Gazelle was founded by photographer/artist/stylist/ex-reggae singer Xander Ferreira in 2006. Since then the group has had a lot of fun and won a lot of fans while doggedly pushing Afro futurism and pursuing the perfection of an authentic Afrikan Elektronik Dance Musik sound.

This pursuit has reached a splendid high with the imminent launch of Gazelle’s first album, Chic Afrique, at The Assembly in Cape Town on 30 January 2009. And if the album’s graphics, pictured above, has an eerily familiar look to it: Xander did some styling for the Spoek Mathambo + Shawn Mortensen AM90 Sound project.

For music videos and more visit their myspace page.

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Vinti Andrews, graduate of London’s Central Saint Martins School of Fashion and Design, is fast becoming famous for her crazy reconstructionist techniques, earning a reputation as the Dr Frankenstein of street style.

Her first dabbling with Nike design resulted in a thoroughly unique tote bag (even incorporating a racoon tail) and a reconstructed Windrunner sure to make Geoff Hollister (designer of the original Windrunner) proud.

In collaboration with the Nike ID Studio in London she ventured further down the creative path with another surgical wonder: creating two life size pit bull dogs out of Nike shoes - one out of various colourful Air Max 90s, the other one out of Dunks.

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Loyal Nike fans will be very pleased to hear that Nike has released the NBA (National Basketball Association) inspired pack of Nike Blazer High Premiums – bringing the big league to a pavement in your hood.

There are six shoes in this pack, each paying respect to a different NBA team. All the shoes sport suede tonal uppers, paired with a matching pair of shoe laces and coloured outsoles.

Gallery on 4th holds 5 colourways, while stocks last.

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Presenting ‘Optical Force’: the Air Force 1 Quickstrike Slam Jam edition. Feast your eyes on the result of a creative collaboration between Nike and esteemed Italian retailer, Slam Jam.

The upper is made out of wrinkled patent leather and comes in metallic silver or white, with the Swoosh, laces, sole and lining all in white. The innersole features the Slam Jam ‘Optical Force’ pattern and logo and the Slam Jam logo has been embossed right under the Nike logo on the heel tab. The lining is white mesh, the laces are waxed and the aglets are those silver ends that just say this is it.

And why are we telling you this? Because you can get yours at the Gallery now.

Check out hypebeast  for an in depth interview on Slam Jam.

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Originally released in 1990, the Nike Air Structure Triax 91 quickly joined the
stable of iconic Nike shoes. After an 18 year hiatus, it has now been released
again, sporting a visible Air Sole, updated fresh colourways and geometric
overlays – all without sacrificing the classic appeal of the forerunner.

Also noteworthy is its lightweight breathability provided by mesh original
materials and the waffle tread pattern with forefeet flex grooves, guaranteed to
ensure that feel good pavement attitude.

And best of all - they’re now available at Gallery on 4th.

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