Shoes on Vice
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Getting Fresh with Wilbert
My Favorite Sneaker Campaigns
There was a time in my life when I lusted after obscure sneakers like a dog in heat. A big part of my appetite for sneakers was a result of the brilliant campaigns. Here are a few of my favorites. Full story
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Art Talk
Deedee Cheriel
LA darling Deedee Cheriel is a punk rocker turned painter known for mixing iconography from Indian temple imagery, South American political art, and animals in the wild to produce mystical narrative paintings. Full story
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Art Talk
Tristan Eaton
Tristan Eaton is a street artist, painter, illustrator, toy designer, and all-around renaissance man. We learn about his career path starting with his skate and graffiti beginnings to being one of the founding members of Kidrobot to running his own creative agency in Los Angeles… Full story
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Is This Guy Really Turning Customized Stingrays into Customized Trainers?
Rayfish is a Thai company that says it can genetically "biocustomize" stingrays so that they grow in any color and pattern. Rayfish claim that they are able to turn these pretty GM stingray into shoes. I interviewed the owner to see if he's full of shit. Full story
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The Mercy Rule
Welcome to the NBA Finals
Who will be the champions of The Year the Season Started at Christmas Because the Buttsteak Owner of the Suns Wanted to Prove Some Dim Point About Unions or Whatever? Full story
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Dude, You Camped Out to Buy Kanye West's Sneakers? Why?
Meeting some guys who love shoes more than I love anything. Full story
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How to Dress Like a Christian
Because "fashion faux pas" is really just another term for sin. Full story
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Stylish Ways to Carry a Gun in Public
And more stuff in VICE Style's Week in Tidbits. Full story
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I Hate Fashion
"I don't trust people with empty-stomach breath to tell me what taste is."
If you could see my feet-a blistered, corned, scarred mess of impenetrable calluses-you would wonder what the fuck is wrong with the brain of the girl attached to them. Full story
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Cult Of Running
Sri Chinmoy Knows Shoes
Most runners have one brand and make of shoe they've been buying for the past 20 years. They get locked in and never try anything different. But we had a hunch that if they were to test-drive a new-fangled shoe, they'd prefer it. Full story
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People