Tenue de Nîmes is launching a collection of special, hand-dyed, natural indigo, customized Converse Chuck Taylor All Star shoes. They’re bangers indeed. Released during Amsterdam Fashion Week, the custom indigo colored Chuck Taylor All Star shoes will be issue in a run of 50 pairs.

“Tenue de Nîmes asked the legendary denim experts, the Manabe family from Okoyama in Japan, owners of the Momotaro brand and Rampuya dyeing factory” to produce the run. The results are outstanding. They deliver and drop on July 15.

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Despite Lanvins footwear offerings going a bit DMX lately*, there’s always a couple of models we like. These aren’t paradigm breakers but they’re all of the words people use to describe an item like this – clean, minimal, classic. It does make us wish that adidas would pull their finger and make some high quality versions of the Stan Smith – it’d sell like hot cakes. Or a pair of trainers. One of the two. (Luisaviaroma)

Hey you! Yes, you. We know you’re thinking ‘I’d never wear anything by Rick Owens, it’s gothninja steeze’. Take a step back, broaden those horizons and look at these trainers. We know it’s not cool to like Rick Owen’s footwear anymore – it’s all about Wolverine boots, Pitti Uomo street style and aping 1920’s train drivers – but they still look cool. And, If you’re worried about not looking sufficiently nu-workwear, you could always roll up your chinos to show off the entire shoe. (Farfetch)

We assume you guys have become accustomed to the fact that we like Gourmet – a trainer is a trainer and all that Ornette Coleman. Furthermore, we really don’t see that much difference between a pair of Gourmets and, say, a pair of Rick Owens or Margiela trainers. You won’t look like sprezzed out or like an urban woodsman with these on, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. (Crooked Tongues)

We all know the rules of sales by now don’t we? If you don’t, let’s lay them out right now: only buy something you would’ve considered buying at full price. Sounds simple, but sometimes a brand name and a 50% tag can blind your eyes to the most obvious things. We’d rather get one thing we really want in a sale than five things we kinda sorta wanted. (Nitty Gritty)

Converse deliver these stunners. The Star Tech high tops are all hand-made (which accounts for the pricepoint). The supple black leather works incredibly well against the sole and leather laces. A very premium pair of Converse, more than likely made in Italy as part of the Converse Saks series. Get them direct from Varvatos online.

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Blanc & Noir preview two new footwear styles for Spring/Summer 2012. The brand features a high top sneaker in leather, suede and canvas alongside a washed suede boot. Both come in beige or black and both shoes are made in Italy.

Okay, here’s a compromise for pattern haters – just put it on your feet. You don’t even have to wear a printed shirt, but just start with the feet. Have some fun! We can’t fully recommend printed shoes because of the cost but a trainer, on sale? What are you waiting for?* (End)

We’re more accustomed to suede clydes, but we can rock with canvas ones too. Undefeated have been doing blog friendly collabs for a while now – remember those Adidas ones from last year? If there’s one thing that can be taken from the great blog explosion, it’s that menswear bloggers love a bit of beige on their feet (us included, humourless ones). So beige it up with these Clydes, you’ll receive a nod of approval from people you’ll never meet in person. (Crooked Tongues)

We’ve posted the video for this range before, but here’s some still life shots for you to get your teeth into. They’re crazy sexy cool like a TLC album. And, in case you were wondering, we do compare all footwear with 90’s R&B albums. We call bad ones ‘Xscape’.

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