The Crepe City guys took over the sweet space at 1948 Nike in Shoreditch and rammed the place full of kicks, sellers and buyers…
There was a strict ban on selling brands other than Nike, which did pee off a couple peeps, but when your under their roof, it kinda made sense…the overall vibe was cool but was missing something, dunno what, but guess it was just the controlled nature of the whole event, as oppose to the rawness when down Bar Music Hall, the prices were on the steep side (‘post Yeezy2 hype’ perhaps) and the heat inside was on some next hype too, skin was sizzlin’!…
Adidas all over the gaff, dope live graf, cool cats, printed leggings, chilled, leopard print, vibes, dope music, Devlin, bloody cold…that was Streetfest 2012…check out the official vid above (sweet shot at 2.26sec) and pics below…
Big up everyone who reached, Ryan and Rhee for helping me out, and the whole SF team!
Crepe City…straight dopeness!! If you didn’t reach, you flopped…big ups to Rons and the team for putting on yet another fine event catering for the sneakerheads and snapback wearin’ cool cats in London…the atmosphere was chilled n vibesy…just like a Mac Miller vid…
Big ups to the Sneaker Scoundrels fam and to my old and fresh customers who turned up, bought bits and supported the movement…without you guys, I’m just donuts!…
‘Streetwear is essentially dressing from the trainers up; and it developed out of music – both hip hop and the rave scene,’
Roger Wade
I remember reading this quote back in the day when I was applying for a design work experience position at Boxfresh…didnt get the opportunity, but it stuck with me, and I adopted it, the dressing up from the trainers, it just made sense to me…
Roger Wade, owner of UK streetwear brand Boxfresh, brings us BOXPARK, the world’s first ever pop-up mall based in uber cool n trendy Shoreditch, the heart of East London.…
