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.

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!

The Puma Argentina has been successfully brought back from the archive this year and so far Puma has already released some interesting variations of the sneaker. Here we present you now the Puma Argentina Winter. The shoe feature a premium leather brown upper with orange accents. Brown and orange has and will always go nicely together. The most interesting part about these sneakers is the Thinsulate insulation, which will keep your feet warm and dry this winter season.

The limited edition Puma Argentina Winter is now available at End. More detailed pictures after the jump.

With Mongolian barbeques, the question isn’t always chicken or beef. Now that Puma and W hotels have teamed up to launch a Mongolian shoe barbeque, it’s also a question of leather or suede, red or purple, as W Hotel guests now have the opportunity to create their own custom-made Puma shoes in the privacy of their rooms.

Inspired by the tradition of creating personalized meals from a variety of ingredients, Puma’s collection for W Hotels enables guests to become involved in the art of shoemaking; they can pick from a wide assortment of pre-cut materials to design their own individualized pair of shoes. Unique accoutrements, including special W shoelaces and insoles, add to the ultimate practical souvenir. The concept launched at Puma stores in 2005 but a portable tray of options has been created especially for easy room delivery, which W’s exclusive Whatever/Whenever concierge service will transport. After selecting a desired combination, guests can go online and order their shoes at www.puma.com/whotels. The site will launch on November 14, marking the start of the one-year collaboration between W and Puma. Prices begin at $100 and guests will receive their customized kicks within six weeks of ordering.

Definitely an interesting move from Puma and a nice way of branding their Mongolian BBQ in a more high end market.

Nike has created a set of 100 strictly limited luxury Dunks – exclusively for selected Music lovers. This product will not be for sale.

The luxurious Dunks are made of patent leather with details that play with the colors Black, Red and Gold. Special features of the model are the use of 3M ScotchliteTM and a checkered midsole. Another special element of the shoe is the Zoom cushioning that is normally used in Nike SB Dunks.  

This special Dunk comes together with a “Be True”-Shirt, a suitcase trolley and a special Dunk Hoody and will be given only to one hundred carefully selected guests on the occasion of the MTV Music Awards in Munich. The personal hand over will take place at Nike’s Dunk Studio – a temporary studio space located in Munich’s Glockenbach neighbourhood.  

The studio showcases the universe of this sneaker Icon from its first days to contemporary executions such as selected styles of the Nike Sport Culture Spring 08 Collection.

After the jump detailed pictures of the sneakers.