Here a preview of some upcoming New Balance 574’s – the Trail Pack. The pack consists of two New Balance 574’s, a brown and a grey colorway. Inspired by tracking shoes, the sneakers have been given accents to imitate that look. You can see it on the sole, the toe box and especially on the laces. Soon coming to Size, this is a nice and solid pack for the colder months.

To mark the launch of the new MINI Clubman, a sneaker has been developed exclusively for MINI by Onitsuka Tiger. The special edition sneaker is based on the Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 and linked to the new Mini Clubman design. The iconic mini logo appears under the heel tab. Also in terms of materials the shoe has been inspired by the car, with the upper made up of leather, suede and rubber on the heel. The shoe has been produced only one time and will be available at selected retailers around the globe this month in three colorways – cream, hot chocolate and black. Via Sneaker Freaker.

After the jump more pictures of the shoe.

After Marc Jacobs, Vans now seems to have gotten together with high fashion designer Paul Smith. The pack consists of a Sk8 Hi and a Chukka. The Sk8 Hi comes with an upper made up of brown suede and canvas. The Chukka comes in all grey canvas. Both sneakers feature the signature multicolor stripe pattern of the design as the inner lining and on the back heel and tongue tags. Apparently there will also be an Era and a slip-on in the pack.

Paul Smith is after Marc Jacobs definitely a good fit, because even though they are both high fashion designers they always mix in collaborations and pieces in general which are less expensive then their regular lines. Pics via Footurama.

The pack will be released next year, as part of the Vans Spring ‘08 collection. After the jump more pictures.

Here we present you the latest sneaker by Visvim that just released in Japan – the Visvim Skagway. The Skagway is a rather simple sneaker, inspired in terms of style by the Converse Chuck Taylor. The sneakers entire upper comes in premium white leather, the only color applied is on the back heel. The sneaker comes in four colorways – white/black, white/navy, white/red, white/brown. These are now available at Reinforce.

Once again Alife NYC gets together with Reebok, presenting the second collaboration series on the Reebok Court Victory Ball Out. In the first series they presented the Ball Out in a “tennis ball” yellow colorway, cream and orange colorway. This time around they present two fresh new colors, black and pink, with more to follow.

The black and pink colorways have been released in the Alife NYC online store. A great sneaker and both for the colorful and the more subtle type, this collaboration has got something ready.

After the jump more pictures.

The Converse Jack Purcell has celebrated a strong comeback in the last couple of months. Not only have we seen it in many high profile collaborations, also strong in-line models were released.

That seems to continue. Here we give you a little preview of what you can still expect to come out this year. Just like we have seen from other brands, Converse also applies some gold for the Holiday season on their shoes. Pics via Conope.

After the jump the complete line-up of Holiday ‘07 Jack Purcells.

For Christmas Japanese sneaker brand Ubiq brings a special pack of their popular Grace model, the “Xmas Limited”. It comes in three colorways, featuring a mix of plaid and suede on the upper, the perfect winter sneaker.

The Ubiq “Xmas Limited” Grace pack will be released at Flauge 6th of December. After the jump detailed pics of all three colorways.

Another time Vans and Japanese store chain United Arrows got together. This time they collaborated on a less popular model, which right away makes it a little more interesting actually. The two brands worked on the Vans Mountain Edition SP and released it in a gold and silver colorway. With Christmas around the corner, brands seem to jump on these colors, if you remember the most recent Supreme x Oakley drop!

The entire upper of the sneakers is made up in gold and silver respectively. The gold model also features a black croc skin stripe, the silver one the same in white. More pictures after the jump.

Hiroki Nakamura of Visvim presents their latest products, the Visvim Folk Series. The Folk Series seems to be a new line under the Visvim label very much inspired by native and folk life. Unlike all the other Visvim footwear it features thinner soles and almost has a used look to itself. Not only the look is different from other Visvim footwear, also the materials used differ. For the moment we don’t know much about it, but as we find out more, we’ll let you know.

After the jump another shoe out of the Visvim Folk Series.

Ato Matsumoto’s take on a sneaker has produced a new style of footwear that has yet to make it out of Japan until now. oki-ni.com has an exclusive distribution deal on the Ato Cow Hide Boot, recently spotted on the feet of Kanye West. This high top is currently in demand and features 2 velcro straps and comes in a mix of patent leather and regular premium leather. Not due to be released in Europe or the US until January next year, oki-ni has secured the deal to bring these to you first.

We already presented the black and white models to you, now oki-ni also offers the red colorway of the sneaker. It certainly is not a shoe for everybody, but if you are looking for something out of the norm, this is the way to go!