Designer Double; Sydney

Shoe lovers, and shoe sharers; this couple of sneaker lovers have a taste for designer kicks and each are wearing rare brands at different ends of the price scale.

The elegant and stylish white hi tops are 2009 Dior boots.  The wearer of these shoes only wears monochrome sneakers and was drawn to their simplicity and great style.  A few high end sneaker wearers have been tossing up getting these or 2010 Lanvin Hi Tops, and in my opinion these boots win hands down due to their reserved, clean and contemporary style.

The 2nd pair are from a Chinese brand called Feiyue (which means Flying Forward).  The brand make a great range of retro style shoes and keep an eye out for their great 2010 range which has some fantastic styles and colourways including this signature style, the Feiyue Lo (as seen above).

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World's Best Girlfriend; Sydney

This young Korean couple have been spending some time apart, as while he lives in Sydney as a student, she remains in Seoul some 5100 miles away.

However, the day before this picture was taken the couple were reunited when she came to visit on holiday, and with her she brought a special present - this pair of new Nike Lunar Chukka Woven sneakers from the World Cup Pack.

The shoes are available in 3 colourways, each representing different teams in this year's competition and this specific colouring has been designed by the Brazilian designer Nunca in honour of his home nation.

I came away from this meeting with 1 key question though; was he happier to see his girlfriend, or his new kicks?

Cam's Jams; Sydney

Cam is a man who liked making jams.

I've never met a jam entrepreneur before, and Cam is one of the leading lights of Sydney's 'preserves' scene.  Rumour has it that a joke started at a party one night that he should sell jam under the name 'Cam's Jams'.  From that night the name stuck, and Cam is now having the last laugh as his products are in demand and business has been booming. 

It wasn't jam that caught my eye though during our chance meeting (although there is a feint jam stain on these kicks), it was Cam's Air Max 1 Premium sneakers.

Cam recently arrived back in Sydney after travelling Europe.  He needed some new kicks and these caught his eye.

Cam was a great guy, and I urge you to get in touch with him at info@camsjams.com.au if you feel like you need more jam in your life. 

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.

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Below are a few random candid shots from my travels around Sydney at the start of the Autumn/Winter season. Included in these images is a shot that has a special place for me, it's a shot of my 10 month old son trying on his first pair of sneakers.  

Other candid sneaker shots from the summer can be seen in the following posts;

Candids 1, Candids 2, Candids 3, Candids 4, Candids 5

Market Collector; Sydney

While I'm not always a big fan of markets, I can't imagine many markets around the world have a better setting than the Sydney market in The Rocks, and it was here that I came across the wearer of these 2007 Nike Air Max Light kicks.

The owner is a sneaker collector who works in finance so spends most of his working week in shoes, but at the weekends, he is able to get some wear out of his collection of around 20 pairs of kicks.  He told me that he treats each pair lovingly and enforces strict rotation so that they all get equal wear, and all remain in good condition like the pair above.