AIR MAX 95 KJ
AIR MAX 95 KJ
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Kim Jones Favors the Air Max 95
March 11, 2021 - Kim Jones is passionate about his newest Nike collaboration. “This latest capsule celebrates one of my favorite Nike shoes, the Air Max 95, by looking at the way it could be addressed with modern technology,” the designer says. Jones has been working with Nike since 2016, infusing a potent string of collaborative projects with unique perspective on craft, travel, punk fashion and more. For 2021, Jones’ attention is squarely on Max Air — as both visceral object and aesthetic cue. With the special-edition design, the Air Max 95 bridges eras of tech and aesthetic with a toe cap mini-Swoosh and a perforated upper inspired by the Air Max 360. Original Air Max 95 colors, including Total Orange and Volt, pop against an inverted gradient to offer a new twist to a nostalgia-inducing scheme. The shoe’s eyestays highlight a contemporary, translucent, stretch-woven material, Nexkin, made popular in recent icons such as the Zoom Fly SP and React Element 87. A connected a...
Nike x READYMADE Blazer Mid
February 14, 2021 - The deconstructed, DIY approach of the Nike x READYMADE Blazer Mid transforms Nike’s earliest basketball shoe. It features a thinner, longer, half-stitched Swoosh, pulled from the logo’s 1971 version, and the layered upper nests a splotched foam beneath angled leather side panels. The result is an aesthetic that shows off the Japanese brand’s core design values and subtly catches the nostalgia of the brand’s founder, Yuta Hosokawa. “We deconstructed the Blazer and recreated it without losing sight of its DNA,” the READYMADE designer says. “I have been playing basketball since I was in third grade. The first pair of shoes I bought for myself were Nikes. That’s how I came to like fashion.” The midsole’s texture adds volume, and was designed using clay molds that were altered during a few trials to balance the shoe’s side profile. Exposed foam surrounds the collar and tongue, and three different sets of laces over the toe box and across the midfoot create an addit...
Sacai x Nike VaporWaffle
Sacai x Nike VaporWaffle Color: White/Sail-Sail Style Code: DD1875- Release Date: Spring 2021 Price: $180
Sacai x Nike VaporWaffle
Sacai x Nike VaporWaffle Color: Black/Off-Noir-Off-Noir Style Code: TBA Release Date: Spring 2021 Price: $180