FOOTWEAR

Norse Projects and Pro Keds have come together to re-work a true classic. First released in 1972, the Royal Master soon became the most well known basketball silhouette from Pro-Keds. Revered for its high performance and unquestionable style, the Royal Master's legacy was shaped by some of the greatest players in the game, with Nate Archibald, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Pete Maravich been some of the many to give the shoe credibility both on and off the court. 

Norse Projects have taken the classic silhouette and given it the contemporary treatment, presenting a stripped down version of the low-cut royal masters in three colourways. Available in Dark Navy, White Smoke, and Gold Oak, each colourway draws its inspiration from prominent elements of everyday life in Norse Projects’ home town Copenhagen, the ocean, the beach, and the town itself. Each colourway features a soft pigskin suede upper, co-branded cork inner sole, premium leather lining, and aniline dyed leather heel tab. Available in store and online now! Make sure you head on over after the jump for a closer look at the finer details of the release.

When ever we get a chance to do something a little bit outlandish with colours and panelling, we really do jump at the chance and that’s why we are so very excited to present to you Yuketens Blucher w/ Kiltie in FO Multi.

Made in the USA from the highest quality leathers available to man the Multi combines a hand sewn rough out blue and sand moccasin toe with a brown quarter panel, red kiltie and heel stripe and peanut ankle lining. Add to that the leather inner soles, metal eyelets, brown leather laces and brown boat sole and you have a shoe that has so much going on that you really can’t keep your eyes off them!

The Yuketen Blucher in Western Floral Red has just landed in store and we couldn’t be happier. With floral embossed red leather, hand sewn moccasin toe, metal eyelets, padded leather inner sole, contrasting white leather laces and white boat sole this shoe ticks all the boxes.

Based in Hermosa Beach, California each piece of Yuketen footwear is hand-made in the United States by Yuki Matsuda and his team of artisans. Each shoe is crafted using only the best materials, and really have to been seen and worn to be fully appreciated the work that goes into the making of each shoe.

Made exclusively for Up There this shoe combines the utmost in quality with an incredibly limited size run that is available in store and online now! Don’t sleep on these, as you won’t see them again, ever.

This season’s range from Californian based artisans Yuketen has started to arrive. As each silhouette makes its way onto the selves, we’ll be giving you an in-depth look into each of the individual pieces.

Starting off this season we’ve got Yuketen’s Maine Guide Boot. Available in Quatro, this handcrafted low cut boot features a multi coloured ‘rough out’ suede upper along with welted Vibram outsole, metal eyelets, and leather laces. Crafted using only the finest of materials, the Maine Guide Boot really has to been seen and worn to fully appreciate the work that goes into the making of the shoe.

Available in store and online now, make sure you head on over after the jump for all of the finer details of this seasons range.

Domestic manufacturing has been part of New Balances heritage since 1938 when they produced their first pair of running shoes. Since then the company has grown from 6 employees crafting 30 pairs of shoes daily to 1,300 employees crafting 19,000 pairs of shoes daily. Despite the bucking trend of companies moving their operations offshore, New Balance remains as one of the only athletic shoe manufacturers in the United States.

This investment in manufacturing has allowed New Balance to continue producing their timeless and classic silhouettes like the 998, and 1300 in such great detail, starting from the use of materials down to the detailing that goes into every last stitch. Which brings me to the two shoes before you. The M1300LG with its mostly grey upper featuring a textile mix of mesh, nubuck, along with the trademark ‘N’ highlighted in navy, and the M998BR with its tonal black upper that utilizes a mixture of premium leathers, suedes and wax canvas accents, amidst and contrasting white midsole with red highlights.

Both silhouettes are perfect examples of the timeless design, and attention to detail that the New Balance ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ range represent. I’ll let the images do the rest of the talking, so make sure you head on over after the jump for all of the finer details of both silhouettes…

A few more snaps of what has been worn around the shop over the last few days. Myself in the 1300’s and 997’s and Jason in the 998’s!

This is what I wore yesterday. A great shoe for this current weather pattern of 30+ degrees!

With summer finally setting in, the days are looking to be warm and sunny, and Mr. Mannequin’s prepared himself for the slew of good weather ahead in the week’s outfit of the week.

Starting the outfit off Mr. Mannequin’s chosen to pair Tantum’s Paisley Pocket T-shirt in Heather Grey, with Bleu De Paname’s Fatigue Short in Vert D’eau. Adding red accents to his outfit with New Balance M1500CSW and our very own Monkey’s Fist in White With Red Flecks. Finishing the outfit off with all of his everyday carry inside his Superior Labor Market Bag in Brown.

With all of the pieces to this weeks outfit available both in store and online now, make sure you head on over after the jump for all of the finer details of Mr. Mannequins outfit.

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!

Our first delivery of the year comes in the form of this fantastic New Balance 999. Comprised of predominately grey suede upper with a mesh toe box and hits of reflective 3M throughout, this is a classic from friends at New Balance. On sale now in store and online!