Sometimes, the universe collapses on itself and churns out all sorts of chaos. Here it is: Nike High Heel Dunks. They are not officially sanctioned by Nike. But they are real, or at least, real enough to be sold on Addoway by some brave shoe designers.

What do you think? Would you wear high-heeled Nikes?

Nike High Heel Dunks

Nike High Heel Dunks 2

Nike High Heel Dunks 3

And to piggyback onto last week’s Back To School theme, we should revisit Nike’s Back To School series of shoes. Nike originally released these shoes in 2007. As you can see, each of these shoes are modeled after an iconic school item: Mead marble notebooks, Crayola crayons, and Elmer’s Glue.

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A couple years ago, Nike added their Scantron-inspired Nike Blazers to the mix. Check them out below and I hope your kids have a good semester! Continue Reading…

For those of you who love the barefoot experience, check out these Nike Footstickers. These are a concept design created by Dutch designer Friek Severs for Nike. The idea is to provide all the freedom of the barefoot experience while minimizing the risk of injury. Stepping on a bed of nails is still probably out of the question. But the added traction can prevent you from slipping or twisting an ankle.

Photo: Behance Network

Each of these is sets of footstickers are designed for a specific activity. The above footstickers are supposed to be used for yoga. Below, you can see footstickers for cardio training and then dance. Thanks to Behance Network for the pics/info.

Photo: Behance Network

Photo: Behance Network

Kang S. Lee, a Korean artist based in Mexico City, has created a collection of sculptures paying tribute to the iconic Nike Dunk shoes. He’s very enthralled by sneaker culture, calling it “one of the most exciting and fast-changing phenomena in youth culture today.”

Photo: Kang S. Lee

Photo: Kang S. Lee

Photo: Kang S. Lee

You can check out more pics of ceramic shoes and the artist’s philosophy behind the concept at Lee’s Flickr page dedicated to the art project.

Nike, in their infinite wisdom, have deemed it necessary to turn some of their Nike Free running shoes into instruments of hip-hop music. They enlisted a crew of hip-hop DJ’s and sound technicians in Japan and came up with what you see below. Maybe someday, we’ll be able to make our own music as we run and thus ween ourselves off our iPod addictions:

Welcome back to Weird Shoe Wednesday. It should be no secret that I’m a pretty big computer nerd. Between all the time at work at my desk and my extracurricular blogging and media scavenging at home, I’d estimate that I spend close to 14 hours a day on a computer. So imagine my elation when I discovered these pairs of shoes made from computer boards.

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First, we have a pair of women’s heels made by artist Steven Rodrig. The shoes are part of a larger collection of sculptures made out of PCB (printed computer board) materials. He also crafted a cactus, a variety of bugs, flowers, and books. Check out the rest of the neat sculptures by clicking on the photo above.

Photo: Funky Downtown

Next, we have a pair of sneakers that our resident sneaker expert believes is modeled after Nike Blazers (see for yourself by clicking here). Neither the heels or the Nikes can actually be worn but if my computer ever crashes, I might just have to look into getting one of these as a replacement. =D

One of the original reasons we started this blog was because we know that shopping online can be a highly impersonal experience. Even though you’re shopping with us, you never see our faces and often never hear our voices. You don’t get a sense that someone is there to help you. And that might discourage you from asking for help in the first place if you need it.

We want to let you know that yes, there are real people behind your computer screen waiting to serve you and fulfill your shopping needs. Our new Employee Spotlight series not only highlights some of our most hard-working employees. It also gives you a glimpse into who we are.

Vince, Shoe Metro's sneaker fiend. Photo by Chris.

We’ll kick it off today with Vince. Vince has been working with us for the past two years in our Listing Department. In his short time, he’s worked his way up to become the top Lister and the department’s Training Supervisor. However, when he’s not at Shoe Metro, Vince is an avid sneaker collector. We asked Vince some questions about his sneaker obsession:

So how many shoes do you have in your collection?
I stopped counting a few years ago. But I’d guess about 150 pairs now.

When did you start collecting sneakers?
I’ve always been into shoes since middle school but I never had the money to afford them. So I didn’t seriously get into collecting until high school when I got my first job—a “Sandwich Artist” at Togo’s. And that was actually one of the main reasons I got a job in the first place.

That’s awesome. But why sneakers? Why not rocks or stamps or something?
It’s just like any other hobby, but shoes have a sense of style. Some people get tattoos, some people get piercings, weird haircuts, and whatnot. Shoes are just my way of doing it. They don’t just sit in my room like a shrine. I wear them too. I sometimes buy two pairs of shoes: one to keep [in my collection], one to wear. I never buy anything that doesn’t look good, that I wouldn’t wear myself. Continue Reading…

Valentine’s Day is this weekend (and don’t forget the Lunar New Year, too). Time for a heart-shaped shoe extravaganza!!! Here is a plethora of such shoes in sandals, booties, pumps, or sneakers coming from brands like Marc Jacobs, Naughty Monkey, Tory Burch, Nike, and more. Check out all the rest after the jump.

Marc Jacobs heart platform sandals

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Welcome back to Weird Shoe Wednesdays. Have you ever thought to yourself, “Hey, I want to walk around barefoot today but I don’t want to hurt my feet at all or worse, risk stepping on a nail and having to get a Tetanus shot. What should I do?” Your problem has now been solved.

Check out this trio of shoes that look like human feet. The hairy ones above are supposed to be men’s feet but it looks more like half-man, half-Yeti feet to me because I have never seen feet that scarily hairy. Plus, the inside lining looks like a really bad case of athlete’s foot. Or rotting meat. =(

After the jump, you’ll see a similar pair of shoes only less gross and in a lace-up style. You’ll also see some white Vans slip-ons that had feet painted on the uppers by a political artist named Okat. Head over to Design Swan for more creeptastical shoes.

UPDATE: Looks like the shoes above and also the lace-ups after the jump are Nike Human shoes. They should’ve tried to sneak a Nike swoosh on the toenails or something, hah.

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Shoes are out of control!

This week’s Weird Shoe Wednesdays is dedicated to Andreia Chaves, avant garde footwear designer and creator of the ‘invisible shoe.’ The shoe contains a mirrored surface to create the chameleon-like illusion of invisibility, blending in perfectly with any background it finds itself in, which is certainly an interesting step from Nike’s “Invisible Woman” Fantastic 4-inspired Air Force 1′s. To be fair, this isn’t exactly a “shoe” in the sense that they don’t seem to be made for actual practical use. Rather, this is like an abstract conceptual blueprint, a piece of art meant to provoke the minds of other designers. Still, they are quite clever and very eye-opening.

Check out more conceptual footwear from Chaves as well as some interesting commentary over at Yatzer. Maybe someday, us regular folk will be sporting origami footwear too.