We all know about music for running, and the importance of a good soundtrack to allay the soul-crushing boredom – I know a few people won’t even go to the gym if their iPod is out of battery… but swimming to music? Now there’s a whole new kettle of fish.

As Hollywood teeters on the inexorable slide towards putting out EVERY SINGLE FREAKIN’ MOVIE in 3-D, style hangs in the balance. Watching 3-D movies is the ultimate exercise in conformity, man: everyone looks the same, because everyone is forced to wear the same 3-D glasses.

Jack Spade and K-Swiss have announced a collaboration surrounding the first reprinting of Take Ivy, a book of photography featuring shots of sharply-dressed bourgeoisie during the 1960s.

The parent company got innovative yesterday, debuting a promotional campaign starring baseball legend and fictional d**khead Kenny Powers to push their new TubesK shoe, the titular feature being some amalgamation of moon boots and gummy worms that serves the same general function as Shape Ups without being hideous or overpriced.

We knew our friends at Palladium had it going on, but we didn’t know they were rocking runways… as in fashion runways. Seems that in their arsenal of canvas and rubber boots, a storied French history and hip kids, Palladium has been holding their secret weapon for next fall’s style avalanche. Seems that Neil Barrett, the famed menswear designer has collaborated…

ou’ve peeped the low-tops, but as to not exclude the ladies from the high-top mix, K-Swiss is dropping a few new colorways of its Surf & Sand high top. There is an all black upper, and four Spring colorways will catch much attention going into Easter in yellow, pink, green and lavender.

High tops for the holidays! K-Swiss does a limited release on a Classic, with a twist (0r two) — a high top in fall colors. My favorite is this pair of blood red kicks in patent leather. No pun intended: they are pretty killer.

You can use headphones to listen to illegally downloaded music, but you can’t download headphones. Therefore, it’s no wonder that music stars are putting their name on artist-branded headphones! Dr. Dre started the trend with his “Beats” model, which has exploded into a full-on product line. Now, everyone’s in on the act – even Lady Gaga, whose “Heartbeats” put a spiky, arty, weird fashion twist on your typical earbuds.

One of the perks of working at Kspace is we get to actually try out the dope K-Swiss kicks as they come out (and occasionally they let us keep them). I was surprised when I first tried out the new Tubes cross trainer: I was intrigued visually by the holes (i.e., “tubes”) perforating the heels, which I discovered provided a springy bounce to my movements.

True to its name, K-Swiss’ flagship triathlon shoe, the K-Ona, was inspired by Hawaii, where the globe’s greatest athletes battle for Ironman supremacy in that competition’s World Championships on flats warmed up by the tropical sun. Speaking of hot, now K-Swiss is introducing a new set of colorways that move beyond Hawaii…

Table tennis is making a come back in a big way, with the Hard Bat Classic last month and now with the launch of the “August Sweatout Ping Pong Classic” which K-Swiss has teamed up for a special shoe collaboration. Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti of Partners & Spade…

You know it, you can never have too many board shorts especially if they’re as groovy as the new collection by Franks out of Australia just making their way into the UK and EU. Story goes that Frank (no tellin’ his age) has been rockin these since back in the day and that the Bondi Beach boys (and girls no doubt) queue up for them each fresh season. The extra bright ones have already been dropped in the laps of Moto from Soil & “PIMP” Sessions, the Jazzanova boys and GP Sportswide for tryouts and yeah of course i’ve got a pair otherwise i’d not be giving props.

An all time favorite returns ! and not a minute too soon I might add. C’mon it’s festival season and you need something sturdier and way cooler looking than your crusty old trainers or sandals right when you head off to Lovebox, Bestival, Big Chill, All Points West or Wanderlust. It’s a boot, YES even though it’s summer but not just any old boot ! this is one that has stood the test of time from those Foreign legion days (that none of us actually know anything about) through to your groovy little Euro cousin who came to visit in the summer and you no doubt snagged their pair.

I’m totally psyched to try on this crazee elooooongateddd version of the Classic – this one is number 4 in the ongoing series of Remasterings and is by mixed media artist Oscar Peters, who usually creates moving sculptures and explores the violence in humour or is it the other way round ? His approach for the ‘Classic Remastered’ is somehow scientific yet extremely groovy at the same time.

The remastering of the Classic continues at K-Space Amsterdam in all it’s vibrance and glory ! This 3rd interpretation in the ongoing series is by illustrator and designer Yvo Sprey and now up on display for all to see. Yvo can only be described as a drawing monster, a paper hunchback, the idiot captain of his own graphic world. His style is influenced by comics, south american artisans and other pagan arts. For his version of the ‘Classic Remastered’, Yvo started out painting the discobolo statue and the Classics themselves and seems to have ended up with a great “Jackson Pollock on Crack”! we love it thanks Yvo.

The 2nd ‘Remastered Classic’ is now up for all to see here and at K-Space in Amsterdam and this time it’s by Eiko Ishizawa from Japan who describes her idea as follows:
I wanted to camouflage the figure of the statue in the glamorous or almost even kitschy and heavenly atmosphere of the typical classic garden [...]

To kick off the ‘live’ Classic Remastered series at K-Space Amsterdam, Bonno van Doorn has  covered one of the statues with a polyurethane plastic, whereby the piece is transformed into a  ghostly soul lost at sea on it’s way to the afterlife.”
Bonno van Doorn graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2008. In his work [...]

Take a close look at our K-Space Amsterdam discobolos and the lady Venus, cause this is probably the last time that they will be looking as white and as ‘classic’ as they currently are. To tie-in with the release of the Classic Remastered series and kspace online creative expression site, our sublime posers are in [...]

Well it’s been a tough one sorting through the many incredible and way original entries to the Limited Edition K-Swiss Classic ‘Booka Shade shoe’ competition ! But we’ve done it and come up with another 3 winners for now (YES there will be more, so do keep entering !) The design is by Berlin’s Hort [...]

There’s a whole lot to be said about CLASSIC for sure !  but most of all it’s kinda that ease comfort and timelessness that probably best expresses the word. We’re very proud of our 1966 Classic original with its sport and cultural heritage, and with that in mind we welcome you to step into our [...]