NIKE X Liberty London sneaker collection

We are always a bit weary when we hear that different designers and brands are going to collaborate because sometimes the result is not exceptional.The designer wants to be creative, the brand wants to sell more so they're playing it safe, so it must be a bit daunting to actually await for the end result of such a collaboration.

Fortunately this is not the case with NIKE and Liberty London. The sportswear brand collaborated with probably one of the oldest stores in London to create a 12 piece capsule collection that incorporates the Liberty London trademark prints onto 4 of the most popular NIKE trainers including the Air Force 1 and the Dunk Hi.

The 12 piece trainer capsule collection Nike x Liberty London, will be available at Liberty from the 1st of April and 10 pieces will go to all other stores and globally from 1st of May as 2 of them will be exclusively for Liberty's.

Take a closer look at more images from the collection after the jump!

By Andreas Menelaou Features Assistant

Hussein Chalayan 'Urban Mobility' Puma Collection Preview

Having been appointed Creative Director at Puma in February last year, this collection seems more than just a collaboration, as has been done with Sergio Rossi and Alexander McQueen. It could be considered to be the first directional impact that Hussein Chalayan has on the Puma brand itself.

This second preview of the 2010 (see the first preview here) collection now gives us an insight into the upcoming footwear.
Two pairs of high-tops, one grey suede Chukkah inspired shoe with very subtle branding and a more futuristic looking sneaker, made up of two different shades of grey and some silver patent leather applications. Additionally a teaser into the menswear t-shirt collection is released, showing a white t-shirt splattered with black colour, leaving different shades of grey and white bubbles behind.

Via Contemporary Standard