Real skate shoes
Expanding on an idea already in practice elsewhere, designer Kris Lovett has made some heeled shoes for women out of used skateboard decks. He/she has put a battle of the sexes spin on it, although the irony of making heeled shoes for women out of the discarded waste of a traditionally male dominated past time surely must have occurred to Kris. I guess they aren’t high heels. Maybe someone will make a corset out of skateboards next.
Used skateboard decks continue to pile up due to the production of over 100,000 decks per month in the United States alone. Reply explores this material waste stream as a resource for women’s shoes. By utilizing the overall shape and material properties found within the deck, the women’s shoe takes on an interesting aesthetic quality. This project is also a reapplication of waste skateboard decks in an unexpected way. By taking a movement-based leisure product mainly utilized by males, a creative method of reuse is reapplied to a movement-based market for Eco-conscious women.
Pictures archived after the jump, but you really should see them at KrisLovett.com. [Source: NOTCOT.org]
I think that’s hot. My question is, Where are all these “Used skateboard decks [that] continue to pile up” ??? I thought all the thrashed decks were pulling close to new prices on ebay!? This ad suggests a pile of old decks that rivals the vast mountains of worn out tires we have seen in environmentalist propaganda. Maybe Kris Lovett broke into the Skatelab museum and was like “I could make some great shoes out of this pile of crap.” Hey Kris, Make a pair out of old XT Boneite, They will be heavier and fall apart. lol.
How about Everslick soles?
haha, everslick soles. the soles on those models above are made from recycled tires. and for “kvon,” i dont know if you have ever been to a skate shop or skate park before, but there is usually a good stack of them lyin around. stop hatin bro.