All These Things That I've Done; London

2nd July 2005 - Hyde Park - The Killers

I'm a huge music fan, and in 2005 while I was living in London I was lucky enough to get tickets to go to Live 8, a music extravaganza with a line up that featured the biggest names on the planet including (to name but a few) U2, Coldplay, The Who, Madonna, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney and one of my favourite bands, The Killers.

Little did I realise that I would meet someone 5 years later through this site who was intrinsically involved with this band, and this event.

I spotted Branden at Heathrow Airport when I noticed his cool New Balance kicks. We got talking and he told me that he works in the music industry and was heading to San Francisco after working in the UK with a couple of bands.  I was excited to ask if he had worked with any bands that I might know of and he revealed that he had managed a band that I knew quite well...The Killers, and ironically after working with the band during their first album 'Hot Fuss' his last act was Live 8!, during which the band's performance of 'All These Things That I've Done' was a real highlight.

Heathrow was a terrible place to shoot - crowded, manic and terribly lit, but it was great to meet Branden and I look forward to hearing his new project - the new album from The Wombats soon.

All Signs Point to Sneakers; Sydney

The tagline for I Dig Your Sole Man is; where the style and the street meet - and for this next post the street played an invaluable part in a great sneaker find.  It started when when I saw this sign written on the pavement in Surry Hills;

I decided to follow the sign, and through fate or some other cosmic force I was led to a streetside clothing sale that was being run by a sneaker wearer with some of the most colourful kicks that I have found yet.

Purchased from a San Francisco Nike Store while on holiday in the US last year, it was love at first sight for her as she instantly fell for the style and unique colour of these iconic Nike Nylon kicks.  The shoes were released in early 2009 as part of the Nylon Magazine x Nike Dunk High which is part of a Nike collaboration with Nylon magazine.

She loves the shoes and wears them regularly, and the way in which she is wearing them here is another great example of the current trend for stylish girls dressing down with hi tops.  I should point out though that I have yet to find any other hi top loving ladies with such vividly coloured kicks.