Restoration project: 2000 Nike Air Jordan XI Retros

While shifting through eBay, I found a seller with bad pictures of some Jordan XI concords. He only listed 2 very bad pictures, a vague description, and a Buy It Now price of $200. But I noticed he had the "Submit Best Offer" option on, so I sent him an offer of $80 for it. The Jordan XI model is one of my favorite shoes of all time (next to the Jordan IV military) and thought $80 for a rough up pair wasn't too bad. I used to restore a lot of Jordans years ago (Jordan 1-13) and thought these would be a good clean up. Here are the before pictures










As you can see, the mesh was very yellowed, had some stains on it, but the patent leather toes had no creases or cracks! There is one nick on the patent leather, but over all the shoe was in great shape. The insoles still had the Nike Air on the it, and saw a sticker of $19.99 on it. Sure I spent $80 on them shipped, but after I cleaned them up, I'm sure I can get $200-$250 for em :) I hit it up with 4 applications of RIT White Brightner, stuffed the toes, and used Magic Eraser on the midsoles. Here are the results:





Not bad at all, right? Up next is my brother's size 11 2000 retro's that he balled in! Stay tuned for the results!

WDYWT

fOLDED Inc visits Tony.psd

This past week we had the opportunity to visit Tony.psd, one of the dopest graphic designers I know of. He recently moved back to San Jose, and know runs his own clothing line and graphic design out of Santa Clara.











Make sure to pay him a visit!  My favorites are: Top Gun Pacman shirt and his newly released Sharks shirt with the 49er twist!

Stay tuned to see what comes out of Tony.psd's lab!

Zach's newborn shoot

I had another great opportunity to shoot one of my best friend's son, Zachary aka Zach Attack! It gave me a chance to get more experience in utilizing my flash with natural light.

Another thing I learned from this session, was that baby's are hard to pose! I tried some techniques and poses I seen online, but after the first hour (in a very hot house) I gave up the posing and had the parents encourage my nephew to laugh. Another lesson learned :)

I still have a long way to go, but I think I'm headed in the right direction, enjoy the pix!

















I really wish I had her move her hair a bit to show her face. Another lesson learned



Had to take a pic of Zach's neices and nephews!

Recap of San Jose Made at San Pedro Square Market Part 1

We received great feedback on our new line, and can't wait for you all to see the rest of our fall release in the coming weeks!

Our designs served their purpose in sparking dialogue with customers of different ages, race, and sex (yes, please!). We had some great debates on our Comedians shirt, why Ice Cube is a wimp (and not a pimp), movie quotes for our Zamunda shirt ("Well let them WAIT!"), and video game nostalgia with our 8-bit plane shirt.

Thanks again to Mike and Mari of The Usuals, Dj Cutso and Dj GoldenChyld of the Bangerz,  and Sub Ren w/Randy aka DJ Wishone!

4 New shirt designs with fOLDED inc

Make sure to check out fOLDED inc. We have 4 new shirts coming out!

Stopped by Mighty Thredz in San Jose last night to pick up our shirts, and damn did my jaw drop! Shirts came out clean and the print was SHARP! I took as much pix as I could before Mr. fOLDED took them to our taggers. Enjoy the teaser pix for now, and leave a like or comment, and maybe I’ll post the whole shirt ;)

The teaser:















Dope piece made for Mighty:

Nothing beats a classic

Man Nike did it right back in the day. Dope concepts, clean lines, and high quality of materials. I have no idea how I was able to land these two, in brand new condition for less then $85 shipped. Like the saying goes, they don't make them like they used to.