New York City in the 80’s saw a culture clash that would shape our future. Reggae met hip-hop and gave birth to Dancehall which gave birth to a whole new level of dressing – English style by way of the West Indies, redefined in Brooklyn. The Bailey by Clae pays homage to Gil Bailey, “the Godfather” DJ and voice of Caribbean radio in New York City who has been educating and entertaining Saturday morning listeners for more than 40 years.

With roots in a fine lineage of casual shoes, the Bailey retains the essence of its predecessors while pushing its boundaries forward. Featuring supple leather and nubuck, refined toe detail, athletic-inspired touches like perforated leather, and modern cup sole construction, the Bailey is a shoe with uncommon mobility and comfort. Easy.


SHOE GIVEAWAY

To celebrate Gil Bailey and one of our favorite analog pleasures, the radio – we’re running a contest. From Phil Schapp's Thelonious Monk birthday celebration broadcast on WKCR, Rap Attack on Friday nights with Mr. Magic and Marley Marl on WBLS, DJ Red Alert on KISSFM, those late thrusday nights on WKCR with Stretch and Bobitto and all of the memorable Saturday mornings with Bailey, what’s playing on the radio has often provided much of the soundtrack of our lives.

We want to hear your personal, favorite radio moment. To enter, tweet us your answers at @clae_footwear or leave a comment on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/CLAE-Footwear/216550520609 and we’ll pick the top three submissions and announce them on May 23. Winners will receive a pair of Baileys (color of your choice).

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The Office of Charles and Ray Eames created their monumental 1977 film, Powers Of Ten, to try to give an idea of scale in the Universe. As part of their 10/10/10 celebration, The Eames Office has created a competition for users to submit a short film response to POT, no more than 2 minutes long. The deadline is Jan 9, 2011. [More]

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We recently celebrated the release of our Spring 2010 collection at our Clae Shop-in-Shop located inside the Stussy LA chapter store on La Brea. We were fortunate enough to have some great sponsors onboard to help support the event. A very few lucky attendees walked away with a special gift bag containing some top shelf goods and we kept one to give away...

Here's how to win:
Become a fan of Clae Footwear on Facebook "here" and then comment on why you think you deserve the gift bag. We will choose the best answer on Friday, April 2nd.

Good luck!

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For Spring 2010 we are proud to introduce a new model, the Ellington to our collection. To get the word out, we are partnering up with one of the most stylish young gentlemen out and about... Mister Mort.

Each of us will be giving out a pair of Ellingtons to a random winner who follows us and retweets our post on Twitter. The winner will be announced next Tuesday, January 19th.

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With simple yet elegant design that defies definition with each step, Ellington delivers sophitication without pretension. Built on solid yet subtle rubber sole that brings flexibilty and comfort, Ellington is a celebration of both style and substance.

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