Moolah Kicks, the trailblazing performance brand in women’s basketball, launched its Fall 2024 collection on October 18th, just in time for the high school and college basketball seasons. Known for its commitment to empowering female athletes, Moolah Kicks introduces two cutting-edge sneaker models, Neovolt Pro v2 and Press Break v2, alongside an exciting partnership with Stanley, the iconic drinkware brand, in its first-ever footwear collaboration.


The collection will be available online and at over 630 DICK’S Sporting Goods locations nationwide. This includes matching Stanley hydration products, such as the 30 oz and 40 oz Quencher H2.0 FlowState Tumblers and the 24 oz IceFlow Flip Straw Bottle, designed to pair seamlessly with the sneakers.


Moolah Kicks’ hallmark “no break in, no burn” fit eliminates the discomfort of new shoes by tailoring the interior to the female foot’s biomechanics. This reduces break-in time, minimizes injury risks, and enhances overall performance. The Fall 2024 lineup also features the brand’s revamped logo, a basketball net forming an “M” for Moolah, that’s integrated into every design.


The Neovolt Pro v2 is a mid-top sneaker built for serious play, featuring a webbing lacing system, dual ankle support with notched wings, and breathable mesh uppers. Available in seven vibrant colorways, Black, White, Red, Blue, Red/Aqua, Orange/Pink, and Grey. It retails at $124.99 with sizes ranging from 6–11 in stores and up to 14 online.


The Press Break v2 is tailored for youth athletes. This model provides superior ankle support with a foam-molded collar and exceptional durability through its TPU toe cap and abrasion-resistant rubber sole. It's available in sizes 3.5Y to 7Y and boasts four bold colorways and retails at $89.99.


Moolah Kicks’ first collaboration with Stanley brings style and practicality to hydration. Featuring vibrant swirl designs and chrome accents, the tumblers and bottles match the sneaker colorways, making them perfect for players on the court or fans in the stands.

Brighten up overcast days with the Shadow 5000 Fall Foliage sneakers. Their vibrant pops of color and premium materials, including smooth Nubuck and Tumbled Leather overlays, make them a standout. Featuring contrast Cosmo recycled linings and a sustainable footbed, this shoe is as stylish as it is conscientious. Pair it with your favorite leather jacket and knit sweater for a chic fall look.

Shadow 6000: The Suede Essential

Retailing at $260.00, this trail-ready silhouette hit the shelves on Friday, March 22nd, exclusively available at all Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market outlets worldwide (except Japan), along with DSM E-SHOPs, before reaching Comme des Garçons's wholesale partners.

Whether you’re just starting your wellness journey or consider yourself a pro, kick off of your new year fitness goals with the perfect workout essential from Lane Eight! The footwear brand has added a new colorway to their HIIT Trainer lineup, Slate Grey. This stylishly sleek stone shade is designed to meet all of your workout needs in a cool winter shade.

Available for both men and women the Slate Grey HIIT Trainer style is a high-performance sneaker crafted with a supportive fit built for high impact moves. Made for your high-impact workouts without sacrificing style, comfort, or sustainability Lane Eight is the world’s best workout shoes - for you, and the planet. Using a meticulous curation of eco-conscious materials, technologies, and processes, the brand has committed to 100% sustainability, working toward a net-zero carbon footprint while out-performing the industry’s top performers and providing unmatched athletic performance, dynamic versatility, and coveted style with a minimized environmental impact.

The Slate Grey joins previous available colors such as Bubble Gum, Artic White, Fresh Lime, Deep Teal, Sandstorm, Deep Plum, Bright Coral, Warm Grey, Jet Black, and Icy Mint.

The Lane Eight HIIT Trainer in Slate Grey, along with the other colors, is available now for $150.00 on www.laneeight.com.

I have a not too fond memory of having to buy special orthopedic-like shoes for an injury I had in the sixth grade.  All I remember is my brother taking me to Lipkind's Shoes on Boston Road in the Bronx to look at a pair of sneakers my mom had put on hold earlier in the day.  My brother and I still laugh to this day about the look on my face after seeing the gleaming white and royal blue pair of horrific Jox that stared out at me from the shoebox coffin in the hands of what seemed like Satan himself.  This was in stark contrast to the feeling of finally copping my first pair of navy and white Nike Cortez's in the first grade or the ecstasy of the victory of landing my Dontrelle Willis Nike Dunks in an online Nike-run website a few years back.  

I think the thing about sneakers and young kids are that in a society that champions status, expression and personality, while we fight to find our voices in the aforementioned, we often use material things as initial catalysts to help ourselves be heard.  The crisp pair of Jordans to a high school kid is tantamount to the sporty convertible for the mid-aged divorcee man; he has to be heard, seen, liked, envied, championed and respected.  Such was the case for Brandon (Jahking Guillory), the protagonist in "Kicks", a new film by Justin Tipping, that examines in beautiful cinematographic detail how it's never really just about the shoes.  

The object of affection in "Kicks" are the infamous Jordan 1's.  The lonely life of 15 year old Brandon is painted as one where he often fends for himself and, unbeknownst to his visually absent hardworking mother, is one where he takes his coaching from observing life, and his bumbling two best friends.  Like many a young guy's life in the inner city, Brandon has to come to grips with his size, his popularity and his ignorances the hard ways.  So he needs new shoes and lucks out by getting his hands on a freshly swiped pair of classic Jordan 1's.  He sets off to rock them with pride and begins to see some of the benefits that box-fresh kicks can bring when the real trouble begins.  After they are stolen right off his feet by Flaco (Kofi Siriboe), a notorious local gang leader, Brandon makes it his mission to not slip back into the underbelly of the unpopular and sets off driven by anger, frustration and anxiety to get his beloved 1's back.  He enlists his two entertaining and questionably popular besties (played by Christopher Meyer and Christopher Jordan Wallace) to help him and the three of them embark on a mission all over town and gang territory to get the holy grail of footwear back.

That is what's captured so coolly and is so visually gripping with this story.  It made a scenario that can happen more easily than not in the inner city appear a tad heartwarming and very relatable and found a redemptive moral in the things many of us often pass off as silly and fickle.  The film made a valid point about how, in the context of our own lives, when we stand up for what we believe in, work hard for and strongly desire, we find our true character and can uncover our dormant humanities.

Having grown up in the days of films like House Party, Juice, New Jack City, Boyz n The Hood and Menace 2 Society, I found "Kicks" to be a really good and honest modern film.  The directorial-debut from Mr. Tipping and the casting were great in the fluid blending of story, characters, imagery and music and the dialogue was honest and real like a page torn right out of a young city kid's book, not trying to save to world, but one who just unconsciously wants to and growth-wise needed to find his own voice and come out of his shell, but in turn discovered something about the world and his undiscovered strength in it.  

"KICKS" a film by Justin Tipping (Runtime: 87 mins) opens in select theaters nationwide tomorrow September 9.