Incomplete.

"A pair of shoes should look good on its own, but it's incomplete until a person wears it."

While I was spring-cleaning my house, I took an extra mile to clean up all my sneakers. There were not many left as I counted one by one, and more than half were already part of my regular beaters.

But I also reckoned I have a few that I don't wear (or rarely wear) already.

I used to collect sneakers, and kept them in mint conditions, and now I just don't see it fit in my future direction. Don't mistaken my words, I still love shoes like I love cook food. I just happened to have a different take on it now. I moved on to a different style.

Without dragging this post, please take a look at my humble items for sale, and the following descriptions:

From top left to right:

1. Bape Sta x Marvel "Captain America" 2006 (US10.5/28.5cm) - BRAND NEW
2. Nike Dunk Hi Vandal Premium "all black" with extra pink lace (UK9/US10) - USED, excellent condition
3. Nike Dunk Hi Premium "Glow In The Dark" (UK8.5/US9.5) - BRAND NEW
4. Nike Dunk Hi QK Vntg "Goldenrod" (with Dave White signature on the shoes and box) from 2008 (UK9/US10) - BRAND NEW

From bottom left:

5. Adidas Original Superskate Mid x Star Wars "Storm Trooper" (UK9/US9.5) - BRAND NEW
6. Nike Dunk Hi Premium SB "Gucci" (UK8.5/US9.5) - USED, in excellent condition
7. Vans Sk8 Hi x W)Taps "No Guts, No Glory" Bones Series (UK9/US10) - USED, in very good condition
8. Adidas Superstar 80 x X-Large (UK9/US9.5) - BRAND NEW
9. Adidas Superstar 1 "35th Anniversary" Expression Series "Adicolor" - 4000 pairs worldwide (UK9/US9.5) - BRAND NEW

If you are keen to get better pictures and the price, please leave a message or email me at trustthesindik8t@gmail.com.

Thanks and wish you all Happy Independence Day and Salam Aidilfitri.

Nike SB Dunk Hi Mafia "Goodfellas" (2006)

Being a male, and as other male, I started my life as a boy, then a guy, and now a man. Well, unless something completely or terribly or drastically wrong happen during the childhood phase (as a boy), you might continue as a soft guy, and end up being a woman.

That's not what I want to talk about now.

As a typical normal male, we love action-packed, violent, bloody films. Anything from war, gangsters, triads, mafia, yakuza, car-chase, gun fights, you tell me. Well, that's just a natural testosterone talking. And one of my all-time favourite film is Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Well I'm sure many of us have watched it. It's a mafia-based film. Serves my man's ego.

So about four years ago, two pairs of Nike SB Dunk were released in the market, named the Mafia Lo and Mafia Hi. These two pairs were nicknamed "Goodfellas", as I mentioned in the previous paragraph.

I didn't get the chance to buy it upon the release date, but I always tell myself, "good things do come by". So did the Mafia Hi.

All white patent leather upper, contrast red stitching, red reptilian swoosh. Spice.

Nike SB Dunk Lo "Pushead" (2005)

*First of all, the right way to pronounce the artist's name is "pus-head", not "puss-head". If you still can't differentiate it, go to Dictionary.com and listen to the audio pronounce.

Okay, you've seen the Random Sadoshots: "My name is Red", recently. This is the story.

I'm not sure I've ever told anyone that I don't like Nike SB Dunk Lo, compared to Nike SB Dunk Hi, and other models. It's not very comfortable. But the thing is, Nike SB always come out with lots of designs and collaborations, besides of course, Nike Air Max and the rest of the family. Nike SB is like a playground for artists, celebrities and brands to venture in the lifestyle-slash-streetwear scene.

That's the good part. The not-so-good part is that, there's so many designs and colours, majority of the designs are just whack. So it leaves the minority with something worth to buy, or collect. One more thing, it is designed for skateboarding, hence the cushion padding (midsole) is bulkier than other models. If we use common sense, bulkier midsole cushion padding means more comfort. It's true in a way, but it kind of presses your feet a bit too much, if you wear it for many hours.

But in life, there's always exception to something. Same goes to me with the Nike SB Dunk Lo. I do have my soft spots in few of them, and these few, are the ones that I will buy, eventually.

One of the very few

So while I was browsing some time ago, I bumped into this awesome pair, on sale by a friend. I was like, dude, this should be my first SB Dunk Lo! So I contacted him, and with a few emails and SMSes, (the pair was not in Malaysia) it finally dropped on my lap.

This pair is called Nike SB Dunk Lo "Pushead", a collaboration with a legendary graphic artist, Brian Schroeder a.k.a. Pushead. He's been the favourite in the Heavy Metal and Hardcore music industry and some of his famous clienteles would be Metallica, Misfits and Soundgarden. He's done so many artworks for magazines and brands and other artists as well. This pair was released back in 2005, so yeah you know I've been eyeing this for how many years already.

Pushead's trademarks are the skulls, evil eyes, and of course, gory. And as you can see, this is one of the worth-buying pair, as it comes with possibly the illest customised box to ever drop from Nike.

As you can see the size is US10, and it's slightly tight for me. For Nike SB Dunk Lo, you are recommended to get half size bigger if you want more comfort. I'd go for US10.5 or even US11 for Nike SB Dunk Lo.

Boutique: SHOWROOM

Remember my post about the Nike Dunk SB Hi "Skunk"? If no, you can read about it HERE.

If you do remember, then I would like to introduce you to the awesome boutique where I go and grab my SB's, and other cool outfits as well.

Siap bersemangat bendera Malaysia!

The boutique is called SHOWROOM. Super straight-forward, no-bullshit name, 'showroom'. Literally.

This is the first feature of a boutique in this blog. The reason is very obvious; SHOWROOM is one the earliest place where I hung out and got my tees/jeans/caps/shoes/accessories/everything from. SHOWROOM is one of the pioneers in KL streetwear scene, besides a few more like Zone 5 and reseller shops. They started their operation (if I'm not mistaken) back in 2004.

SHOWROOM has two boutiques so far, the main boutique is located at Lot 80, Level 6, Berjaya Times Square, KL. The second outlet is located at Warisan Square, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

So what brands do these kind people bring, to name a few?

And they accept Visa and Mastercard too. Very convenient to the fashionists

The most important thing, and what makes this boutique very well-known by the large, is that:

Ini yang mahal

Yep, they hold the Nike SB account. So far I think they are the only (or might be another one shop) account holder for Nike SB's. Priceless.

If you wanna know more about SHOWROOM, just go to their website at www.showroom.com.my. Oh this page popped out:

Nevertheless, you can subscribe to their mailing list, or you can go there and see it yourself or you can call SHOWROOM KL at 03-21442292. Speak to the super-friendly manager Matthew and he will assist you accordingly.