QUSTOM QUEEN

Watching this will explain alot about the inspiration on these kicks for those saying ‘wtf is a bananaman’ (its only 25 seconds long)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7zJzR5mBFs

an 80’s comic book which evolved in to a BBC cartoon series which was watched by EVERY 80’s baby in the UK was the inspiration for one of the first scratch n sniff Qustoms.

These make me laugh, I’ve had nothing but love for them (from afforementioned 80’s babies) so far, they’re not the most creative kicks i’m claiming to have done but they are a fun way for me to execute the scratch n sniff scented paint additives i’ve developed.  They are Banana scented - but I most likely didnt need to say that.  Added banana peel effect panel on the tongue.

I’ve got additional scents and have done a few more pairs which will be viewable on my website when it goes live, I’ve got a list as long as my arm on concepts that can be done with this….

Let me know what you stink!

QQ

Not posted on here in an eternity - not been idle, just busy with other things - my website will be up (not giving a date cause i’ll not stick to it) very soon.

So the airspace in various places in Europe have been closed - in the UK it was worst with little to no flights for a week, I decided to paint a sacrifice to be offered to the Volcano gods and the next morning the skies were clear enough for flights to begin take off again!

My offering to the gods is pictured below - they seemed to like it, what do you think????

These are also the subject matter of my latest ‘Qtube’ video which in some parts is lame and other parts might raise a smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lIR2uUOYqg

Thanks for looking let me know what u think

QQ

My little feature and link to my profile ( www.myspace.com/qustomqueen ) on the myspace UK’s user home page

I dont have much time these days for forums & blog posts but since someone mentioned customsnkr to me today, I thought I’d stop by.

I’ve been real busy with Xmas orders the last month and its not going to stop right up until the last min.

Thought I’d share my latest blog entry with you - WHATS IN A NAME???

My real name,.. alot of you will not know, is Kim Simpson, but I have just changed my surname, which has been a long time coming, and here is an interesting little story as to why.

“Maling” is the surname on my birth certificate, my name was changed to Simpson when I was around seven years old…..

I’ve never thought that there is any meaning in a name - other than family connections, so was very happy to stick with Simpson because it means alot to me and without going in to too much personal detail, if I didnt have the Simpson connection, I would not be the person I am today, for which I am very grateful.

my first name is “Kim” and not kimberley, and “Kim” means Royal.. or Ruler….. or in Vietnamese ‘..precious metal.. or Gold’.. 

My birth Surname, Maling, is of Norwegian origin, and translates as ‘to paint..’

Kim Maling = Royal painter……. I had no idea what my name meant until around a year ago, and have been using my alias Qustom Queen since I put down my sewing machine and picked up a paintbrush around 4 years ago.

Who ever said whats in a name??? Do we really make choices in life or are all our moves predestinted?

Qustom Queen

xx

Anyway, here are some shoes.

laters.

I worked mega haard this past weekend. Friday & Saturday night while my friends were out partying, I stayed in to work on some kicks for JayZ and Memphis Bleek who were rolling in to my little Glasgow City on Sunday night. Went to the Hotel after the concert, and linked with Memphis Bleek in the Phantom!! ooh I want to swap cars but I doubt my little ford would be tempting enough as a swap. Met with bleek, and I get this all the time - when I tell people I customize sneakers they look at me funny - yeh yeh I know, I dont look like a sneaker customizer… but what does a sneaker customizer really look like?

Anyway, gave the kicks to Bleek and he was really impressed with my work - so much so, that I had to pull an all nighter to get another pair done before he left town. So the next night, they were playing in Aberdeen which is a 3 hour drive away from Glasgow, they linked me up with guestlist for the concert. This is the second time I’ve seen JayZ live, he was out here last year, and he just keeps getting better for me. I linked with Bleek again after the Aberdeen show to hand over his heat sensitive ‘hide me’ customs. I thought it was great that he was asking me all sorts of questions about what I do, how long I’ve been doing it for and what I’ve achieved so far - He was really interested in what I do and says alot of people customize but not alot of people do it this well He also said that Jay really liked his chain reaction kicks and says I have a talent! THE MAN thinks I’m talented!!! wow. We’re going to keep in touch and I’m proud to say I’ll be hooking the R.O.C up with plenty more heat… Next is Freeway I gotta do a pair for him - yes I know I dont look like a customizer or a hip hop fan but dont judge a book by its cover people… R.O.C baby

Paradise Dunk Hi

Chain Reaction AF1 Low

Me & Bleek… Loving his kicks… you can just see the phantom to the left… thats my kinda car lol

Mr Mark Ronson doing his thing

THE MAN

Jay & Bleek

Paying respect to the bravehearts in the audience

Me & Bleek again

So how was your weekend?

I’ve had a few fashion shows and photoshoots in the last year or so, and my favourite shoot has got to be the Seven Deadly Sins Shoot I did alongside the photographer Shaune McLaughlin www.shaunekiwi.com once we got the original concept down for the shoot, we put our heads together to come up with the theme for the images and I dont think it could have come out closer to what i had in mind. See if you can tell which image represents each sin - choice between wrath, pride, lust, envy, gluttony, greed and sloth.

You may already know me through sneaker forums, myspace, facebook or bebo, either for my artwork or my random outbursts lol… but for those of you new to all things QQ here is a little blurb on what I do.

“1982 saw the introduction of the first Nike Air Force One, it is also the year that I was born, so I guess you could say I was born to do this.”

‘The UK’s Best Customizing Designer’ Is the title I was given at the UK Urban Fashion Awards Held in London at the end of 2007 after a public vote over the summer of 07 with thousands of votes coming in from all over.

I first started customizing clothing many years ago and shifted my focus on to footwear in 2005, combining my love of art and fashion. I specialise in producing one off pieces of art, the main difference between myself and other artists, is that my canvas is shoes.

My work can be seen all over the globe on the worldwide Sneakerpimps tour www.sneakerpimps.net also I have work for sale and displayed through MILO Shoes & Gallery, San Diego CA (Grand Opening set for August 2008) YUME, Brooklyn NY, and CROWNS, Glasgow UK.

Some of the media coverage I have had includes channel 4, (4 talent, bite), itv local, 1xtra, Touch mag, heat mag, RWD mag and more along with local media. More coming soon! If you are interested in writing a feature on my work I would love to hear from you.

Did I mention my heat sensitive colorchange customs? In Feb 07 I uploaded a video of my Hunter v Hunted colorchange customs to youtube and the response has been fantastic. You can search for my heat sensitive vid’s on youtube, or stay tuned for the new video I have coming up on here soon.

Add Me!
www.myspace.com/qustomqueen
www.bebo.com/qustomqueenI have other social networking pages too, but they are for the other half of QQ’s split personality and are private unless you know me (us) personally

As Always, I’m working hard on something new… please keep me entertained, I will try my best to entertain you. I will be posting some pics of some of my favorite personal customs shortly so check back for those.

“Your random outbursts get me through the day!!” return the favor then people!

Love and Stuff,
Qustom Queen
xoxo