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The Complex Sneakers Podcast

How Salehe Bembury Became One of the Hottest Sneaker Designers

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

Society & Culture

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they are joined by Salehe Bembury, a sneaker designer who’s worked with Versace, Yeezy, Payless, New Balance, Crocs, Anta, and more. Bembury talks about his approach to design, how his sneakers are doing on the resale market, and teaching Andre 3000 how to make sneakers. Also, the cohosts reminisce on the simpler days of pep rallies and five-disc changers.

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0:00.0

What's up everybody it's Joel the Puma you were listening you were watching the Complex Sneakers podcast as always I am with my guy

0:08.6

Mr. Matt wealthy here. We are

0:11.5

According a special episode in the future very special episode. He brought the gold liquid death not sponsored

0:18.8

Gold bottle is only gold bottles only you know it's not to my left Mr. Brendan Dunn

0:26.4

Great color combo. Look at that's a great color combo. Don't I'm not even joking

0:32.2

wealthy

0:33.5

Yeah, it's great

0:37.8

Tell the judging I was I wasn't I was actually thinking of something else that popped into my head when you said gold bottles the image

0:45.2

J.C. A. Suspase. No, well the image that popped into my mind was if I'm sure you remember this 2011

0:52.0

And

0:53.0

Hold on I have to describe this because for the people who can't say the visual right when you said 2011 Joe

0:57.5

Kind of like put his head into his head like he's worried about the story that's coming up

1:01.0

I don't even know were you around 2011 NBA finals. Okay

1:06.9

Dallas Mavericks win live in there in the club

1:10.2

Well, you've been they have the mag

1:11.8

Yeah, he's a space bottle in dirt. So dirt was there with little Wayne and Mark Cuban. Yeah, there's so gruntman bottle like this

1:18.7

Do you know gruntman? This is a gruntman. Yeah, Dave Grumman as successful as like he's been super successful my nightlife guy

1:25.5

Right. Yeah runs Miami, but you know, he always says that that celebration party

1:30.6

And Lil Wayne saying live on Sunday King of Diamonds Monday

1:34.2

Those are the two moments in pop culture that he said really helps set off live really

1:39.3

And where did you and Dave Matthew celebrating at live after the Ferrell sneaker shopping shoot? Where does that rank in there?

1:46.4

Did you guys go to live after we didn't go to go to live. Okay, we didn't go to live

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