Tokyo Street Style

Cool site with candids from Toyko. http://www.style-arena.jp/english/index.htm

Check Out Black Spots

If you've seen AdBuster magazine, a totally cool Canadian zine that tries to provide alternatives to corporate consumerism, you've probably run into the Black Spot sneaker. The idea is to manufacture a needed item in a sustainable way (no sweatshops, eco-friendly and unbranded). Cool concept, cool shoe. Most importantly, it addresses an important issue--how do we brand our work. We want to indentify things we make so that if people like what we do, they can find more like it..but, do we want to force them to be walking billboards for us when they wear them? Corporate marketers would say YES, but that's self serving and a question to be addressed. For more info about Black Spots, check out the site:

http://adbusters.org/metas/corpo/blackspotshoes/home.php