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How many Emo kids does it take?

The world is populated with a gazillion different types of personalities, tastes and styles. One of the ‘deeper’ collections of people happen to be that group of kids who seem to have perfected the art of the side sweep fringe and high-angle shot MySpace profile picture taking. The Emo.

If you’re still a little confused as to the exact style of these individuals the following is a list of characteristics synonymous to an emo. If someone you know checks three or more of the below, then they are indeed an emo.

1. Ability to find the negative in a situation.
2. General hate for the world and the majority of people within it.
3. Often ponders about deep stuff behind a curtain of GHD’d black hair.
4. Always carries a set of razor blades on their person.
5. Uses words and phrases like ‘broken heart’, ‘doom’, ‘I like black’ and ‘cut’.
6. Personification of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
7. Wears copious amounts of black non-waterproof eyeliner (this is not gender restrictive).

All fact and bash aside they do carry with them two great fool proof fashion do’s: You can never go wrong with a pair of jeans and expressive tee! In true Springleap.com style we have a tee suiting style genres across the board. Hanging on Love by T is a truly emo inspired T-shirt design. Gotta love it!

Hanging on Love

On that note, I’ll leave you with a thought…

Question: How many emo’s does it take to buy the Hanging on Love T-shirt on the Springleap.com website?

Answer: Three. One to cry about it, one to rant about it and one to actually buy the T-shirt.

Onitsuka Tiger

Onitsuka Tiger


When it comes to shoe design I’d have to say that one of my absolute favourites has to be Japanese shoe company Onitsuka Tiger.
These awesome shoes have been around for many years and have become an icon in the Japanese shoe design industry.
While they have been around for an age overseas, SA is only now identifying with this brand and accepting its overwhelming brilliance.

Some of you may remember the bright yellow sneakers that Uma wore in Kill Bill which come from Onitsuka Tigers range called Mexico 66…which is instantly recognisable by its side stitched panels.
Onituska Tiger has been around since the 1940’s where it first appeared after the Second World War, when a military officer decided to start a company that would boost the morale of the Japanese youth through sport.
The very first shoe designed was supposed to be for the basketball court, however the design was seen as a flop by many and it never took off, it was only in 1952 that the shoe was redeveloped and became widely used throughout Japan.

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