Concept prototype · built for Peter Mullin · not a live store
Berwyn, Illinois · Est. 2006

We paint shoesfor a living.

Twenty years, four pairs of hands, and one rule: every pair is made to order and painted by a human. Drake wears them. So does Michael Strahan. So can you.

Hand-painted plaid-swoosh Air Force 1s held up in the OPC Kicks workshop
Plaid panel AF1Hand-painted · 3 weeks · $325
DrakeSwedish House MafiaMichael StrahanSharpieZeddHeinekenMiguel CabreraEastbayAlessoTiger BeerIlleniumLollapaloozaNervoChicago Bulls DrakeSwedish House MafiaMichael StrahanSharpieZeddHeinekenMiguel CabreraEastbayAlessoTiger BeerIlleniumLollapaloozaNervoChicago Bulls
The hype tape

Twenty years
in 110 seconds.

Every frame is a pair that left this shop. Sound on — trust us.

The OPC Kicks storefront on Roosevelt Road in Berwyn, with the team out front
The shop

A real store.
Real people.

That’s us, on Roosevelt Road. Four people, one storefront, and every pair on the shelves painted in the back room. Walk in and watch it happen — or bring a beat-up pair and leave them with us.

6803 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn IL · Tue–Sat from 11:30am

Fresh off the bench

What left the shop lately

Straight from the workbench to the feed. Every one of these started as a blank pair and a conversation.

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Who’s worn them

The wall

Twenty years of names. Six of our favorites — the rest are on the wall itself.

How it happened

From a bedroom
to Lollapalooza

2006

A pair of beat-up gym shoes and a marker

Peter Mullin starts painting over old sneakers in Oak Park because the ones he wanted didn’t exist. No plan, no business. Just a habit that wouldn’t quit.

2009

Sharpie puts us on the map

Sharpie features the work on their blog and calls it what it had quietly become — a company, not a hobby. The orders stop being from friends.

2014

The music people find us

Zedd. Alesso. Axwell & Ingrosso. Swedish House Mafia. Custom pairs start showing up on festival stages, then at Lollapalooza, then on Drake.

2018

Eastbay and the All-American game

Every pair of shoes worn at the Ball Is Life Eastbay All-American game — customized by us. Heineken and Tiger Beer follow with brand activations.

Today

Same four hands, same rule

A storefront on Roosevelt Road, a team of four, and every single pair still made to order. We’ve never once outsourced a shoe. That’s the whole business.

Where to next

Three ways in