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Kith Coming to Hawaii Momentarily

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Yes, hypewear purveyor Kith is coming to Hawaii but only for a moment. On Friday, August 2, 2019, Kith is opening a pop-up store in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center in Waikiki but how long this pop-up will stay in Hawaii is not known.

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The marquee of this pop-up is Kith’s collaboration with Coca-Cola. Yes, that Coke. This collaboration includes a hoodie, a polo, a sweatshirt, and a rugby.

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Clothing isn’t the only merch available. There’ll be a Converse Chuck Taylor All Star featuring the Coca-Cola and Kith branding.

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Of course, being a collaboration with Coke, you’d expect the beverage to make an appearance.

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So what gives this Kith x Coke collection a Hawaiian connection? It’s the color of the clothing. The colors of the patchwork correspond to the official colors of the Hawaiian Islands. Now a quick aside, but supposedly the island colors were officially designated in 2000. 2000? That wasn’t very long ago. For those of us born and raised in the aina, weren’t these the colors used during May Day elementary school performances from decades ago?

As a refresher, here are the colors of the islands:

  • Hawaii – red
  • Maui – pink
  • Molokai – green
  • Kahoolawe – grey
  • Lanai – orange
  • Oahu – yellow
  • Kauai – purple
  • Niihau – white

Ahh, okay… not sure if the actual clothing pieces are matched to the Hawaiian clime (I mean three of the four are long sleeved for our humid weather). But you have to appreciate the collaboration that’s coming to the islands for its launch. And Ronnie and his kith and kin will be present.

Although I have conflicting plans for that day, I’ll try to make the opening at some point since I’m eyeing that short-sleeved polo (because really, I’d die of overheating in the others).

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Posting for Posterity

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Just wanted to post these pictures for the sakes of posterity. One day, I can look back on these and remember. Well, I can remember taking the L for the Travis Scott Jordan 1 Lows, but Cocobeanheart got the W.

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To ease the L, I treated myself to these limited time Hostess snacks.

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The Orange Creme Pop Twinkies don’t quite taste like a creamsicle and the orange filling is almost neon in color. The Mermaid Cupcakes aren’t bad with cruchy bits on the frosting top.

Bonkers Is Bonkers

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European shoe retailer Bonkers definitely has a sense of humor. If you remember the Nike SB Dog Walker release, Bonkers tricked a few people with a restock of a pair of socks. Then there’s this fairly recent (and unexpected) release of the Nike SB Jordan 1 LA to Chicago. But take a look at the product description describing a “digital” product.

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The shoe is in high demand, but what’s this digital content?

 

And if you check those two boxes, you’re agreeing to the conditions of purchasing the digital content. So what did Bonkers trick buyers with this time? Was it a digital picture of the advertised shoes? Gotta love Bonkers.

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A SNS Raffle Win Isn’t

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I’ve been lucky enough to have won two sneaker raffles from Sneakersnstuff (SNS) over the past year. My first raffle win was for the Yeezy 700 Inertia colorway, and my most recent raffle success landed me the Air Jordan 1 Retro Gym Red colorway. But as I’ve come to disappointintly learn, a SNS raffle win is not a win afterall.

Both my raffle wins have been cancelled for a variety of reasons. For the Inertias, I was given this reason after contacting customer service:

We, unfortunately, had more raffle win orders than our system could handle which resulted in a few more raffle win orders than we had pairs. The size you ordered was sold out by the time your raffle order was created.

Okay… the reasoning is somewhat plausible but on the other hand, not really. For the Gym Reds, I got this response:

There was, unfortunately, a stock malfunction regarding this raffle and therefore we have not been able to fulfil your order.

So a system error and a stock malfunction negated my raffle wins? Seems kinda shaky, especially since this is coming from a vendor that deals with volumes of shoes on a daily basis. I mean how can the company stay in business with these kinds of inventory issues?

For both times, the winning notification emails say to wait a few days for an update. After several days, I contact the SNS support and usually receive non-commital responses like we’re still going through the volume of orders, etc. The end of the line comes when you receive a response from Tatiana. She seems to be the bearer of “unfortunate” news and her emails are followed by a refund from SNS. Unbelievably disappointing.

Now, SNS opened their raffle for the Yeezy 350 Lundmark colorway. Should I even bother?

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Yeezy Boost Names

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I never really thought much about the colorway names of recent Yeezy Boost releases, but really their names are interesting. Take the upcoming Tephra 700 model releasing this week. What’s a tephra?

When a volcano erupts it will sometimes eject material such as rock fragments into the atmosphere. This material is known as tephra. Source.

And the Tephra coud be representative of volcanic tephra with it rocky color palette.

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Previously, the last 700 release was the Vanta. Did you know that the color, Vanta black, supposedly is the darkest black ever? A special Vanta black compound absorbs 99% of the light shining on it making painted objects nearly impossible to determine its shape.

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Yes, these Vanta 700 are comparatively dark compared to other Yeezy 700 colorways. Who knew you could be scientifically educated by Yeezy kicks?

ResExp: Coppingkicks Notes

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Just some notes about #coppingkicks before I forget:

  • The rush before a drop.
  • The frustration of site issues, crashes, lag, etc.
  • The hope of a successful checkout.
  • The devastation of getting the L.
  • Hope renewed during a restock.
  • Devastated one or two more times or perhaps, salvation.
  • The disappointment when the price of that W starts tanking.
  • JJJJ_REEBOK_01_da03a2c9-375c-42a0-96ad-fede295f99e5_1024x1024The confusion when this is an in-demand item. Really? No, really?
  • The abysmal dismay when seeing the success of others.
  • The pangs when you keep seeing TS1 appearing on social media channels.
  • The promise of doing this yet again.

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