There have been a bunch of sneakers with American Indian-inspired designs, but this one coms off looking more like a bizarro-Native more than authentic. That’s saying nothing bad of this Nike Air Force 1 Low Bespoke designed by a guy who calls himself simply, ‘Alex’. It’s actually quite an interesting design that mixes multiply-coloured and -textured croc skins with X-shaped stitching. They remind us that plenty of fashionable dudes rocked lizard skins before sneakers hit the scene and some still will. Peep more photos after the jump and head over to Nike Sportswear’s 21 Mercer St. flagship store to design your own pair.
Nike Sportswear
21 Mercer Street | Map
New York, NY 10013
TEL #: 212-226-5433
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BELOW ARE THE CURRENT LISTINGS FOR THESE KICKS ON EBAY:
[If kicks below are a random assortment, desired kicks are not currently available on eBay.]
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Damn those look like they bite. Sick though….
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
oh my goodness those are fire!!! these and the ones designed by TEC are the freshest bespoke’s yet! pure class here, no kiddie b.s.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:04 pm
THIS GUY MAY BE STUCK IN A BAD REACTION TO LSD!!! QUICK…SOMEONE HOOK THIS GUY UP WITH SOME REAL DOSE…
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I THINK ALL THESE BESPOKE MAKERS BACK IN NY ALL GOT AHOLD OF SOME BUNK DOSE….AND THEY THINK THE SHOES ARE FRESH….ONE DAY THEY ALL GONA WAKE UP AND SAY…WHAT THE FLUCK!!!
October 26th, 2009 at 4:32 am
I’m the guy who paid to get these made. Maybe it’d be better if I explained my choices in the Bespoke:
the gold lace locks say (right foot) 2009 (left foot) BC. I’m not sure about the fat joe comment, but I can promise you the idea for these is completely of my own device.
The entire point of creating the 2009BCs is that I wanted to follow a prehistoric theme, keeping it right there with cavemen and dinosaurs. Thus, the croc leather represents the reptiles, and the canvas on the back and the tongue, represents the closest material I could conjure up thinking of neanderthal clothing. Which brings me to the baseball stitching. It reminds me of the sewing construction of materials (or tools) with the cross-hatching pattern, sort of like an archaic method.
What the pictures don’t show you besides the gold foil check, is the silver foil check on the inside of the shoe, that would bring us to how the two precious metals could’ve been a sought after item way back when.
The Nike embroideries were chosen to be red because it symbolizes to me, the times being so rudimentary and bloodshed (ie. carnivores > herbivores, caveman for territory) happening all the time.
Hopefully it clears up some questions, everything I put down has a purpose, AND I just wanted the chance to clear whatever up with whoever was looking at this!
Unfortunately I don’t do any ‘bunk dose,’ yourmama