New Sneaker Brand....Straight Outta Hong Kong

[cipherman]

hey guys, thanks to all those that hit me up with thier likes and dislikes a few months ago. My new site is up and I would like to invite you guys to take a look at my collection.

You can download the lookbook on the collection page to learn more about the brand and the inspiration behind what I'm doing.

Peace

www.cipherism.com

[herpsky]

ew

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[prima]

not my style but i kind of like the walkabout

[MilSpex]

oh wow I`ll take 6 dozen wushus and 18 dozen of those shoalin deals...(not really)

[chrisbunnington]

i like the look of the first ones but i hate black shoes.

everything else is kind of, meh

[M4TM]

good luck with this!

[boystory]

yah, i mean...good luck and all but each of these shoes sort of look like a poor mans...everything (visvim, clarks, nike, etc, etc)

[hahnstch]

i cant help but think of gravis when i see the 1st one and ipath when i see the 4th one

[32x34]

gross.

and the last ones look like hush puppies, minus the comfortable lamb-wool inside

[cheapmuthafukr]

hmmm.... maybe i should say something meaningful here...

nice shoes. :D :D

[Shark]

Shark Edit

[cipherman]

yo been naughty swedish boy, i twist yo arm and spank yo butt!

what are you saying dude...?

[cipherman]

oh well you can't please everyone...but aside from the material choices..ballistic cordura, and lambskin interiors. this is an expressed attempt to offer something aside from a new AF1 offshoot. How many of those shoes can one peson own... those "Hush Puppies" minus the "comfortable" lambswool interiors was a take on a traditional chinese kung fu slipper (Wushu), and the budhist monk slipper fused into a sneaker-like product(ShaoLin Breaker); both in high quality leathers: nubuck, and again lambskin interiors...slightly different then the proletarian critique that it might resemble a "hush puppy" but then again...now that i look at it..it kinda does..lol but, I believe, that's only because of one's frame of reference....thanks guys to the ones who left something meaningful up here...the last time I put something up here it really helped because most peeps were down to offer some real assesment, whether they liked it or not.

Peace!

C

[MilSpex]

yo seriously the wushu and the shaolin breaker in general might be something that would sell in Europe but Americans generally prefer a thicker sole/something more solid imo.

[red]

dont worry. i like them. and thats all that really matters.

wheres the SF hook up?

[red]

nothing,.....scenes in my head.

the clogs and girls makes me think of falukorv and horns, tut...

fo sho. my dawg Begåvningsreserven holin it down on the imaginative tip yo. naamean. he da new barney of this ish.

[red]

[bluespring]

i give props to cipherman, i dont like the shoes but being able to pull of a shoe company is something i admire... but you have to work on those designs if not its worthless

[Mbrand]

Yeah. It certainly requires more work than all of the doubious new T-shirt lines created everyday.

[boystory]

well yah, awesome for putting it together, but it's pretty asinine to say you're trying to present something other than the standard air force ones or whatever. who are you presenting them to? people who wear expensive/exclusive nikes are going to wear them anyway and the people who've moved on generally wear something more established anyway.

like...i'm not trying to shit all over you here, but you can't just be like 'WELL EXCUUUUUUSE ME' when people offer boring criticism to boring merchandise.

[cipherman]

naw man...I can respect what you're saying, but to be honest...the response has been varied...greatly...and I can't seem to pin it down...I'm hoping that people would be less flippant...what I'm trying to figure out is why some people love it...blow up my phone to get it...and others dismiss it...sometimes i think it's the product..sometimes I think it's the sensibilities...it's like sometimes I wonder if I came out with a dreivative AF1 or dunk in some stupid clown colours people would be all over it...in my position it's very strange...and extremely difficult...I don't knock the AF1 knock guys because i know how extremely difficult it is to release a "new" footwear product from a financial perspective....either way, not everyone is gonnma like it...there are lots of people that Love!--take a bullit to get some visvim...etc and then there are others who would'nt be caught dead in those...on my side it's more as educational process in the sense that a. I'm looking for an audience...I'll be honest, and b. I'm trying to figure out my weaknesses...it's real easy to be behind the veil of a forum moniker and say..it's shit...you suck..."your product is boring" but for me I gota take the criticism, boring or as engaging as it can be and make a difference in my product...I'm the one taking the stones...but at the end of the day...even the "your product sucks" is good...I would just like to know more....Peace man...and thanks for taking the time to comment

[lilbucu]

i like the first one. keep at it! prices?