BRENDAN'S BLOG

For anyone that has been in store over the past two weeks you would probably have noticed I have been MIA. Well I haven’t really been MIA, but away on a mini holiday and in Sydney with New Balance. Anyway I have a few Instagram photos for you all below! Also you should follow me (brendanupthere) and show some love!

Now to kicks things off I spent a solid week at one of my favourite places on earth Rainbow Beach. 

Recently I was asked by the guys at Hypebeast to take part in their Essentials segment. It is basically a look into the items different guests use in day-to-day life. You can read a little bit about my essentials in their article here!

For my last installment of Shoes For Summer I have, in my opinion, the best two New Balances we have had in store since we opened. Firstly the 1500PSW is one of the original OG colourways of the model. With a banging purple suede upper and mesh toebox, it was just too hard to say know to these and as you can see they have been taking a fair beating. The second NB shoe I have chosen is the 1300LG. In my opinion this was by far and away the sneaker of the year in 2011 and I seem to share that opinion with a few others as well. The 1300 model is one of the sleekest shoes New Balance creates. This particular variation came of NB’s Boston factory in the USA, which is currently producing the best quality sporting brand footwear in the world. This shoe has one of the softest uppers I have ever had the privileged of putting my feet into and the colourway is perfect for the Australian summer. For those that missed out on these (they sold out in about 2 weeks) don’t worry as we have at least three more colourways coming this year, and I think at least one of them will appear in my shoes for Winter 2012!

Its finally time for my next installment of shoes for the summer. From Converse, I have picked two of our recent First-string releases in collaboration with the Hideout Store in London and Missoni.  For me, both shoes are very wearable and come with the added benefit of a thicker cushioned inner soles for that extra comfort. The Burgundy of the Hideout Lowtop chuck is one of my favourite colours and it just work with anything I seem to out it with.  The continuing collaboration between Missoni and Converse are some of the most exciting shoes going around and I could help but put a pair of these straight t on my feet. I’m not sure exactly what draws me to Missoni, but anything they put their hands on seems to have my attention straight away. All over prints all the way! So when you see me next floating around the store don’t be surprised if you see me in either of these over the next few months!