Fuckin’ Proper… You’re just too good. When are you guys finally gonna slip up and let me crack a joke at your expense? Instead you just keep posting 10s, and all I can make fun of is the fact that you guys never do anything that’s less than great. Damn you and your stellar sense [...]

A rather buttery croc skin Half Cab… But they’re a candle to the sun that is the Proper x Vans Holiday collaboration collection. Hot damn.

Nothing to do with Prop 8, but Proper is out of Long Beach… Just kidding, just kidding. My political speech is over. Long Beach is dope, and so are these Blazers.

I recently called Long Beach the Silverlake/Williamsburg of Orange County. That ruffled some feathers, but I didn’t mean that in a defamatory way; I just meant Long Beach is the coolest spot near the OC. (Yeah, I call it the OC.) I know that Long Beach is in LA County. But Long Beach is more [...]

Mmmm… A national Nike Quick Strike release in Lakers colors? What does Boston have to do to get respect? Either way, gum soles are fresh. The shoes are in collaboration with British Millerain Company, using waxed cotton which is both stain and water resistant. Thanks to Proper, where you can acquire these.

Looking at the later Jordans, it’s hard to believe that Jordan had some of his best seasons and craziest dunks in shoes that are essentially a pair of Nike SB Dunks… Something to consider when you look at the teched-out madness of foamposite space boots and carbon fiber weaves on later shoes. It”s gotta be [...]

WHUT?! Yep, adidas went big. (Although they still don’t capitalize their name.) See if you can identify all the collaborators from a to h… I’ll start you out with H–Huf. Of course they’re probably available at your local sneak boutique, but definitely available from the peeps at Proper.

Not really one way or the other with these… though the white ones are pretty fresh. Isn’t the whole 80s flashback thing over? Oh wait. Nope, no, it’s not. Keep ‘em coming. Available from Proper.

Vans still raising the bar… Via Proper.