So New Balance and NYC’s WEST NYC have teamed up to create the “Alpine Guide Edition” New Balance MT580 x WEST NYC. I have to admit I got all giddy when I the first set eyes on these beauts, two of my favourite colours on one shoe. I still can’t get over the dreamy colourway, with the grey nubuck on the upper and splashes of Purple and Teal throughout. Oh and did I mention the teal speckles! This is possibly one of my favourite colourways of the year.
After being teased with the images we now have an official UK release date, these beauts will be available from Hanon on SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2012 in store at 10AM and Online is still to be confirmed but according to Hanon it will be PM (UK)…We can work with that, gives us time to recover from the Big Eyes Birthday bash.
However I am unsure about sizing (and I’m holding off finding out), but I do have a gut feeling the smallest will be a UK size 7 (one size too big for me) however I can only hope and wait and see.
So with spring in full effect, I thought why not start off the fresh month of April with a sweet treat!
As some of you may have guessed from my name ‘Lemon Cake’, I like cake, ALOT! I did do a ‘Little Lemon Cakery’ blog last year but the cakes all got too much to juggle with the rest of my life! So for now, that side of my life is dormant but I still enjoy baking at weekends, for friends birthdays, occasions and looking at other peoples amazing creations!
Here I have collated a list of my favourite sneaker related cakes from over the last couple of years for you guys to enjoy….
MJ’s JORDAN IV BIRTHDAY CAKE
Perhaps the oldest Sneaker Cake in the history of sneaker cakes, was Michael Jordan’s Air Jordan 4 Cake that was presented to him by his Madukes and Pops back in 89′! (source)
TIFFANY NIKE SB DUNK BIRTHDAY CAKE
Sneakerhead Matt Jae from LA celebrated in fashion in December 2011 with an incredibly accurate Nike ‘Tiffany’ SB replica cake! My personal favourite SB too! (source)
AIR JORDAN 11 BLACK/RED GROOM’S WEDDING CAKE
Now this one has to be my absolute favourite! It was made my Texas based Sandia Horng aka @WhiskThis and this was actually her first ever sneaker cake, can you believe it!
“The Bride wanted to surprise her fiancée Mike with an awesome Grooms Cake for their wedding and came up with this idea. She said that this was Mike’s absolute favorite sneaker! We talked about several concepts but in the end she gave me full trust on the whole design. So I made an Air Jordan sneaker shoe box along with the shoe to display in front of the box.” – Sandia Horng
She is a really talented lady so make sure you check her blog out here! source
Nike Air Foamposite One “Dark Neon Royal” & ‘Galaxy’ Birthday Cakes
Feast your eyes pon’ deez! I had to look a few times and check that this actually was a cake because it looks so close to the real thing its scary! (source)
Galaxy
And again another Foamposite but this time in the form of the recently hyped ‘Galaxy’. These also look too real to be edible! As a fellow baker, I know I need work on my icing modelling techniques, and I’d LOVE to know how to create the galaxy print effect!
I dont know about you but I’d love to dig into this French vanilla flavoured freshness, made by ‘Made Fresh Daily Cakes’
Enjoy your cake with a slice of Farma G & tweet us your sneaker cakes to @bigeyeslilsoles!
If you missed this last August, fear not. This March, the Butterz label return to Cable, London to bring us another collosal night out.
The event, which celebrates the Butterz label’s 2nd birthday features my personal favourites Swindle, Royal-T and Champion, alongside the likes of JME, Marcus Nasty, Ruby Lee Ryder and of course, Elijah & Skilliam. Grab your tickets here!
To get you in the mood for the party, Grime producer Royal-T makes his Rinse debut with a release entitled Number One. Available in both 12″ and digital formats, Number One features 2 tracks, Inside The Ride and Cool Down – both of which have a really nice old school feel paired with that distinctive Royal-T sound. Number One drops on 5th March, ahead of his first full-length album which be released later on in the year.
Elissa posted about this event a few months back.. and I hope you listened to her and got your tickets!
Feel like you need some help to get you in the mood for tonight? Head here and click download!
The line up is (as always) MASSIVE! Don’t miss this, trust me you’ll regret it! Tonight is going to be a seriously messy one so grab your best beaters and head down to:
10PM-6AM
O2 Academy Brixton
211 Stockwell Road,
SW9 9SL
Among many other sneakers, over the year we’ve shared our love for Jordans…
Asics (I’m still in love with those all-red beasts!!)…
And of course Nike Air Max!
It’s been a great year and we’re looking forward to many more! Thanks for sticking with Big Eyes and check out the first ever Big Eyes Little Soles post here!
We love anniversaries!! Happy Anniversary to the incredible jewellery brand Evol Heist!
If you’re looking for accessories like nothing you’ve ever seen before, that will make you stand out, even in a crowd of a million people, click the link above and get buying.
But back to the point, it’s their 1 year anniversary and after accomplishing so much in the last 12 months, they deserve a massive party!!
1/7/2011 10PM-3AM
Downstairs @ PlanB
418 Brixton Road
London SW9
Free entry
Guestlist Only
RSVP : M@EVOLHEIST.COM
Goody bags available on the night
(Subject to availability)
