Sneakers Stores
A list of the coolest sneakers shops around.
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Colette
Louvre/Tuileries - Paris, FranceAfter walking through Colette, you will see every store that you thought was cool before under a new light. There is cool, and then there is "we sell our own mix CDs and our own water" cool. Colette is a store like no other. It sells a...
Commonwealth
Ghent - Norfolk, VA United StatesReader Suggested: One would never know that this small shop carries some of the street elites most coveted labels and is even one of the best kept secrets online. Being the only shop of it's kind in their city and having an owner that has had an influence in many of todays better brands, Commonwealth was able...
Compound
Old Town/Chinatown - Portland, OR United StatesReader Suggested: Dope kicks and art gallery.
Flight Club Los Angeles
Fairfax - Los Angeles, CA United StatesReader Suggested: The best sneaker store in the united states, period. This store is a consignment store and stock changes daily. Over 1000 styles for purchase.
Flight Club New York
West Village - New York, NY United StatesReader Suggested: The best sneaker store in the united states, period. This store is a consignment store and stock changes daily. Over 1000 styles for purchase.
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...
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
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...
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...
Lions Den
Chinatown - Los Angeles, CA United StatesLions Den is a dark, stark 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 to small upstarts. Bright colors, unusual materials and careful...
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...
Number 22
Carnaby - London, United KingdomThere's nothing wrong with fast moving fashion as long as it's going in the right direction. At Number 22 at oft changing shoes styles and complementary clothing generally keep to the right side of fashionable. The shop is operated by...
Patta
Amsterdam Centrum - Amsterdam, NetherlandsReader Suggested: Essential sneaker store. Carrying rare limited edition models: Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma plus compatible gear.
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.
Trust Nobody
Raval - Barcelona, SpainReader Suggested: Quickstrike, nike sb, methamphibian collabo, 5boro collabo, greatest product.
Waraku
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesJapanese surfwear sounds about as conceivable as Los Angeles snowwear, but the stuff does exist and has for decades. In a kind of global fashion ping-pong match Waraku brings back to America Japanese clothing, denim and sneakers that were heavily...