JUICE ETIENNE//CHRISJISON//PHILLIPPMULLER//TIMHA//ARTHURHOLMES//CONSTANCELOWE//JENNIFERSPENCE//LOUISESMITH//CHERISHRUALO
SNEAKER EDITION 01 FEB/MARCH £4.00
CONTENTS
Interview//ETIENNE.paris
3 Interview//CHRIS.london
7 Interview//PHILLIPP.germany
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Interview//TIM.massachusetts
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Article//TOP5SIGNS.sneakerobessed
21 Interview//ARTHUR.london
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Interview//CONTSTANCE.mississippi
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Interview//JENNIFER.carlisle
29 Interview//LOUISE.harlington
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Interview//CHERISH.southcali
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EDITOR//Fay Scriven
CHERISH RUALO
This magazine holds a collection of small interviews that give you an insight into sneaker fans. The craze that has been rising for years is now at it’s peak, everybody owns some kind of sneaker whether it’s limited edition or vintage. The interviews are with real life sneaker heads that are from all over the world. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking time out of their day to be interviewed and that they kindly shared some of their photography with us. Thank you for reading JUICE magazine. No sneakers were harmed in the making of this magazine.
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This magazine holds a collection of small interviews that give you an insight into sneaker fans. The craze that has been rising for years is now at it’s peak, everybody owns some kind of sneaker whether it’s limited edition or vintage. The interviews are with real life sneaker heads that are from all over the world. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking time out of their day to be interviewed and that they kindly shared some of their photography with us. Thank you for reading JUICE magazine. No sneakers were harmed in the making of this magazine.
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My name is Etienne I live in Paris, France and I bought my rst pair of sneakers in San Francisco aproximate ly 2 years ago in a little shop in Haight-ashbury.. actually I bought two pairs at the same time (haha) which were the Air Jordan Retro 7 “Bordeaux” and the Air Jordan Retro 6 “Motorsports”. The second one is pretty hard to nd, I saw one once at OPIUM store in Paris for 500€ so... It was a good cop. :)
I have always liked having many pair and even when I was younger, I always had like 3 or 4 pairs at home. I used to buy Nikes but no limited edition like now, only pairs that were easy to nd at any Footlocker. And one day I heard about Jordans, I knew that it existed but was not able to put this amount of money in a pair of sneakers at this time. But I started to learn numbers and History of the different Retros (as you may know Jordans col lectors are mostly intrested in Retros (Mostly from AJ1 to .. AJ11-AJ13)) and I discover the Jordan 5 and this remain my favorite pair of Jordan today I have something like 15 pairs of Jordan 5 lol. So I think this pair made me love sneakers or at least it made me want to own a pair. Actually I bought my rst pair of Jordan 5 when I came back from SF, it was the AJ5 “QUAI 54”. The funny thing is that I was looking for this pair in the US but it worth like 600$ there.. and I gured out it only
Interview//ETIENNE.paris
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As I said, my all time favorite Jordan is the Jordan 5. 2013 was the 23th anniversary of the Jordan 5 which rst released in 1990, so they released many colorways of the pair at this oc casion in 2013. I bought all of them (only those which released in Europe because US got exclusive release...). But Jordans are just a part of the sneaker culture and they are mainly appreciated in the US. In Europe people are most interested in Runners like Air Max 1’s, Air Max 90’s, or even brand like Adidas, New Balance, Asics, Saucony... which are not very popular in the US. and I have to say that the Jordans and basketball shoes in general are getting more and more expensive. So for now I have to say that my all time favorite sneaker is the Air Max 1... just above the Air Max 90. These pairs were respectively design in 1987 and 1990 by legendary Thinker Hateld (who has design many Jordans too) and the air Max 1 was the srt pair ever to featur a visible air unit. This design has been inspired by Le Centre George Pompidou in France (because we see the foundations of the building and it shows what we normally can’t see).
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My name is Etienne I live in Paris, France and I bought my rst pair of sneakers in San Francisco aproximate ly 2 years ago in a little shop in Haight-ashbury.. actually I bought two pairs at the same time (haha) which were the Air Jordan Retro 7 “Bordeaux” and the Air Jordan Retro 6 “Motorsports”. The second one is pretty hard to nd, I saw one once at OPIUM store in Paris for 500€ so... It was a good cop. :)
I have always liked having many pair and even when I was younger, I always had like 3 or 4 pairs at home. I used to buy Nikes but no limited edition like now, only pairs that were easy to nd at any Footlocker. And one day I heard about Jordans, I knew that it existed but was not able to put this amount of money in a pair of sneakers at this time. But I started to learn numbers and History of the different Retros (as you may know Jordans col lectors are mostly intrested in Retros (Mostly from AJ1 to .. AJ11-AJ13)) and I discover the Jordan 5 and this remain my favorite pair of Jordan today I have something like 15 pairs of Jordan 5 lol. So I think this pair made me love sneakers or at least it made me want to own a pair. Actually I bought my rst pair of Jordan 5 when I came back from SF, it was the AJ5 “QUAI 54”. The funny thing is that I was looking for this pair in the US but it worth like 600$ there.. and I gured out it only
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released in France so it was way less expensive here lol.
As I said, my all time favorite Jordan is the Jordan 5. 2013 was the 23th anniversary of the Jordan 5 which rst released in 1990, so they released many colorways of the pair at this oc casion in 2013. I bought all of them (only those which released in Europe because US got exclusive release...). But Jordans are just a part of the sneaker culture and they are mainly appreciated in the US. In Europe people are most interested in Runners like Air Max 1’s, Air Max 90’s, or even brand like Adidas, New Balance, Asics, Saucony... which are not very popular in the US. and I have to say that the Jordans and basketball shoes in general are getting more and more expensive. So for now I have to say that my all time favorite sneaker is the Air Max 1... just above the Air Max 90. These pairs were respectively design in 1987 and 1990 by legendary Thinker Hateld (who has design many Jordans too) and the air Max 1 was the srt pair ever to featur a visible air unit. This design has been inspired by Le Centre George Pompidou in France (because we see the foundations of the building and it shows what we normally can’t see).
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I am also a 3rd year Graph ic Design student at Middlesex University, over the past two to three years I was fortunate enough to make a lot of friends from dif ferent cultures and ethnici ty’s, people from different backgrounds and people who went through different paths to get to where they are. I was born and raised in the south of Philippines I came to England at the age of twelve. From what I can remember the
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rst sneaker that I really liked was a pair of reebok kamikaze that was handed down to me by my older brother, I used it for everything I did, basketball, walking my dog and even to school. I cant exactly remember when I got hooked on collecting sneakers, but what I can remember is that one day I was clearing my room and realised about 7080% of my stuff was trainers. I also noticed that I was being told off more than I use to about the shoe deliveries that was arriving at my doorsteps. My favourite sneaker of all time would be the Jordan1 banned or the royal blue, its something I’ve always wanted since I was young and will continue to buy them whenever they are re-released.
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I am also a 3rd year Graph ic Design student at Middlesex University, over the past two to three years I was fortunate enough to make a lot of friends from dif ferent cultures and ethnici ty’s, people from different backgrounds and people who went through different paths to get to where they are. I was born and raised in the south of Philippines I came to England at the age of twelve. From what I can remember the
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rst sneaker that I really liked was a pair of reebok kamikaze that was handed down to me by my older brother, I used it for everything I did, basketball, walking my dog and even to school. I cant exactly remember when I got hooked on collecting sneakers, but what I can remember is that one day I was clearing my room and realised about 7080% of my stuff was trainers. I also noticed that I was being told off more than I use to about the shoe deliveries that was arriving at my doorsteps. My favourite sneaker of all time would be the Jordan1 banned or the royal blue, its something I’ve always wanted since I was young and will continue to buy them whenever they are re-released.
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Your full name: Philipp Müller or Phipsters Where are you from?: I come from Germany. What was your rst pair of sneakers?: puhh that’s hard.As far as I can remember it was a La Gear I got from my moth er for my 7th birthday.The rst Sneaker I bought was a Nike DUNK LOW PREMIUM SB “Mosquito” I bought in 2008. In 2009 I was interested in the Air Max more and more and just bought myself an AIR MAX 1 PREMIUM “ALPHABET PACK”. In 2012 I bought my rst collabo shoe, Air Max 1 Pat ta Corduroy. When and how did you rst discover your love for sneakers?:It was 2008 and it was just cool to wear a pair of Nike SB’s and chill out at the skate park with his friends. Whats your all time favourite sneaker? I love all collabos of the Atmos. It´s a store in Japan that works together with Nike. MY favorite here is Air Max 1 Elephant and Air Max 1 Supreme Animal Pack. Vist my tumblr: Phipsters.tumblr.com
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Your full name: Philipp Müller or Phipsters Where are you from?: I come from Germany. What was your rst pair of sneakers?: puhh that’s hard.As far as I can remember it was a La Gear I got from my moth er for my 7th birthday.The rst Sneaker I bought was a Nike DUNK LOW PREMIUM SB “Mosquito” I bought in 2008. In 2009 I was interested in the Air Max more and more and just bought myself an AIR MAX 1 PREMIUM “ALPHABET PACK”. In 2012 I bought my rst collabo shoe, Air Max 1 Pat ta Corduroy. When and how did you rst discover your love for sneakers?:It was 2008 and it was just cool to wear a pair of Nike SB’s and chill out at the skate park with his friends. Whats your all time favourite sneaker? I love all collabos of the Atmos. It´s a store in Japan that works together with Nike. MY favorite here is Air Max 1 Elephant and Air Max 1 Supreme Animal Pack. Vist my tumblr: Phipsters.tumblr.com
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Full Name: Timothy Duy Ha From: Worcester, MA, USA First Pair of sneakers: Nike Blazer High U Tat too Red/Black the shoes that started my love for sneakers. When I started lov ing sneakers was in 8th grade. I’m in 12th grade right now so in 2009-2010 is when I started. How? Back then I had a friend. Always had ashy shoes. A good amount of shoes for an almost month -
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ly rotation. Those shoes that I keep seeing every day from his feet made me started to be more fond of them. I love the way it looks, the material, and the way how it makes an outt pop out. The way how it wears in. I just really love sneakers. My favorite sneaker of all time has to be Royal 1. I love the color block. Black and blue. That’s a simple blocking right there. And it looks absolutely beautiful when it’s worn out too. Makes it look vintage. - Tim Ha
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Full Name: Timothy Duy Ha From: Worcester, MA, USA First Pair of sneakers: Nike Blazer High U Tat too Red/Black the shoes that started my love for sneakers. When I started lov ing sneakers was in 8th grade. I’m in 12th grade right now so in 2009-2010 is when I started. How? Back then I had a friend. Always had ashy shoes. A good amount of shoes for an almost month -
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ly rotation. Those shoes that I keep seeing every day from his feet made me started to be more fond of them. I love the way it looks, the material, and the way how it makes an outt pop out. The way how it wears in. I just really love sneakers. My favorite sneaker of all time has to be Royal 1. I love the color block. Black and blue. That’s a simple blocking right there. And it looks absolutely beautiful when it’s worn out too. Makes it look vintage. - Tim Ha
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Top five Signs Your Sn eak er Obsession Is Too Much 1. Willing To Camp Out Days In Advance of sneaker Release To some this notion may sound quite ridiculous but to a sneaker head it is simply routine. Some sneakers have become so sought after yet so limited in quantity that sneaker addicts are willing to camp out days in advance to get the opportunity to purchase them. Rain, sleet, or snow has never pushed back a sneaker release and it certainly has no effect on those camps out lines neither.
a variety of sneakers but when all you have to wear with all those sneakers is the same tired outt then it becomes a prob lem. Your closet should have some type of balance to it. You don’t wont the reputation of kid with all the nice sneakers and the one dingy white tee right? This too can easily be corrected.
4. Spends More Money On sneak ers Than Gifts For Family/Lover In this day in age parents and girlfriends around the world are 2. Prioritizes Paying for more aware of the price of the sneakers Before Rent/Mort - popular sneakers. So basically gage, Bills, Gas, Food, Etc. you can’t expect to get the whole If you’re contemplating or have family $20 gift cards to Starbucks ever contemplated forgoing your for Christmas when you’re walking rent for the newest Jeremy Scott around in those $180 Christmas Adidas’ then you probably won’t LeBron 8 sneakers. Nor can you have an apartment to house all get your girlfriend one of those those sneakers much longer. $30 Wal-Mart tennis bracelets Quite simply the cost of sneak - and not expect her to raise hell ers should never supersede any when you go to purchase those priorities you have or you’ll $250+ Air Yeezy’s. That’s the end up homeless and hungry. But quickest way to end up lonely. I bet you got them jays though! 5. Has 100s of sneakers And Means Of Transportation 3. Has more sneak- No ers Than Clothes In Closet For one, if you’re catching the Now it’s not terrible to have bus to go to a sneaker release then you already have a problem. With the high cost of sneakers nowadays you could easily forgo 10 pairs to save for a cheap ve hicle. Hell you could get a bike for the cost of 3 pairs nowa days. Or you could remain to look silly while walking everywhere in shoes valued at $500. TBREEZY
Top five Signs Your Sn eak er Obsession Is Too Much 1. Willing To Camp Out Days In Advance of sneaker Release To some this notion may sound quite ridiculous but to a sneaker head it is simply routine. Some sneakers have become so sought after yet so limited in quantity that sneaker addicts are willing to camp out days in advance to get the opportunity to purchase them. Rain, sleet, or snow has never pushed back a sneaker release and it certainly has no effect on those camps out lines neither.
a variety of sneakers but when all you have to wear with all those sneakers is the same tired outt then it becomes a prob lem. Your closet should have some type of balance to it. You don’t wont the reputation of kid with all the nice sneakers and the one dingy white tee right? This too can easily be corrected.
4. Spends More Money On sneak ers Than Gifts For Family/Lover In this day in age parents and girlfriends around the world are 2. Prioritizes Paying for more aware of the price of the sneakers Before Rent/Mort - popular sneakers. So basically gage, Bills, Gas, Food, Etc. you can’t expect to get the whole If you’re contemplating or have family $20 gift cards to Starbucks ever contemplated forgoing your for Christmas when you’re walking rent for the newest Jeremy Scott around in those $180 Christmas Adidas’ then you probably won’t LeBron 8 sneakers. Nor can you have an apartment to house all get your girlfriend one of those those sneakers much longer. $30 Wal-Mart tennis bracelets Quite simply the cost of sneak - and not expect her to raise hell ers should never supersede any when you go to purchase those priorities you have or you’ll $250+ Air Yeezy’s. That’s the end up homeless and hungry. But quickest way to end up lonely. I bet you got them jays though! 5. Has 100s of sneakers And Means Of Transportation 3. Has more sneak- No ers Than Clothes In Closet For one, if you’re catching the Now it’s not terrible to have bus to go to a sneaker release then you already have a problem. With the high cost of sneakers nowadays you could easily forgo 10 pairs to save for a cheap ve hicle. Hell you could get a bike for the cost of 3 pairs nowa days. Or you could remain to look silly while walking everywhere in shoes valued at $500. TBREEZY
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My name is Arthur Holmes and I’m 24 years old. I was born in Zimbabwe and raised there for 14 years before coming to England. The rst pair of sneakers I owned was a pair of white Reebok G-unit sneak ers. I remember I purchased them from footlocker when they rst came out, my friends and I were big G-unit fans and when the sneakers came out we all went crazy and the populari ty inuenced me to cop a pair. I cant exactly pin point the moment that I rst discovered my love for sneakers, I just realized one day that I had a large collection of sneakers and still felt compelled to buy more that appealed to me. My favourite all time pair of sneakers has to be my Air Max 1’s, these are the most comfy pair of sneakers and I real ly like the range of differ ent colours they come out in.
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My name is Arthur Holmes and I’m 24 years old. I was born in Zimbabwe and raised there for 14 years before coming to England. The rst pair of sneakers I owned was a pair of white Reebok G-unit sneak ers. I remember I purchased them from footlocker when they rst came out, my friends and I were big G-unit fans and when the sneakers came out we all went crazy and the populari ty inuenced me to cop a pair. I cant exactly pin point the moment that I rst discovered my love for sneakers, I just realized one day that I had a large collection of sneakers and still felt compelled to buy more that appealed to me. My favourite all time pair of sneakers has to be my Air Max 1’s, these are the most comfy pair of sneakers and I real ly like the range of differ ent colours they come out in.
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name is Constance Lowe. I am from Jackson,Mississippi. My rst sneaker was the Nike Air Turf worn by football player Deion Sanders. The shoe was released in 1993 and I was in the 3rd grade. My parents took me to the mall to let me pick our my own show. It was that shoe that stood out to me. The shoe was released again in 2011 and sold out within minutes. I had to get them one more. Just with my own money this time. I have about 100 pair of sneakers. I’ve purchased as many as 8 pair in one month. I started my own clothing company due to my addiction to sneakers. I got tired of having to nd different clothing to coor dinate with my shoes. I was spending large amounts of money on clothing. i thought to myself why not create my own clothing. I started Sneaker Addict Clothing ( sneakeraddict.bigcartel.com) two years ago. It’s hard for me to pick one shoe when I have so many. The Jordan 11 would be my favorite shoe based on comfort and style. It’s a good shoe regardless if you’re playing basketball or just wearing for show.
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name is Constance Lowe. I am from Jackson,Mississippi. My rst sneaker was the Nike Air Turf worn by football player Deion Sanders. The shoe was released in 1993 and I was in the 3rd grade. My parents took me to the mall to let me pick our my own show. It was that shoe that stood out to me. The shoe was released again in 2011 and sold out within minutes. I had to get them one more. Just with my own money this time. I have about 100 pair of sneakers. I’ve purchased as many as 8 pair in one month. I started my own clothing company due to my addiction to sneakers. I got tired of having to nd different clothing to coor dinate with my shoes. I was spending large amounts of money on clothing. i thought to myself why not create my own clothing. I started Sneaker Addict Clothing ( sneakeraddict.bigcartel.com) two years ago. It’s hard for me to pick one shoe when I have so many. The Jordan 11 would be my favorite shoe based on comfort and style. It’s a good shoe regardless if you’re playing basketball or just wearing for show.
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What’s your full name? Jennifer Spence Where are your from? Carlisle, England What was your rst pair of sneak ers? Reebok Classics when I was re ally young! But my rst ‘proper’ pair if you like was Nike Air Max 1 ‘West’ from smallfeetbigkicks.com ! When and how did you rst discov er your love for sneakers? It was during my 2nd year of universi ty, I had always been interested in sportswear design - the tted shapes and exciting construction it only seemed right to start ex ploring into the footwear side of some of my favourite brands! What’s your all time favourite sneaker? that is a tough one! I love my gel lyte III ‘amingos’ so much, Jordan 11 concords and air max 180 ultramarine - it’s so hard to choose!
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What’s your full name? Jennifer Spence Where are your from? Carlisle, England What was your rst pair of sneak ers? Reebok Classics when I was re ally young! But my rst ‘proper’ pair if you like was Nike Air Max 1 ‘West’ from smallfeetbigkicks.com ! When and how did you rst discov er your love for sneakers? It was during my 2nd year of universi ty, I had always been interested in sportswear design - the tted shapes and exciting construction it only seemed right to start ex ploring into the footwear side of some of my favourite brands! What’s your all time favourite sneaker? that is a tough one! I love my gel lyte III ‘amingos’ so much, Jordan 11 concords and air max 180 ultramarine - it’s so hard to choose!
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My name is Louise I am from a village just outside of London. I am 24 and I run a small catering business. I wouldn’t say I was a sneak er head but I am a big fan of collecting them. I have always been a girly girl although wearing differ ent sneakers is a big interest of mine. I love the unusual styles and colours that different brands bring out. Nike are my favourite brand but I like all kind of sneakers especially ones that are full of colour and pattern. I bought my rst pair of sneakers when I was 17 from Ofce; this is where the interest started.
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My name is Louise I am from a village just outside of London. I am 24 and I run a small catering business. I wouldn’t say I was a sneak er head but I am a big fan of collecting them. I have always been a girly girl although wearing differ ent sneakers is a big interest of mine. I love the unusual styles and colours that different brands bring out. Nike are my favourite brand but I like all kind of sneakers especially ones that are full of colour and pattern. I bought my rst pair of sneakers when I was 17 from Ofce; this is where the interest started.
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My name is Cherish Rualo and i’m from Moreno Valley Southern California, I’m 26 and my rst Pair of Sneakers: Jordan 13’s “He Got Game” in 1998 I rst discovered my love for sneakers because my dad was the person who got me into them. He bought me my rst pair when I was about 10 or 11 years old. Ever since then I got into play ing basketball for school and loved to play in Jordan shoes and as I grew older I started to collect more and more as well as still having my rst ever pair in memory of my father. My all time favorite sneak er: Jordan XI Space Jams
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My name is Cherish Rualo and i’m from Moreno Valley Southern California, I’m 26 and my rst Pair of Sneakers: Jordan 13’s “He Got Game” in 1998 I rst discovered my love for sneakers because my dad was the person who got me into them. He bought me my rst pair when I was about 10 or 11 years old. Ever since then I got into play ing basketball for school and loved to play in Jordan shoes and as I grew older I started to collect more and more as well as still having my rst ever pair in memory of my father. My all time favorite sneak er: Jordan XI Space Jams
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