Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 8:16AM | By Roe Cipher Seditionary Unboxing and Review
To make a long story short, I ended up corresponding via email with Collin Thompson, the designer behind Cipher, following my post about the Cipher 2010 footwear collection. He offered to send me some shoes to review, and I just couldn't turn that down. Anyway, fast forward to about a week ago, when FedEx leaves a note at our door about a package coming from Hong Kong. Mind you, I had no idea what it was, but chances are if an unidentified package is coming to you from Hong Kong, it must be something epic. Of course FedEx made me wait a whole entire day to find out what gifts The East had in store... and so my journey began...
I cracked the battered brown shipping box open to reveal a sleek, matte black box with the word Cipher written in clean white lettering. This was truly some ninja shit. Have you ever held a shoe box in your hand and known that the contents of the box must be incredible, just because of the weight and quality of the box itself? True story. So I opened the box, and was greeted with a personalized letter from The Cipher Team, signed by Collin himself (as if the kicks were not enough), thanking me for my support and giving some background info about the Cipher Seditionary, a design inspired by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren's SEX boutique.
I ripped open the tissue paper (i had no choice... have you ever tried removing a sticker from tissue paper?) to reveal a silky white bag with Cipher stitched in black lettering in the bottom right corner. I was impressed by the detail and thought that went into each step in unravelling the treasure that awaited me.
Finally, I got through all the wonderful packaging, and made it to the holy grail... the Cipher Seditionary with the all black upper, and the white sole. We wanted to give you as many looks as possible, so pardon our photo skills in advance.
The attention to detail was continued in the design of the shoe... very clean lines... pretty much all the seams were double stitched with no traces of weirdness or globs of glue. Good leather... soft suede... the construction is very legit, and the materials are top notch. My favorite part, and perhaps the most distinct part of the shoe is the large strap at the top. There is no Velcro involved in the closure, instead they opted for two matte black metal "clasps" that fold to lock in two smaller sections of the strap.
Upon trying them on, I would have to equate the fit to a Chuck Taylor All Star, but with plush cushioning. They sent me a size 9, which is slightly narrower than the SB Dunks that frequent my feet, and about as long as my 9.5 men's US Nikes, so keep that in mind when you pick your size. All in all, the Cipher Seditionary is easy to style in, and I look forward to many great things from The Cipher Team.
Reader Comments (4)
Damn .....great piece...............also better looking product................now all i need to know is where to find this shoe in the tri state area........
@camrizz - you can order the Cipher Seditionary online @ cipherism.com, which is linked in the post.
Very Classy...they are like the Louis Vuitton of sneakers!...flawless
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