“Vital to the Core” 2009 by ED RUSCHA © Ed Ruscha, courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery

Once again Nike and Lance Armstrong unite to raise awareness for cancer and this time launch a global art exhibition. Over twenty renowned artists have donated their time and creativity to express the LIVESTRONG message and raise funds for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which is committed to inspiring and empowering people affected by cancer.

STAGES is more than an event. It is a unique celebration of human potential inspired by Lance and dedicated to the fight against cancer. It unites the worlds of art, philanthropy and sport by commissioning some of the most renowned figures in art to produce work inspired by Lance and his fight against cancer. The exhibition opens at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris before traveling to the United States this fall. All work is available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
July 17, 2009 – August 8, 2009

We give you a look at the Nike SB July 2009 footwear that we have previously not showed you. The drop includes a Dunk Mid Pro SB, Dunk Lo, Dunk Hi and also nice charcoal and beige colorways of the Blazer Hi. Overall a very solid offering for July, mostly playing with classic upper colors and some nice accents.

Check out the Nike SB July 2009 line-up after the jump.

Nike continues with their Colab project this Fall, involving Nike apparel and designers from around the world. For Fall 2009 they have worked with Mark Ward and Grotesk. Both artists have worked on a bomber style short jacket and a couple of t-shirts. The Mark Ward pieces are more subtle and stick to black and white colors. Grotesk used some more color, while overall keeping clean looks as well. The Nike Colab Fall 2009 Collection will get to stores in August and is already now available for pre-order at Hanon.

More detailed images of the Nike CoLab Fall 2009 Collection by Mark Ward and Grotesk follow after the jump.

With the release not being long away anymore, we can finally give you a more detailed look at the Nike Terminator Hi Supreme QK Directed by Swagger. Nike worked with Big-O and the Swagger crew on an updated silhouette of the classic Terminator Hi. The outcome is an exciting high top, which now features a slightly longer tongue and an upper made entirely of exotic leathers. One of the sneakers comes in mint green, the other one in brown with all branding on the sneaker, as well as the sole and lacing being tonal. With the launch you will see some exciting accessories as well, but more on that later. The shoes will be released on July 11th and will go for about 220 USD.

Check out many more detailed images of the Nike Terminator Hi Supreme QK Directed by Swagger after the jump.

We get a first look at an interesting black/mint green colorway of the Air Tech Challenge Hybrid. The first two colorways paid homage to the originals, now we come into new territory, and we have to say that we quite like the outcome of the colorway. When there is a definite release date, we will let you know. Via Leaders.

Two great new releases are coming from the Nike Sportswear Fall 2009 Collection. The Footscape Supreme comes in a white/beige colorway with an interesting squared whole pattern on the side-panels. Matching they present the Free Hybrid Boot, which features some nice Wingtip details on the uppers. The pack will be released on July 11th at Atmos.

More detailed images of the Nike Footscape Supreme and the Free Hybrid Boot follow after the jump.

The Nike Air Zoom Talache is an odd member of the Nike family. Neither a full on performance shoe, nor a lifestyle shoe, it doesn’t even have a swoosh! Nonetheless, this black tumbled leather mid top is one of the nicest we’ve seen. The combination of a vulcanized Zoom Air midsole and tonal colorway once again does wonders for Nike’s Talache. No word yet on a release date, but a sample is now in stock at osneaker.

Have a detailed look at the Nike Air Zoom Talache 1 Mid Black Leather after the hop and skip.

Nike worked with Andrea Crews on a series of Tailor-Made Dunk Hi’s. The Parisian collective added some design details to the classic high top sneaker and played with the laces and other attributes of the sneaker. The Dunk Hi’s come out of previous as well as the new Nike Sportswear Collection. Expect these to go on sale in the near future in very limited quantities. Via Milk.

Having originally been released in 1976, and recently reissued (in a slightly different design) as part of Junya Watanbe’s Comme des Garcons collection, the Sting is an absolute classic runner from Nike. This long awaited reissue has been subjected to Nike’s unique vintage treatment with a yellowed sole and distressed fabric. The upper is made up of nylon and suede and comes in a choice of two colorways: orange, white, and green or red, sail and gold. The shoe also features an old school printed “NIKE” on the heel.

The Nike Sting will be available July 11th, 2009 at Atmos Tokyo.

After initially presenting to you the new Jordan brand Campus Chukka in black, we show you today the sail/olive khaki colorway of the mid-top lifestyle sneaker. Even the mid-sole is covered in premium leathers on this colorway, which makes for an interesting look. Look out for an August release of this Nike Air Jordan Campus Chukka colorway.