Set to release this Saturday, May 16th, is the ‘History of Air‘ segment of the ‘LIVESTRONG‘ pack.  This is easily one of the most appealing Air Max packs for 2009 in choice of models, textures utilized and colorway selection.  For brand and collabo recognition, the vertical ‘LIVESTRONG‘ tongue tag proves to be effective.  See below for a list of retailers that will carry all 3 sneakers from the ‘LIVESTRONG‘ pack.  On a side note, I loved the knowledge Nike Sportswear dropped on all 3 pairs of Air Maxes.  Information like a 2 year age gap between each sneaker and significant changes in air bag size will come in handy one day.

ALIFE, New York City
Bodega, Boston
Darkside, San Francisco
Dave’s Quality Meat, NYC
Goods, Seattle
Huf, San Francisco
Nike Sportswear @ 21 Mercer, NYC
Nike Sportswear @ The Montalban, LA
Shoe Gallery, Miami
UNDFTD, Las Vegas
UNDFTD, Los Angeles
UNDTFD, Santa Monica

Image Source: Sneaker News via Nike Sportswear

Last month, I made mention on a pair of Adidas Nizza in collaboration with LimitEditions.  Working off a clean silhouette, very minor details were added to keep things fresh.  For this month, the Nizza receives a heather gray PE makeover on the upper.  The heather grey carries throughout the fleece upper, midsole piping and rubber tab on the back of the outsole.  Although less is more with these Nizza’s, you’ll see UNDFTD, HUF, DQM and Good Foot’s logo surrounding the trefoil of the tongue.  Each lace end also carries the name of the indivual boutiques.  The ones in collaboration with LimitEditions recently dropped on Kix-Files.  I would imagine these would follow in May ojr June maybe?

Image Source: Sneaker Freaker

Seen here is a preview of two upcoming sunglasses for HUF’s Spring / Summer line. It’s kinda hard to tell what they totally look like shape wise, but color wise I am feeling the brown joints. I myself just picked up a pair of brown Tom Ford joints for the summer. Below is a preview of a black pair with a blue-ish lens.

This Saturday and Sunday only Frank151 will be having a huge spring sale at Frank’s Chop Shop! There will be plenty of New Era styles, t-shirts and fleece hoodies that will be marked down 50-60%. The sale is this Saturday and Sunday only! Brands include Mishka, Lafayette, Acapulco Gold, Recon/Subware, Crooks & Castles, Stussy, Reason, Eriffs, Sneaktip, Dirty Jeenius, Mighty Healthy, Mess, Deadline, Rogue Status, Major Threat, Huf, Brooklyn Surfer, The Hundreds, and more.

Also they will be releasing the long awaited CHOP SHOP X SHUT skateboard deck with artwork by Steve Ellis this Saturday, April 19th. Only 151 pieces were produced. For more info check out www.frank151.com.