Sneakers Stores
A list of the coolest sneakers shops around.
Grey One
Old Town - Pasadena, CA United StatesReader Suggested: Live in Boston and still think Bodega has THE BEST retail experience I've ever seen (hidden door in the wall? Damn!). BUT... was visiting the West Coast a month back and hit Grey One for the first time. They're REALLY doing it right. Store design is modern and clean, selection is great...
Harputs
Western Addition - San Francisco, CA United StatesYears before Run DMC sang "My Adidas" Harputs set up shop in a quiet corner of San Francisco and became a haven for all things Adidas. Decades later their fervor for the brand has not waned. While the shop retains the old school mom and...
Headquarter
Condesa - Mexico, D.F. MexicoReader Suggested: We are the first stores in Vancouver BC and in Mexico City that mix sneakers, toys and streetwear. We carry brands like Surrender, MHI, J-Money, SSUR, Nike, Visvim, Medicom, Kaws, etc.
Headquarter
Yaletown - Vancouver, BC CanadaReader Suggested: We are the first stores in Vancouver BC and in Mexico City that mix sneakers, toys and streetwear. We carry brands like Surrender, MHI, J-Money, SSUR, Nike, Visvim, Medicom, Kaws, etc.
Huf
Hayes Valley - San Francisco, CA United StatesHuf is skate shop, sneaker geek heaven and hip clothing boutique rolled up into one (or three rather). The 808 Sutter and Hayes street locations are all about sneakers. Retro sneakers, classic Vans, a ton of Nike, along with some brands...
Huf
Union Square - San Francisco, CA United StatesHuf is all about sneakers. Retro sneakers, classic Vans, a ton of Nike along with some brands you'll be hard pressed to find outside of New York. The sneakers are set up gallery style for maximum effect.
Kendo
Melrose - Los Angeles, CA United StatesComfortable and hip, sporty and stylish--these attributes have long been mutually exclusive in women's footwear. As a high-end sneaker boutique for women, Kendo offers women the best of both worlds. The stock is as you would expect if...
Kickback
Friedrichshain - Berlin, GermanyReader Suggested: Great store that carries sneakers from Nike, Asics, New Balance and Cr8 Rec. Also awesome appearal by 10Deep, Mishka, Staple, ontour, WoodWood, Rockwell, Mighty Healthy, D-Cent and False/MLAC.
Kicks
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesYou don't want the same boring sneakers you can find in any mall. But you're not exactly willing to stand in line for 6 hours for one of 50 artist/sneaker manufacturer collaboration shoes that the more pedigreed sneaker stores...
Kicks
Larchmont - Los Angeles, CA United StatesYou don't want the same boring sneakers you can find in any mall. But you're not exactly willing to stand in line for 6 hours for one of 50 artist/sneaker manufacturer collaboration shoes that the more pedigreed sneaker stores specialize in. If this describes your predicament, then...
Lions Den
Chinatown - Los Angeles, CA United StatesLions Den is a dark, stark hallway of a space, with shoes and streetwear that are the furthest thing from dark or stark. Those, we suppose, would be the lions. Sneakers for men and women range from thugged out to girly, from mega shoe companies...
Livestock
Gastown - Vancouver, BC CanadaReader Suggested: Livestock is Vancouver's sneaker store. They have an great selection of shoes from Nike, Adidas, Vans, New Balance, Ice Cream, A Bathing Ape, Mad Foot, Etnies +, Puma and Creative Recreation, and clothing from BBC, Futura Labs, The Hundreds, Rockers, Stussy, FreshJive, Mishka, Fucking...
Motive 807
Downtown - Austin, TX United StatesTons of young, hip people, live music, plenty of local designers and artists, and not a cool sneaker shop in sight? Motive 807 is the sneaker store Austin so richly deserved. The gallery space displays the latest in exclusive sneakers on an...
Overkill
Kreuzberg - Berlin, GermanyReader Suggested: Created by the makers of the Overkill Graff Magazine. They feature limited editions from brands like Adidas, Nike, Puma, New Balance, Converse, Etnies+ etc.. with a selection of up to 120 different models. Combined with selected streetwear from Carhartt, Nike, Addict, Adidas, Mazine and Berlin...
Patta
Amsterdam Centrum - Amsterdam, NetherlandsReader Suggested: Essential sneaker store. Carrying rare limited edition models: Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma plus compatible gear.
Shelter
Roma - Mexico, D.F. MexicoReader Suggested: Really the only place to pick up limited edition Nike models in Mexico City. A huge selection of models from Canada, Asia, US and Europe.
Shelter
Condesa - Mexico, D.F. MexicoReader Suggested: Really the only place to pick up limited edition Nike models in Mexico City. A huge selection of models from Canada, Asia, US and Europe.
Solebox
Berlin West - Berlin, GermanyReader Suggested: If you are into sneakers, it is the number 1 address in Europe. on google you find lots of entries about Solebox. They have done many collabs with big companies already. They carry not only shoes. they have top selection of clothing.
St. Alfred
Wicker Park - Chicago, IL United StatesA lot of sneaker shops are busy building out ambitious, almost avant-garde spaces to accompany their wares. While those are nice, at the end of the day it's the shoes that matter. St. Alfred gives us just that. One wall full of cool sneakers,...
The Reed Space
Lower East Side - New York, NY United StatesAt The Reed Space, fashion, art and design are fast friends. The shop/art gallery also happens to be the retail project of design house Staple Design. Sharp graphic T-shirts, sweaters and hoodies are in abundance, in a row running the length of...