Posts Tagged ‘sneaker guide’

8
Aug
2010

You probably know by now that Violet and I love sneakers. We’ve shown you in our DIY sneakers tutorials how to customise shoes with shoelaces and how to care for your sneakers. We love our DIY shoes because it makes our shoes like no other!

In this week’s tutorial I combine both techniques from previous tutorials to show you how to paint your shoes. We’re going to DIY our shoes with a design you cant find elsewhere! I’m sure you’ve seen those painted canvas shoes retailing in shops. We’re going to give life to an old pair of sneakers using the same method. Here’s how you do-it-yourself.

You will need:
- blank canvas shoes (preferably clean and washed)
- paint markers (they dont run when in contact with water)
- fabric paints
- paint brushes

First, draw on any design you like on your canvas shoe using the paint markers. Feel free to customise your shoe with whatever design that comes to your mind. I randomly doodled and drew a butterfly, some flowers and leaves on the sides before painting with the fabric paints.

The best thing about DIY shoes or sneakers, is that you are only limited by your imagination. You dont even have to make both sides of the shoe design the same! I was inspired by a pair of sneakers I saw in New York and decided I’d draw a pair of wings for the other side of my shoe.

Using the blue paint marker, draw in the wings on both sides.

Then, paint the wings blue and blend in white and silver for that extra dimension. I decided to paint the entire shoe black thanks to a suggestion from my mom to make the wings stand out.

Once you’re done, admire your latest pair of DIY shoes!

I hope you enjoyed this DIY sneakers tutorial on how to paint your shoes. With a little creativity the number of DIY sneakers that you can come up with are infinite! Violet’s got a DIY shoes design that quite signature of herself. Since it’s the long weekend here in Singapore, maybe someone might even paint their sneakers red and white and make a food trip down to Chip Bee Gardens to celebrate. With my newly jazzed up sneakers, I’m ready to head out for a food adventure with the food blogger who took these photos!

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25
Jul
2010

A big part of Sneaker Sunday is the different types of sneakers we see! It’s all about audience participation and that’s why Violet and I just love it when you guys all send your photos of how you wear your different sneakers. The best part about sneakers is that you can own all types of sneakers and no one would complain because they’re all different! :D The different sneaker brands available in the market make for such a wide variety of choices too!

So today is all about showing you all how much we appreciate all of your efforts in Sneaker Sunday! All of the photos showcasing the different types of sneakers have been submitted to us and are credited to the owner’s they’re linked to.

Knock yourself out by taking a look at all the different types of sneaker posts and if you would like to take part in Sneaker Sunday, just email your link to either Violet or myself.

Click the photos to have a look at these awesome blogs.

BGDino

Sylvia

Jessica

Super Kawaii Mama

Pure Girl Blue

The Fashionate Traveller

So what have all of you got planned this Sneaker Sunday? If you havent gotten your pair of sneakers, go get one now! Everyone’s got different types of sneakers that they like and I want to see yours. ;)

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4
Jul
2010

Shoe laces are meant to be on shoes right? Well, most of the time they are, but not when they’re pretty shoe laces. The next time you’re thinking of throwing an old pair of sneakers out, keep the laces because I’m about to tell you what to do with shoe laces.

Puma was having a promotion with Foursquare just last month. As long as you checked in at either of their Puma outlets with a soccer tip, you got yourself a free pair of shoe laces! I picked out this pretty blue pair of laces and decided they were too pretty to go onto my shoes. I wanted to show case them in another way.

Inspiration struck me and I figured some other things I could do with the laces include:
- using them as a hair/head band
- tying it around the neck as a choker

Using them as a bracelet is another good option, but instead of just tying them around your wrists, let’s make a proper bracelet with them laces. The laces I used here are brand new ones, but if you’re going to reuse one from an old pair of sneakers, it might be a good idea to wash those laces before you start anything.

Step 1: Put the two laces together and fold them in equal halves. Tie a knot to secure the top.

You should have 4 laces to work with.

Step 2: Start with the right most lace and weave the lace over the lace next to it. Go under the next one and again, over until you reach the end.

Step 3: When you reach the end, use the same lace to go under the first lace before weaving over and under again. Remember, the key is to alternate the pattern of going over and under each lace.

Keep the laces woven tightly together and you’ll be able to see the zig-zag pattern on your bracelet when you keep weaving.

Step 4: When you run out of lace space, simply tie a knot to finish off your lace bracelet!

Your bracelet will make a perfect accessory to wear on Sneaker Sundays with your favourite pair of sneakers. But if you need a pair of sneakers to match your bracelet, Violet has the perfect solution on how you can customise your own pair!

Welcome back to Sneaker Sunday.

It’s good to be back.

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13
Jun
2010

Sneaker Sunday is literally going places. It has thus far, been written in the Philippines and now in New York! Whooooooooohoooooooooo! Hello New York! I’m living on Wall Street in the financial district and the buildings are really pretty.

The flight here was long especially the one from Hong Kong to NYC. But hey, I’m here in The City that Never Sleeps, so I’m not really complaining. I’m definitely thankful we had a stop over in Hong Kong cause you know how you cant really stay too long in the airplane. Michelle and I spent a solid 9 hours in the huge Hong Kong International Airport and it was tough trying to keep ourselves awake. The whole trying to tune your body to a different timing was difficult. We had a long battle with the sleep monster because when we got on our second flight, it was close to a full 24 hours that we hadnt slept.

Since this post is about travelling comfortably (the New York flight was a long haul one – 15 hours) and how you dress is highly important, sneakers were of course the obvious choice. Violet used them when she was moving and now Im using them for travel!

These sneakers were made for walking.

Pink Ed Hardy

I brought my bad a*s Ed Hardy shoes out for a spin. They lasted me through the Hong Kong and New York flight and probably will take me to some cool places in the City.

I got these babies in Philippines and no, they dont come with laces! :D That’s what I love most about them – they were made not to have laces. Everytime I wear them, people ask if I took the laces off and if I did, how come the sides never seem to fall open. Heehee. That’s because they were meant to be without laces and there are buttons on the inside to secure the sides. How clever!

Since I’m back in the City where these shoes originally came from, I wonder if I can get more Ed Hardy sneakers. Please excuse me while I head out shopping. Violet, in the meantime, I’m sure will entertain you with her Sneaker Sunday post. I think I just found me another pair of new awesome sneakers!

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6
Jun
2010

Umm.. Hi. I’m Ethan. I’m not an expert in the field of men’s fashion but Valerie has asked me to guest write today for some mysterious reason. She could have found someone else. Apparently it’s Sneaker Sunday or something? I cant remember what the name is cause she interrupted me in the midst of playing my PS3, but it’s got something to do with sneakers I think.

The reason I’m writing here today is because Val’s busy at the moment with packing for her trip to New York this Friday. She’s also trying to catch her runny nose. She’s almost used up a whole roll of toilet roll and she still hasnt managed to catch it yet. I told her to get a lasso cause toilet roll just breaks, but she wouldnt listen. What is it with women and listening? I dont get it.

Anyway, despite catching the common cold, she still managed to force me in front of the camera to show you what we dudes wear.

When she asked me, “What do boys wear?” I stared at her and thought she was crazy. I mean, what else do us guys wear except for clothes? We dont wear leaves or trucks or tanks or gadgets. It wasnt till she explained that she liked boys who wore sneakers that she made sense.

Sneakers. Now that I can do. I personally like sneakers because well, they’re comfy. And good.

What? She just yelled in my ear asking me to explain what I mean by “comfy”. They’re comfortable that’s what I mean.

No? Umm.. Well, comfortable means, nice. And good to wear. What do I wear my sneakers with? Umm… My hands? Oh. You mean an outfit? I have to talk about my CLOTHES now? Uhhh.. Okay. I usually wear my sneakers with jeans, a shirt and/or tee inside. For this photo, the jeans are Levi’s Engineered Jeans, white shirt from FOS in Kuala Lumpur and cotton v-neck tee from Cotton On. Oh. I almost the forgot. The sneakers. They were a gift from a friend who bought them in Korea. They were white, but got my friends to step on them to “break” into them. They are now a shade of…… dirty white. Why are you looking at me like that? Didnt you ever do that to your white school shoes previously?

Well, I think that’s it from me for Sneaker Sunday. I’m exhausted. That was quite a whole load of words for me to say. I hope you got a little insight into what guys wear with sneakers. How’s my first ever Sneaker Sunday post? I have a feeling she wont be getting me to guest post for her again. Maybe my friend Vic might do better on his friend’s blog. Now, where’s my PS3 controller.

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23
May
2010

Think of sneakers and laces are probably the first things that come to your mind. Sneakers and laces are like breakfast and pancakes; you can’t exactly have one without the other. But there are probably 257941134 ways to tie your laces and each can make your sneaker look different. It’s rather amazing what laces can do for your sneakers. So, how do you tie your shoe laces? Here’s how I usually do mine.

Some people like to leave a big floppy bow at the top of their sneakers but I prefer to criss-cross my laces and tuck them inside my shoe so clumsy ol’ me never ever runs the risk of tripping over my own laces. That being said, I also never ever have to undo my laces whenever I put my shoes on. I simply slip my foot into my sneaker! Hooray for laziness!

Another variation to the lazy girl no untying method is doing your laces straight across. How cool is that! I’ve always seen these laces on the awesome sneakers of skater girls and boys.

But guess what, if you’re a big fan of having your laces straight across, I’m about to show you how to make your cool laces even cooler in this week’s Sneaker Sunday post. Sneakers are meant to be cool, and with the right laces, you can make them so chilly it’s almost like the North Pole. Lol. Pardon the cold joke. HAHAHAHA.

All you need to jazz up your sneakers is a shoelace of your favourite colour. But if you are like me and couldn’t get the colour you wanted, I opted for a gold ribbon measuring the same length as that of your original shoe lace.

Start at the lace nearest to your ankle. Push the coloured lace under the first lace and then bring it over the second one. At the third lace, go over again and under the fourth shoelace. See the pattern yet? Good. You want to alternate and weave the coloured lace over and under the original lace on the shoe. Keep the weave as straight as possible.

When you reach the last lace on your shoe, fold the decorative lace over the bottom lace and slip it under the shoelace above it. Repeat the weave by going over and under again next to the weave you already did previously.

It takes a little patience to finish the entire grid but keep going over and under the laces and when you finally finish weaving the entire grid, tuck the loose end into the shoe and viola, your laces are now super cool awesome laces. Here’s how your regular laces should look like after.

What do you think?

If jazzing up the laces aren’t enough for you, you have to check out what Violet did to make her shoes stand out! They are amazing!

We have super sneakers this Sunday! Happy Sneaker Sunday everyone!

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