The Nike Air Max 90 Current Artist Editions will be released later this month. The sneaker is available in the Kevin Lyons orange, Atmos black/red, and the white/grey colorways. You can pre-order the new Nike Air Max 90 Current Artist Editions now. $155.

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This Pack will be released on August 8, with the special opening ceremony for the Olympics. The X-Girl retailer stores in Japan will sell them. One pair costs 15,750 Yen.

This is another Nike product that focuses on Beijing Olympics 2008. This Dunk Low Color Pack is one of the latest Packs from Nike using the mentioned theme. The five Dunk Lows have individual uni-color upper in red, green, yellow, gray and blue. These shoes feature the Nike Olympic Octagon logo on the tongue’s tag. The Nike swoosh is in felt material.

We can look at the detailed pictures and describe these sneakers. The shoe upper is made of smooth leather. The toe box contains perforations. The shoe lace is in the same colorway as the shoe. The low color of the shoe makes it look like it has a light, pastel color. The midsole of the shoe has two colors. The top half is the same color as the shoe upper. The bottom half of the midsole is a color that is a shade darker then the shoe upper. The inner lining of the shoe is in the corresponding color of the shoe upper.

I like the low colors in this pack. These colors are subtle and nice.

While summer is quickly running out of time, check out this release from Vans that would make the perfect last shoe purchase of the season. These laidback Vans Chukka Low kicks silky smooth looking and are cushiony comfortable.

The look of these Vans is relatively simple. The light tan colorway is complemented with a while midsole, black laces and white accents.

You can currently pick up these sneakers at ActiveRideShop.com for under $50. For that price, the Vans Chukka Low make a lot of sense. Via Complex.

I wrote yesterday about the Kobe Bryant homage created by Sole Junkie Customs. The designer has gotten a bit more personal with his latest pair of Nike customs. Sole Junkie is celebrating his friend Retro on a hot pair of custom Nike Dunk Highs.

Sole Junkie took a photo from Retro’s MySpace page and applied an accurate representation on the left shoe. The other shoe features the word Retro running over the purple swoosh and pink panel. The insole features the Retro Music design with a blue vinyl LP pattern in the background.

Readers can check out Sole Junkie Customs and find information on Retro by checking out the designer’s blog linked here. I love the versatility of Sole Junkie to turn from a high-profile character like Kobe Bryant to an up-and-coming artist like Retro when working on custom shoes.

If you are a big Kobe Bryant fan or you like to get your hands on limited addition Nikes, check out this forthcoming release. This collaboration between Nike and PremiumGoods is going to hit the market on Aug. 8 (8-8-08). The price is expected to be $444. Eight pairs of these sneakers will be released to The PremiumGoods stores in Houston (2416 Times Blvd.) and Brooklyn (347 Fifth Avenue).

Kobe, who is preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games, specifically picked PremiumGoods to help create a shoe for him after six retailers entered a contest to design the shoes. The result are these kicks with a white, grey and purple colorway. These Atomic Zoom Kobe 1’s are well-made and are sure to turn a few heads. Via Freshness.

Here’s a closer look at the Air Jordan 5 (V) Fire Red from the 18/5 Collezione (Countdown Pack). If you’re not too hip on the Air Jordan 18 (XVIII)…it’s not personally one of my favorites, then you might want to grab the pack just for the Air Jordan 5’s if you weren’t able to grab […]