Starbury Sneakers
March 24, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Clothing and Accessories, General Play Library Goodies
Last summer, New York Knicks player Stephon Marbury endorsed a line of low-cost athletic shoes, the flagship shoe seeming to be the Starbury One. Marbury wanted to provide a good quality, affordable basketball shoe as an option for kids to alleviate the pressure of owning the extremely pricey counterparts endorsed by his colleagues.
From the 20/20 special featuring him last night:
Enter Stephon Marbury, the NBA star of the New York Knicks, often called “Starbury.” He grew up poor, in a housing project in New York City. Marbury, one of seven children, wanted Air Jordans as a kid but for …read more
What a Croc!
October 6, 2006 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Clothing and Accessories
Hsien wrote awhile back about the Croc party she and her little guy attended, questioning the benefits of the authentic Crocs verses the knock-offs. Well, we’ve just accepted the first pair of kid Crocs into our house, and they are definitely here for the long haul, so I thought I’d share my first-hand review.
Grandma bought a pair for my oldest son because they were orange and he loves orange. He associates everything orange with Tigger (he’s constantly bouncing), so she thought he’d get a kick out of these. I wasn’t sure, because he is always the first …read more
