?
For the last three years I’ve been working for Famous Stars and Straps on various aspects of the company, more recently focusing on marketing and team development. But I always do some freelance design as long as it is non-conflicting with my work or sponsors. Seems like my workload is always growing.

You got any new shoes coming?
Some of my most recent shoes designs were a Nike Supreme I remixed with my cat head logo in chrome, like an allover print, for the Sneaker Pimps Tour; mid- and low-tops I did for Lexani Lifestyle; and a line of shoes for the Double B Brand, which you can check out at Finish Line.

How do you feel about Converse’s new push into skating, now that the brand is under Nike’s umbrella?
It has yet to be seen, but it’s completely expected. The blueprint we laid out when Converse made its first go set the template for Nike and all others to follow. Using classics with a twist for skateboarding, sneaker heads were able to get their OG favorites in new color stories with a slight morph of modern technology to bring them up to date for our abusive lifestyles. No hard feelings, but when Converse had their abrupt break before relaunching, unfortunately a lot of royalties fell through the cracks, so that was a tough break. It would be nice though, after I put them on two covers, in about 100 pages of editorial, and toured 15-plus countries, that I would be contacted. But hey, to be real, no one there now probably knows that history.

What was your title when you first got with Converse?
Endorser, but I worked on design, team development, marketing. I helped direct the company with the help of Andy Howell after we were able to get the “Skateboard Division” out of the mainstream advertising company’s hands, because I wanted it to succeed. The skateboard line was run kinda like a smaller company inside the bigger one, so we were able to have a lot of wins fast, but not fast enough in such short a time to carry the company. My shoes were top-sellers and at one tradeshow Shane Wallace [owner of the Active chain of stores] said he wrote orders for more DVS Daewons and my shoes than anything else at one ASR, so that was flattering. 

eBay—love it or hate it?
Cool if you don’t want to leave your house and have no friends. But I just recently tried to freak the game and searched for Kanye’s Air Yeezy hoping a stylist might had swooped some and put them online…

Which pair are your everyday go-to sneakers?
Lately, blacked-out Boings ’cause my feet hurt after I’m done skating. I’m kinda rough when I ride and got caught up in this vulcanized crack cocaine. These Lakai Rick Howard Selects hurt so good I love ’em, but my feet are humming when I’m done skating. And I’ve been pimping these all red Pony Uptowns ’cause they match my car.

Who are some sneaker heads that keep it rilla?
DJ AM—his kicks are always clean. I loved watching Javier Nunez doing frontside flips in the red Supreme Blazers days before they dropped while all the fools sleeping on the sidewalk in line for them cringed.

Any brands that impressing you right now?
In skate, Lakai has clean styles, so does Fallen. Gucci will always do some cool stuff, although since the departure of Tom Ford, stuff has fluctuated. Royal Elastics will do some cool stuff and has never sacrificed their integrity. Right in the middle of skate and fashion, I’d give it to Supra. Supra is probably the most I’ve been impressed lately.

That’s right, $2.5 million is the “Buy It Now” price on eBay for this collection of 250 pairs of kicks.

It says that 95% goes to charity or the Red Cross or some nonsense, so myfadz.com is only taking home, let’s see, 5% of 2.5 mil… That’s only $125,000 the seller will make on this sale. How damn charitable.

That’s means you’d pay $10,000 per pair, and the seller would average a take of $500 per pair. That don’t make no sense at all–those shoes aren’t even worth $500 per pair on average, let alone $10K. myfadz.com probably needs the $125K to pay off that loft the photos were taken in. How damn charitable.