New details around the much hyped and talked about Nike and Kanye West collaboration have come to light and as much as we hate to be the bearer of bad news for some of you sneakerheads out there, the Nike Air Yeezy will not be coming to retail at any time soon and will only be found in Kanye’s Size 12. Thanks to Sole Collector we now have the story behind the shoe and some closer images of a few colorways. As a direct result of Nike CEO, Mark Parker’s wishes to closer bridge the gap between sneakers and artists, Kanye West was invited to create an original Nike shoe inspired by some of his favorite sneakers such as the Air Jordan III and V as well as high fashion, fat tongue, and premium leather sneakers. The result of months of work with some of Nike’s best designers from their Innovation Kitchen, the Air Yeezy came to light when Kanye debuted them during his performance at the Grammy’s and as he continued to rock new colorways through his Glow in the Dark Tour. Unfortunately though, it’ll probably be some time before Nike reconsiders releasing these hot commodity’s, so in the meantime enjoy these new pictures and cross your fingers that these sneakers come out. via Sole Collector
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August 1st, 2008 at 1:04 pm
i need those black ones in my life… please nike, reconsider a release.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Ish is kinda hot. I’m a size 12, but doubt I would cop. Not a fan of straps.
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Pretty clean but I’m with Mixtape Monster, not feeling the strap.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
NIKE NIKE NIKE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! JORDAN IS TANKING RT NOW AND YOU DONT BRING THESE OUT TO FEED THE FREENZY SMH! WELL WE KNOW THIS IS TO JUST BUILD THE HYPE FOR A LATER EVEN MORE LIMITED RELEASE! I WILL BE THERE LOL! PEACE AND RESPECT! NO ADVERTISING JUST HYPE WILL BUILD THESE UP FOR A RELEASE COME KANYES NEXT ALBUM! WATCH AND KEEP YOUR EYEs OPEN!
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Kanye West is a brat just the way he looks sitting there on dudes jet. I believe they’re not releasing them either at ye’s request so he can have that “ultimate exclusivity” and think he’s winning the sneaker game which will further inflate his already ridiculous ego. That or nike just wants to build hype, sigh… And the strap is lame but its trendy now, (supra trinity,EVERY creative rec etc.) On a side note neither these or the hyperdunk mcfly’s are real mcfly’s which they’re trying to cash in on. Until a shoe has the powerlacing every other effort is just a knock-off.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
CANT BELEIVE how bad HYPE BEAST got you all on these.. the black ones are okay if that.. Id rock em maybe if they sold for less than $150 but everyone is acting like MCFLY HD on these so NIKE will let the BEAST kill em…expect to pay more than $200 easy on these