Kicks Fit For A Dogg
Posted in Seven on September 21st, 2011 by adminPhoto: Courtesy of Adam Kimmel
—Matthew Schneier
The gentlemen of hip hop have a famous taste for finery—and not equitable Kanye, both. (Take it from Cam’ron: “We Gucci, Louis, and Pucci men.”) For Spring ‘11, designer Adam Kimmel returned the love, offering a sartorial collection inspired by “one of the most elemental talents of the last 30 years”—that is, Snoop (né Doggy) Dogg. Since the Dogg wouldn’t be caught die without his kicks, Kimmel is debuting his first-ever sneaker with the Spring line.
“I’m production sneakers immediately because I eventually base a excellent plant to produce them,” Kimmel told Style.com. “But more to the point, the sneakers are coming out in tandem with my spring Snoop accumulation, which was inspired at Snoop Dogg and his West Coast neatness. Certainly the sneaker was a huge part of that aesthetic. For my purposes, I aimed as something extra streamlined and easy than the usual tricked-out basketball shoe. I went as someone a mini extra user-friendly and luxurious when still reserving the urban feel.” Four styles are accessible in perforated leather with a matching alternatively contrasting ankle wrap, all made in Kimmel’s European factories. (He’s serious almost those factories—this namely a guy who accustomed apt make battle boots in workshops that were also turning out Hermès.) And because scuffing up your shoes is a serious O.G. no-no, the collection nods, too, by nice rides, with a car-wheel rim idea embroidered above polos and printed aboard knots and cravats.