Sampled.

Hitting London next weekend is Sampled, sicker than your average sample sale, an exciting 2-day event combining a streetwear sample sale, record fair art sale & club night. With FREE entry, you don’t really have any excuses to miss it! Big up to The Orders and Main Squeeze for making it happen.

You’ll be able to get your mitts on some dope samples from various leading and up-and-coming streetwear brands, crates of vinyl selected by some of the of the UK’s best record dealers and pieces from the awesome illustrator and artist Sri McKinnon, all in the company of some original Soul, Jazz, Funk & Disco breaks from a great host of DJs!

Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd June
12midday – 6pm
Vibe Bar, 91-95 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL
FREE ENTRY

Click attending on the facebook event page, here, for a chance to win £300 of streetwear!

As well as the double daytime antics, there is of course a nighttime party being thrown!

The Doctor’s Orders return with their second 45 x 45s event, featuring selectors all spinning their favourite 7″ wax of Funk, Soul, Disco, Hip-Hop and R&B for the official Sampled after party.

Saturday 1st June
8pm – 2am
The Book Club, 100 – 106 Leonard Street, London, EC2
FREE before 9pm, £5 after 9pm

Facebook event page here.

Let us know what you cop, use #BigEyesLittleSoles and bus us your snaps on Instagram @BigEyesLittleSoles, Twitter @BigEyesLilSoles or Facebook Big Eyes, Little Soles and you could be featured on the blog!

Catch you there amigos!
Bee x

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Twitter @beeunreal

NIKE CORTEZ QS – FLORAL PACK

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I’m a sucker for the Cortez, probably from watching Forrest Gump a million times. Not too showy or techy, they just sit nice and light on your feet and aren’t on that ‘hype’ shelf (god forbid, I hate that word). Just a bit of classic nylon and suede…no fuss.

I’m not usually a go-er for floral but something about these just gets me. An instore only from Kith NYC …one can only dream!

ESQUEEZY

Tash’s latest pickups May 2013 edition

Nike Air Force 180 Mid ‘Dream Team’ 2012

Ever since these beasts dropped last summer I’ve been desperate to get my mitts on them, finally nearly a year on I managed to bag them off eBay for a small sum. I love this silhouette an insane amount, plus I’m overly excited about wearing the same kicks that Charles Barkley did during the 1992 Olympics. These are now a firm favourite in my collection.

Nike Air Force 180 Mid ‘Phoenix Suns’ 2012

These are another colourway that I was hoping to pick up last year but missed due to being away for 5 months. The contrast between the speckled midsole and all black upper is so dope and these shoes really stand out for me.

Beaches of Rio Pack Nike Air Max 90 EM 2013

These kicks speak for themselves, this whole pack was pretty ill but these stood out to me over the Air Max 1s as I feel the 1s look slightly odd without any kind of panneling. These AM90s are the perfect summer colourway with the engineered mesh material making them light and breathable for those hot summer days. These are a real neck breakers and I can’t wait for sunnier weather to give these their first outing.

Nike Air Huarache LE ACG Pack 2007

I’ve have been coveting this colourway since I peeped someone wearing them on instagram a couple of years ago, I finally managed to pick them up from @jkdptg on instagram in VNDS condition. You should all know by now that I can’t resist a speckled sole and the teal/yellow clash really sets these off.

That’s all for this installment, show us your latest pickups by hitting us up on twitter at @bigeyeslittlesoles  or by tagging #bigeyeslittlesoles on instagram.

Peace and love,

Tash xo

Twitter: @tash_mas

Instagram: tash_mas

Dim Sum

I know I love food but this post will only loosely be tied to my favourite hobby (eating)!

Last week, I arrived at work to find a rather intriguing looking brown parcel on my desk. After opening it, with a huge Christmas style grin on my face, I unearthed these beauties.

PUMA x Hypebeast Blaze LTWT “Har Gao” White/Hot Coral/Cream

The Puma x Hypebeast Blaze of Glory LTWT, with its shrimp camo, seeping out through the sheer upper, really do stand out. A perfect Summer runner, I can’t wait to give these a go (weather permitting)!

Something which I have been missing a lot lately, is a running shoe which is unashamedly ‘not super lightweight’ and supportive. When I was training on a more serious scale back in the early 2000′s, there was no such thing as barefoot running and we always looked for the most supportive and hard-wearing runners, to assist us throughout our training sessions and street runs. These are just that!

The Puma and Hypebeast engraved chop sticks with the dim sum steamer bag, really finished off this release for me, making them super special and extra tasty!

Big love to the Puma guys for sending me these, what a lovely Friday gift!

Get yours here, here or here!

 

Holly’s Latest Pick Up

It was round about last month that I was on the hunt for my pair of ‘Summer kicks”. The sun finally turned out for pretty much all of us in the UK, guaranteed thoughts turned to our wardrobe! My eyes were peeled all over the place, then I suddenly had thoughts of my last TRUSTY pair of AM90′s that I’d sold after literally living in them the whole of summer 2012. All these memories just rushing back! Decision made, 90′s Summer crepes need to be got!

Next day I see this posted by Wellgosh

Telling all the ladies they’ve got size 3-6, so I had to share that on the Big Eyes Facebook page.

The colourways on these are just silly jazzy, all three elidgable for a purchase. Now, I am incredibly lucky with my shoe size UK 6 – the most average plain sailing, level pegging, loving life sized feet you’re going to meet. I can get most releases if I want. Unfortunately being a pauper art student, I can’t strictly afford all the crepes I’d love to, as it’s usually spent on hundreds of rolls of film, sketchbooks and all that malarkey.

About a week later, I visited Selfridges in the Bullring, had a little meander round, of course  going to the Offspring concession (Birmingham being my home town). They had the 90′s of choice in. I had to buy them straight away, no hesitation! Do they fit me? Yes, thank you here’s my money, and a student discount? Thank you very much!

The speckeled base on the toe box and around the ankle and the camo colours really fit in well with other colour schemes I wear.  They had both the ice blue and the metallic silver, but I HAD to go with the camo ones. Both available at Wellgosh still, from sizes 3-6 (links above).

Here they are in action, at my studio space! Infamous furniture in there also!

We love seeing your pick ups just as much as we love to wear ours, so tweet us @BigEyesLittleSoles and @ us on Insta @BigEyesLittleSoles

Peaceeee
Holly

Twitter : HolzJade
Insta: holz_jade

Super Tech Super!

Yeah, yeah, we’ve already established I’m not the best at titling posts

Anyhow… We also know that our friends at Size? always go in on their exclusive releases and I’m sure you can figure out for yourselves that this drop is no exception. This time they’re bringing back another two colourways of an adidas Originals 1992 classic, the Tech Super, as part of the adidas Originals Archive Collection.

Featuring bright colours and fluorescent accents, with a mixture of ultra-soft suede body and subtle 3M panelling, these beauties would make a refreshing addition to any wardrobe.

They are priced at £80 and unfortunately for the littlest Little Soles (including myself, sob), they come in sizes UK6 – UK13. Be quick, because they are available exclusively to Size? from today, online here and from all Size? stores.

Which are you going to cop?! Use #BigEyesLittleSoles and send us your snaps on Instagram @BigEyesLittleSoles, Twitter @BigEyesLilSoles or Facebook Big Eyes, Little Soles.

LAVELY:

BYE!
Bee x

Instagram @beeunreal
Twitter @beeunreal

Action Bronson’s love for New Balance

In this short video for Acclaim Magazine, Action Bronson discusses his love for New Balance and explains his reasoning behind loving the brand so much. He focuses a lot on the reflector ‘N’, claiming that it’s the biggest part of New Balance for him – a pretty interesting insight into his love of trainers.

What We Wore on Wednesday 34#

It’s been a while, but the weekly crepe check is back!
This is what the ladies have been wearing this week ;)

First up is our new Little Soler Meg!

Holly

Leimai

Bee

Tash

Lemon

Chloe

Ugly Mely

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Peace

Holly
Instagram @holz_jade
Twitter @HolzJade

Cheeky little tune also

Bee’s Latest Pick-ups

I popped into Footlocker recently to have a mooch at what goodies they had to offer for my Little Soles. To my delight, not one, not two, but three pairs of Nike Air Max 1 GS were staring me in the face.

I had a dilemma… I wanted them all. After soon realising that actually, this wasn’t such a huge dilemma, I got them all.

I had a spare pair of Reebok x Alife laces, which I think look great teamed with the subtle black-on-black safari print of these summer essentials. The blue accents and outsole of the toe area are a nice bright touch.

I’m not usually a fan of gold, or silver for that matter, on sneakers, but I’ve now figured out that this is because usually they’re metallic. The matte gold swoosh alongside the red accents have made these treats one of my favourite pairs in my collection.

The team orange accents and outsole around the toe area of these beasts made me fall in love with them instantly. Again, the use of a subtle grey-on-grey safari print is present, this time just on the swoosh, giving an extra little pop to an already-great colourway.

Have you copped any new kicks lately?! Use #BigEyesLittleSoles and send us your snaps on Instagram @BigEyesLittleSoles, Twitter @BigEyesLilSoles or Facebook Big Eyes, Little Soles.

Whilst you’re here, cop a free download of this to put in your ears:

Toodle pip!
Bee x

Instagram @beeunreal
Twitter @beeunreal

Nike Air Max 1 FB ‘Leopard’ Pack

Nike have treated us AGAIN with the up and coming release of the Air Max  FB ‘Leopard’ pack. The pack includes two colour-ways (blue and orange) that both feature a suede upper with an all-over leopard print and a neon sole; two trends we’ve seen a lot of over the past few months.

I’ll definitely be aiming to get my hands on the orange pair. Keep your eyes peeled for a confirmed release date soon.