Category: Chicago
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Nike Air Max 1 ’86 Air Force 1 ’07 Chicago Pack Release Date
[ad_1] Nike has teamed up with Chicago’s top retailers to design an Air Force 1 and Air Max ’86 that captures the essence of the Windy City. Created in collaboration with LDRS, Notre, RSVP, Saint Alfred, SVRN, and Succezz, the “Chicago Pack” in inspired by the resilience of Chicagoans past and present. Together, the two […]
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Joe Freshgoods Chicago Cubs White Sox SS23 Collection
[ad_1] Chicago’s own Joe Freshgoods is back with a new collection in partnership with the city’s two MLB teams, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. Releasing in celebration of the Crosstown Classic, the collection includes new shorts in collaboration with Mitchell & Ness, continuing JFG’s ongoing partnership with the sportswear brand. New Era is […]
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This Week’s Picks – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] India’s Museum of Art and Photography Will Confront Biases Bengaluru, India opened a major cultural institution this month, the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP). In addition to the pre-modern and contemporary art and photography within its 60,000-piece collection, the five-story institution showcases textiles, posters and craft in an effort to eschew the industry’s […]
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An Oral History of House Music – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] After Beyoncé’s Grammys speech thanking the queer community for creating house music, NPR’s Throughline gathered quotes and anecdotes from various conversations to create a kind of oral history of the genre which began in Chicago in the late 1970s and early ’80s, thanks to Black and mostly gay DJs. The article includes significant moments […]
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Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG Chicago “Lost & Found”
[ad_1] The last time we saw the Air Jordan 1 Chicago “Lost and Found” get retroed from Jordan Brand was in 2015 and looks like 7 years later, the iconic colorway returns to the Air Jordan 1 with a twist in 2022. The shape of the upcoming sneaker is going to be more like the […]
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SVRN Reopens in Chicago After Million Dollar Remodel
[ad_1] The Kim family has been an integral part of Chicago’s sneaker scene for decades. Before shops like Notre, Saint Alfred, RSVP, and Leaders 1354, there was Dream Town. The West Side shop, established by Kenneth and Anna Kim in the early ’80s, was originally named Diana Shoes (after Diana Ross), later renamed to Dream […]
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Gutter Cat Gang x Jugrnaut Chicago Collection Release Date
[ad_1] Gutter Cat Gang launched in June 2021 as an exclusive, underground web3 social club with an emphasis on street culture. GCG specializes in collectable digital and physical art and fashion, real world and metaverse experiences, and more, all unlocked by holding GCG NFTs. After collaborating with the likes of Diamond Supply Co. and PUMA, […]
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Rello “Billy Spacekid” Vinyl Figure Release Date
[ad_1] Chicago-based artist Terrell “Rello” Jones is introducing his new Billy Spacekid character with the release of a new collectible vinyl figure. This project is a continuation of Rello’s “Please Interpret as Black” series of works, which takes fictional characters from pop culture and reimagines them as Black as an art experiment about representation. The […]
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Benjamin Edgar x Champion Craft Series x Notre Event Recap
[ad_1] The nationwide tour for the Champion Craft Series touched down in Chicago last Thursday night. Dozens of locals traversed in the snow to make it out to the event at Notre, where Benjamin Edgar Gott presented his Champion Reverse Weave collaboration to the public. Benjamin Edgar is a multimedia designer that has been in […]
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Prosper Skateshop Raffles Off SB Dunk Sample for Charity
[ad_1] Chicago skateshop Prosper will be raffling off a pair of rare Nike SB Dunk Low samples and four hand-dyed versions of their sold-out Grateful Dead tees to benefit Enlace Chicago, an organization whose goal is to improve the quality of life of residents of the city’s Little Village neighborhood. The rare sample pair has […]
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Official Look at the Nike SB J-Pack Dunk Low “Chicago”
[ad_1] Original Story (07/13/20): Nike SB has been dropping so many interesting colorways of the SB lately that it almost feels like we’re back in that ’00s golden era. The latest colorway to emerge is the fan-favorite “Chicago” colorway, originating in 1985 on the OG Air Jordan 1. Nike SB is known for borrowing colorways […]
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First Look at the Notre x Nike Dunk High Pack
[ad_1] Nike is taking full advantage of the Dunk’s resurgence, issuing a variety of new colorways, throwbacks, and of course, collaborations. One of those upcoming collaborations is with Chicago’s own Notre boutique. The upcoming Notre x Nike Dunk High pack features two colorways, one blue-based and the other in Light Orewood Brown. Both feature a […]
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Artist Sabrina Siegel’s Playful $10 Digital Portrait Series – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Visits to galleries, art fairs and pop-ups used to serve as an introduction to new artists. Now, we are often left to our own devices—sometimes literally—as was the case when we stumbled upon Chicago-based artist Sabrina Siegel‘s Instagram page. A graphic designer and illustrator with experience in advertising and branding (and a degree in […]
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Sir Michael Rocks introduces new group Mystery School with first single “Holographic”
[ad_1] Yeah, Kanye was talking all that “Holographic” shit a couple of weeks ago, but today, the duo of Mystery School … [ad_2] Source link
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Jason Van Dyke Found Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Death Of LaQuan McDonald
[ad_1] Source: ANTONIO PEREZ / Getty Somewhat surprisingly, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty for the death LaQuan McDonald. The fact many people are shocked a cop was taken to task is a testament to the state of the justice system. Van Dyke, who is white, was found guilty of second-degree […]