The story of the Mizuno SkyMedal starts at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, on track-and-field icon Carl Lewis’ feet to be precise. Lewis and Mizuno set an important signal for tolerance and rethinking in both the sports world and the global community.
The road through the history and the cultural heritage of this through and through traditional American brand can hardly be walked without coming across influential people and cultural movements that have shaped not only the streetwear world, but all of us.
Fifties Americana. Dinosaur. Rasta symbols. B-boy aesthetic. What kind of mix is that? How does that sound on paper? Absolutely irrelevant. Because it is not found on paper but on a T-shirt.
Comfort is everything. I don’t care what people think, as long as I like it.But what I’ve been getting the same ratio of props and ridicule about in recent years is Mephisto shoes.