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New Supra shoes 2013, Lil Wayne, Weezy F Baby, Lil Tunechi, or whatever he goes by nowadays let the cat out of the bag about his deal with Supra in April. Today, June 14, Supra officially announced their partnership with Lil Wayne. The full collection of new footwear models that were inspired and overseen byWayne will release early 2013. Judging byWayne’s current style, his exclusive Supra shoe collection should be very, very interesting. Will Weezy’s collection be a success like Jeremy Scott’s adidas Originals collection? Only time will tell, but we’ll all be waiting to see what Supra and President Carter cooked up.

SUPRA is pleased to announce the release of a limited edition Society designed by acclaimedLos Angelesgraffiti writer, Retna. Retna is a long time friend of SUPRA founder, Angel Cabada, and the pair’s long time creative relationship resulted in this collaboration. Retna’s work can be seen on the streets ofLos Angeleswhere he grew up, but he emerged from the LA MOCA “Art In The Streets” show with “real” art world recognition. MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch said in Juxtapose, “All the best art is past, present, and future combined, and this is what Retna is doing.” The Michael Kohn Gallery, where Retna’s work was recently shown, described him as, “Simultaneously conceptual, literal, and abstract … Retna’s work contains imagery and histories that are vast and diverse. The symbols and pictographs of his signature script are inlaid with his multicultural background of El Salvadorian, Cherokee, Spaniard, Pipil, and African-American lineage.”

Supra Vaider High Tops, The extra tall Society, with its renowned Velcro straps, is cloaked in black painter’s suede with “SUPRA,” written in Retna’s complex hieroglyphic style, screened across the entire shoe in white. The high top has red and blue jersey mesh accents, padded red and blue jersey mesh lining, and it’s constructed on a red vulcanized sole with smooth white, single wrap foxing. The shoe comes with a Retna signature sock liner and hang tag. Because of Retna’s history of working with charitable causes, a portion of the shoe’s proceeds will be donated to Plaza de la Raza, a community arts center inLos Angeles’sLincolnHeights neighborhood devoted to art education (plazadelaraza.org). Only 413 pairs of the Retna Society were created, sequentially numbered, and they will go on sale Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Factory 413, SUPRAParis, SUPRA NYC, and factory413.com. There will be an in store event at Factory 413 in Los Angeles on February 9 with Retna in attendance.