Author: Jake Archer
Covid and lockdowns have been something all of us have had to deal with and work our ways through, whether it be finding new hobbies, exercising more or even working from home. It’s taken its toll and it’s safe to say that we look forward to the days when we can get back to normal!
Some industries have had to work on producing all sorts of new ideas and facets to continue to keep themselves going. With all the hardship many have had to endure, we wanted to create a project based around a place that many of us at Footpatrol hold close to our hearts and also the home of Footpatrol. Being based in Berwick Street, we have always been proud to be a part of this famous street and for our latest own brand project we want to introduce to you the Berwick Street Market Collection.
Being around for 250 years, we wanted to put together a project that showcases the longevity this market has had and help encourage people to head down and support the small local businesses that find themselves based there. From all your milk and fruit needs, all the way to middle eastern and far east asian cuisine you are spoilt for choice with the selection there is to offer. But who better to share their stories, than some of the locals and market stall owners of Berwick Street!
The collection features a puff printed t-shirt and hoodie hosting an original image of Berwick Street Market during the 1968 across the whole collection. The hoodie also features an embroidered quote ‘Soho Since Forever’ placed along the front. Launching on the 24th June, the Berwick Street Market collection will be available to buy in store and online.
Pitstop
Footpatrol: Could you tell us a bit about who you are and what you do?
Pitstop: My name is Carol, I started this stall in 2008 with a small trailer and gradually grew into this big gazebo making Pan Asian food. People tend to come ask for whatever they want, allergies or preferences and we just try to cater for those people.
FP: How long have you been based in Berwick Street and how important is the market to the area?
Pitstop: I’ve been here for 13 years ever since we started. I came here in 1990 from Malaysia and started when my daughter was born in 2008. It’s a smaller capital to invest into, kind of like a restaurant but with better hours. I am a big community person, we used to go to a community center on Brewer Street which has closed down now, we have always tried to give a helping hand. I love to cook and love to see people enjoy the food as well. Gradually our menu is getting slightly bigger and bigger!
FP: Why is visiting and supporting the market after lockdown important for the community?
Pitstop: I started this business to try and get a bit more flexibility and give myself some off days. Berwick Street is close to home and if that wasn’t the case I’m not sure I would have been able to do it. Our trade depends on the workers from the area and passers by and with Covid that has reduced traffic in the area a lot. Hopefully more people will be able to make it over here, we are also trying to change our containers to help also reduce single use plastic!
Fruit Stall
Footpatrol: Could you tell us a bit about who you are and what you do?
Fruit Stall: We are your local Berwick Street Fruit Vendor!
FP: How long have you been based in Berwick Street and how important is the market to the area?
Fruit Stall: I have been here for 28 years but the stall and business has been here for around 55 years in Berwick street.
FP: Why is visiting and supporting the market after lockdown important for the community?
Fruit Stall: We get a lot of office workers from the area getting fruit boxes and all sorts, same goes for the community, locals, restaurants, bars you name it. It’s important for us for people to come by, 3 words – WE NEED YOU! Bring people back to the market!
So High Soho
Footpatrol: Could you tell us a bit about who you are and what you do?
So High Soho: My name is Anna Boil, I am a founder member of So High Soho with a lady called Marsha and that was nearly 28 years ago. We started as a hippy head shop kind of thing and evolved into more about what he had come from which was the festival scene.
FP: How long have you been based in Berwick Street and how important is the market to the area?
So High Soho: So the store has been here for 28 years as I mentioned but Marsha used to run a stall in the market which I used to work at. When we started the shop there were friends backing us and I was the partner because I had a moped at the time! The street used to be full of wholesalers up the road, many of which wouldn’t deal or speak to the public. So we have managed to build up a little archaeology of bits here, coming from the market, relationships with wholesalers, material shops and also record shops! With that we saw a relationship between the music, artists, costumiers and this really interesting bit in between. That’s what Berwick Street means to me, it’s that overlapping of different generations from you guys and the trainer scene to traditional aspects that are here in the bricks & mortar where people meet. We just hope that as people create new traditions it keeps us all alive! People may walk down and what they pick up is a umami of the street which they may not know what it is yet but should come down and find out!
FP: Why is visiting and supporting the market after lockdown important for the community?
So High Soho: For us it is an always alive place, where people are always responding to what people’s interests and values are. That is why we still have people like the guys at the Fruit Stall, many have closed but this one still stands! The shops have the people that are making the shops, it’s not disconnected here, we are really connected to the people who started the businesses. Next door for example we just had a new vintage shop open with 2 guys who have had a shop before and try out something new for them, which I am so glad they have been given access to do so! Fortunately there are little bits that are continuing to grow and I think that will only be dependent on more people visiting the area. It’s a shared space that we have here and we can’t share it without people visiting.
The Jerk Drum
Footpatrol: Could you tell us a bit about who you are and what you do?
The Jerk Drum: We are the Jerk Drum and we specialise in the best Jerk Chicken in London, simple as that!
FP: How long have you been based in Berwick Street and how important is the market to the area?
The Jerk Drum: We have been here since 2019 but the market has been here since 1778 so it’s incredibly important. Markets are the hub of any town center. When you go on holiday in that town, that city usually has a market. What more is there to say! Markets are like the salt of the town, where the real people are around and bearing in mind we have only been here since 2019 it is a family round here, everyone is nice, everyone has each other’s backs so it’s nice to be a part of it.
FP: Why is visiting and supporting the market after lockdown important for the community?
The Jerk Drum: Small businesses have been hurt the most, big businesses have all sorts of clever people that can help them refinance and things. With small businesses though, we don’t have so much luxuries, so much network that some people do. We just want and need people to come down and buy good produce that we have put a lot of love and care into and help keep the economy running.
After reuniting with adidas as their kit maker, they’ve often made the effort to look back on Arsenals past and remember some of their highlights, this can be seen in last seasons away kit that paid tribute to the iconic bruised banana kit.
This time around, adidas and Arsenal look back to the 1971 double-winning team and its 50th anniversary with a celebration of the kit the team wore in the 1971 FA Cup Final when a certain Charlie George scored the winner against rivals Liverpool.
Filled with golden details throughout, the 3-Stripes are detailed with that special year with the club crest decorating the sock liner and not forgetting the famous canon that sits upon the heel.
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To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on.
In-store winners will be contacted via email informing them of their win. Within this email, winners will be given a set of dates in which they must collect their win from our London store. To collect, you will need to provide the winning email and a valid photographic government ID matching the winners name. NO ONE can collect on the winners behalf. Failure to provide this, or failure to collect within the given dates will mean failure to purchase your win.
To sign up to the Online raffle, you will be prompted to complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!
The YEEZY SLIDE ‘Enflame Orange’ and ‘Resin’ feature injected EVA foam to provide lightweight durability, while the soft top layer in the footbed offers immediate step in comfort. The outsole utilises grooves for optimal flexibility and traction.
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To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on.
To sign up to the Online raffle, you will be prompted to complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!
The Footpatrol Discussions series is back! What better way to freshen up our creative juices than sitting outside in the sunshine whilst reading this latest instalment of the series.
For this feature we took this time to plan a trip over to visit the owner and founder of the ever growing page of Nike Server, Linus Nutland. We spoke to Linus about his career, the Nike Server brand and how he has aimed to create a new outlook on used and second hand Nike trainers giving them a new lease of life and becoming more sustainable by doing so.
Take a read of this latest exclusive Footpatrol Discussions feature now!
Footpatrol: Firstly, a massive thank you for joining us and taking part in our Footpatrol discussions, how have you been this last year?
Linus: I’ve been good thank you mate, thanks for having me on here, looking at who else you’ve interviewed and the fact I’m now being interviewed is really humbling! But yeah, it’s been a busy year and a great year of growth for my shop.
FP: Would you be able to give our readers a bit of background into yourself and what it is you’re up to at the moment?
Linus: Sure, I’m 22 years old, originally from Bristol, I’ve lived in London for nearly 3 years now. I moved up here for uni, I’m currently at London College of Fashion studying Sportswear Design. When designing I specialise in biodegradable performance fabrics, natural dyeing and various other sustainable practices. I’ve just completed a year internship on the production team at Raeburn Design in Hackney, and on the side of all of this I single handedly run my shop – Nike Server.
FP: Let’s dive right into it then with ‘Nike Server’ as this instantly caught our eye and thankfully, what led us to this discussion today, how did this begin?
Linus: Nike Server started with a slight addiction to bargain hunting on eBay, growing up in Bristol I was seeing a lot of my older mates buying old ACG, rare Polo, Patagonia etc for the low on eBay. Years later I then started to go on there and just search for Nike in my size, I didn’t care about the condition I just wanted a collection, I was getting some real steals. Then for maybe six months I toyed with the idea of looking for other sizes and selling them and in my first year of uni I started looking for sizes other than mine and I couldn’t believe the pairs I was finding. I think I bought like 10 pairs, started the instagram page and did our first release! Since then it’s grown fairly steadily, but the last 6 months in particular it’s really exploded.
FP: In terms of product you seem to bring a whole host of lesser known models as well as some pairs that never pop up such as some of the Considered silhouettes. When you’re sourcing for your page is there a certain criteria when you’re looking for stock or are you pretty open?
Linus: I try to source pairs that no other shops are selling, pairs that I’ve never seen before, pairs my followers have never seen before! Also pairs that I’ve grown to like whilst curating, or from projects that resonate with me like Nike Considered. I love the lesser-known models, there’s so much obscurity out there. Finding them is one thing, and then I try to find out as much as possible about the shoes so I can share the information with my customers. Sometimes there’s loads of information readily available, sometimes it takes me 2 weeks to just find the name!
FP: The last couple of years have seen a massive shift in terms of brands starting to explore the boundaries in terms of sustainability. It’s great to see yourself and ‘Nike Servers’ approach to sustainable footwear, was this the aim you always had in mind?
Linus: The idea behind The Zero Waste Approach came to me about a year ago. When I started Nike Server I wanted to start doing repairs and restorations but I didn’t have the time, patience or money for tools. The whole ordeal of finding donor shoes didn’t resonate with me either. In my eyes there’s a lot wrong with standard sole swapping methods. I then learned of the Vibram Academy, it was the perfect alternative.
FP: How did you find people take the concept of rehashing old school Nikes and creating new leases of life with Vibram soles?
Linus: It got a really good response. I knew people were going to love it, pairing a curated selection of Nikes with the best soles out there – what’s not to love? I thought I’d have some purists on my case but that’s not been the case so far. Also, Matthew Williams of Alyx and Givenchy recently praised the project in his SNKRS Live interview – that was a proud moment for me, it’s great knowing big industry heads are seeing what I’m doing and liking it.
FP: Are there any other models you are planning on sole swapping that we can know about or is it all top secret?
Linus: I’ve got the next batch waiting and ready to go to Vibram – around 30 pairs. Rare Terra models, ACG’s, Sunder Max’s, 4 pairs of Air Max 95 Zips, it’s a serious selection! I’m also in talks with Vibram’s innovation team in Milan so hopefully I’ll be able to get my hands on a wider range of exclusive soles. From what I’ve seen they’ve got some really cool new technologies, I’m praying I can utilise some of it!
FP: Are you surprised by how big it’s becoming? We couldn’t help but notice even Peter Foggy and Steve McDonald commenting on your posts… that’s quite the deal!
Linus: I think the great thing about using Instagram is that growth is kind of inevitable, pair that with interesting product and you’re on to a winner. It’s humbling to see Nike designers past and present engaging with the content as well. I interviewed Peter Fogg not too long ago, which was great. There’s a few more interviews in the pipeline!
FP: We saw as well you recently hosted a pop up in London, how did it go? By the looks of things you had a decent crowd queuing up for it!
Linus: Yeah the pop up was fun! I had a selection of around 50 pairs up for grabs and our new t-shirts. Big up Re-Run Streetwear for the opportunity! It was great to meet customers in person.
FP: Was that the first time you’ve done that?
Linus: In the first year of Nike Server I had a stall at a Bristol event that was a complete flop. Everyone else there was just reselling Dunks. Some of the stuff I had on offer got strange looks. I sold one pair I think… Plus it was the hottest day of the year and I was stuck inside!
FP: Well with this year hopefully opening up more and more for events we are looking forward to seeing you guys do some more! Do you have any in the works or being planned at the moment or are you focusing more on the product front again now?
Linus: Yes, I’ve got a week-long pop-up in a very prestigious shop at the end of August which I’m really excited about – more news on that soon! Other than that, I’m hoping to put on an event with my two mates’ shops, Inside Tag and Misc.Sell.Aneous very soon! Go check them out over on Instagram if you haven’t already.
FP: Other than Nike Server I also wanted to ask you about being a part of the Nike By You Workshop and being able to release your own shoe! How was that experience?
Linus: That was a real dream come true. I was lucky enough to be one of the 20 candidates chosen which was a great feeling. It’s a shame it was during the peak of covid times so there was no launch party or anything! But yeah, definitely a privilege to say I designed my own shoe at 21!
FP: Did you have any inspiration when approaching the design?
Linus: I was really just looking at shoes I had around me at the time, some being Nike Server stock and some being my own collection. I had a pair of brown Silver Fish, some brown Terra Albis and some Infrared 90s. I was also inspired by my surroundings growing up and some of my design practices, such as natural dyeing.
FP: If you had the chance to design any shoes from the Nike archives what would it be and why?
Linus: Either the Nike Air Sunder Max or the Nike Air Zoom Drive. They’re two of my favourite silhouettes from a great era of Nike. I think if they were recreated with modern materials they would be serious!
FP: On that note I think that brings us to a nice close! Linus thank you again for having us and sharing your journey you’ve created with Nike Server. Before we let you go is there anything you would like to share to the Footpatrol Readers?
Linus: Thanks for having me! I’d say if you haven’t checked out Nike Server on Instagram please do, we’ve got some cool projects and collaborations in the pipeline. And, if you’re London based, keep your eyes peeled for information on our next pop up!
This year, we’ve been blessed with an abundance of releases from the Jordan brand and the Air Jordan 1 is one of those silhouettes that looks set to continue throughout the year having already seen a host of new colourways, OG retros and collaborations of late.
The latest to come out of the Jordan Brand is this, the ‘Light Fusion Red’. Summer ready, the ‘Light Fusion Red’ comes dressed in a vibrant burst of soft red and ‘Laser Orange’ hues that has a very similar get up to the Air Jordan 1 Mid ‘La Familia’ from last year.
Take a closer look at the Air Jordan 1 High OG ‘Light Fusion Red’ below and make sure to get your entries in to the raffles for your chance to purchase!
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To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on.
In-store winners will be contacted via email informing them of their win. Within this email, winners will be given a set of dates in which they must collect their win from our London store. To collect, you will need to provide the winning email and a valid photographic government ID matching the winners name. NO ONE can collect on the winners behalf. Failure to provide this, or failure to collect within the given dates will mean failure to purchase your win.
To sign up to the Online raffle, you will be prompted to complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!
We’re now around 35 years since the Dunk debuted and since it took on the courts, it very quickly became cemented within streetwear culture and after a brief period away from the shelves, the last few years have seen the Nike Dunk come back in full force and its time for another new iteration to come to life!
One thing Nike has never shied away from is the use of loud, bold prints… notably animal prints. We’ve seen it famously on the Atmos Air Max 1 and Air Max 95 and even down to the recently launched Air Force 1 Safari Pack so it was only right that the Dunk received the same treatment.
The second in a two part animal inspired Dunks, the first was a giraffe/cheetah inspired print that delivered a range of soft brown hues and subtle camo print. This latest version however is a bit more striped back with a monochrome finish, the Dunk Low takes inspiration from the Zebra with a host of blacks and charcoals with contrasting white swoosh and midsole mimicking the animals stripes.
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To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on.
In-store winners will be contacted via email informing them of their win. Within this email, winners will be given a set of dates in which they must collect their win from our London store. To collect, you will need to provide the winning email and a valid photographic government ID matching the winners name. NO ONE can collect on the winners behalf. Failure to provide this, or failure to collect within the given dates will mean failure to purchase your win.
To sign up to the Online raffle, you will be prompted to complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!
When it comes to adidas’ and their partnership with YEEZY, the 350 has long been a silhouette that has been desired by fans across the globe. With its simple use of PRIMEKNIT and BOOST, the 350 now takes on a new disguise inspired by the recent trend of out of this world designs. Following on from the 450 and 380, this latest 350 V2 ‘Mono Mist’ PRIMEKNIT upper seems to take on a semi transparent feel that displays a subtle, alien like cage that moulds around the foot. The usual earthy tones continue for this latest coming together with a mixture of deep brown and sandy hues.
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To sign up to the Online raffle, you will be prompted to complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!
This past year has seen the Forum gain a bit of a resurgence and to continue experimenting with the famed silhouette, adidas takes things to the extreme with the addition of an over exaggerated triple platform midsole.
First representing the court, the adidas Forum quickly made strides on the street as well and its this recipe that has been kept the same. A timeless design, the upper is made up of a soft yet durable soft grey leather with the recognisable ankle strap securing the wearers foot.
Here on down however, everything changes and the design is reimagined with the use of a triple platform, hence the name, ‘Triple PlatForum’. This multilayered midsole creates a unique look with the use of a gradient of pastel, gum shades creating a slightly aged look.
Take a closer look at the adidas Triple PlatForum below and click here to shop!
Based in London, Robi Walters has caught the public eye over the last decade with his vision and transformation of discarded objects creating new leases of life in lovingly pieced together collages. He has produced pieces for people such as Usain Bolt, Major Lazer’s Diplo, Jillioniare and has even collaborated with Mary J. Blige and Sir Paul McCartney.
Long time Footpatrol friend and Soho neighbour – Robi Walters’ gallery & studio space is found within the heart of Soho. We first met Robi in 2015 when he moved opposite the Footpatrol Store on Berwick Street before he later moved round the corner to Ingestre Place where his gallery now resides. Upholding the Soho community spirit we felt that this was a good reason to work alongside Robi to produce our latest Communi-T instalment.
For the t-shirt, Robi has hand-drawn one of his signature sketches, based on sacred geometry and the thousand petalled lotus. These drawings feature in a series of his work called ‘We Are Stardust’. All of Robi’s pieces are named after songs. This particular title is taken from the lyrics of a well-loved Joni Mitchell song, ‘Woodstock’.
Music has always been a huge influence on Robi and his artwork. To celebrate the launch of this project and the return of live music, we’re featuring a performance by IG Culture and his band LCSM (Likwid Continual Space Motion) – a live stream session in Robi’s studio curated by Leanne Wright. Robi will also be giving us insight into how the project began and the design concept and as well as talking about the charitable side of this campaign as we partner with London youth charity ‘Grow’. The proceeds from this release will be going towards expanding their excellent programming from their community farm, forest school and the work they do in schools to promote mental and physical well being and a more hands-on relationship with the natural world.
It wouldn’t be a special project though if there wasn’t a seriously exclusive element to this one-of-a-kind launch. As an addition to the tees designed by Robi, he has also hand-painted a series of 1of 5 custom Footpatrol T-shirts and 5 pairs of Converse that will be available for raffle live on Robi’s site soon! Four of the Converse and four of the T-shirts will be available via a raffle on Robi’s website (tickets will be £10 and £5 respectively with proceeds going to ‘Grow’ charity), make sure to check it out on the link below. Whilst Robi has also put together a special bundle consisting of a pair of the Converse, a T-shirt and a hand signed, hand painted piece which is currently up for auction with proceeds from all sales, going to ‘Grow’.
To check out the raffle, CLICK HERE!
To view the auction, CLICK HERE!
The Air Jordan 1 OG High is the gift that keeps on giving. What seems to be everybody’s favourite Jordan silhouette at current, the Air Jordan 1 doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
A model that has seen a slew of different colourways, OG retros and collaborations over the years, they demand for them is still high. The latest release is a testament to that.
The latest iteration of the ‘Court Purple’ line was first released in 1985 as part of the ‘Metallic Pack’ – a host of subtle coloured AJ1’s with a hit of metallic hues released in both high and low’s at the time. Then in 2009, Jordan Brand retro’d the pair in a mid cut version adding the Jumpman on the heel and tongue tab. Now 12 years later, consumers and collectors see the return in OG form and in women’s exclusive sizing.
Dressed in a clean white tumbled leather, purple hits are featured on the Swoosh and ankle collar – the latter in patent leather. Further purple details are on the satin lining for a luxury take, tongue tab, midsole and on the wings logo.
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To enter, you’re required to sign up via the above forms, these WON’T be available in-store to sign up on.
In-store winners will be contacted via email informing them of their win. Within this email, winners will be given a set of dates in which they must collect their win from our London store. To collect, you will need to provide the winning email and a valid photographic government ID matching the winners name. NO ONE can collect on the winners behalf. Failure to provide this, or failure to collect within the given dates will mean failure to purchase your win.
To sign up to the Online raffle, you will be prompted to complete a pre-authorisation payment of the retail price of the product plus shipping costs. This will be held until raffle completion. Those successful will have their raffle win posted out to the address entered during sign up. Those unsuccessful will see a return of their funds, this can take up to 5 working days from when the winners have been drawn. The raffle is limited to one entry per household! Multiple entries will be cancelled!
