Author Archives: Sneaker News
March 9th, 2011 by Sneaker News
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With the Nike Air Max 2011+ available for customization right out the gate and new options for the Air Max 90 and AM95 following soon after, it was only a matter before the shoe that started it all got an update. The Nike Air Max 1 iD brings a bunch of new colors for spring in materials including mesh, ‘trail woven’ textile, crinkled patent leather, synthetic suede and luxurious boot leather. You can get an icey translucent outsole, but we’re just as excited to see the crepe sole carry over from last year. But as was the case with those spongey soles, these appear to be available exclusively at the NIKEiD Studio at 21 Mercer in New York, so click through to see more and stick with Sneaker News so we can let you know if they pop up online.
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February 21st, 2011 by Sneaker News
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Nike Sportswear joined in on the excitement in the California area and put up an amazing space on intersection of Hollywood and Vine to celebrate the annual NBA All-Star Game. The “Los Fearless” theme invaded the venue and transformed the Vortex into an event and retail space for all things Nike Sportswear with a few Nike Basketball items sprinkled in. Acting as one of the primary attractions was an exhibition of All-Star Game Nike Air Force 1s dating back to 2005 to the current 2011 editions – all of which were on loan from Air Force 1 Aficionado Mayor. Other displays celebrated the three neighborhoods of Los Angeles – East LA, Hollywood and Orange County – with motion graphics projections displayed on the concave roof of the domed building. Event-goers had the opportunity of purchasing the Los Angeles-themed Nike footwear and apparel with a special customization station available for select pieces of clothing. The main event of the Nike Sportswear Los Fearless Event was the premiere of ‘The Black Mamba‘, which starred Kobe Bryant, Bruce Willis, Danny Trejo, and Kanye West. Continue reading for a full recap of the event and stick with Sneaker News for more 2011 NBA All-Star festivities!
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February 14th, 2011 by Sneaker News
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It looks like Kanye had no interest in the Grammys, and instead decided to stay in New York for Fashion Week, where he was spotted on Sunday by Wendy Lam (nitro:licious) at the Tory Burch Presentation. Mr. West was first spotted mixing into the crowd of fashion journalists and fashion bloggers, but during a second showing, he was joined by Tory Burch in the crowd just a few seats from Ms Lam. Kanye stopped for a few photos with fans before jetting out, but not before he was photographed wearing the Air Jordan VI Black/Infrared for a second time this week. Wendy also notes that Kanye is a big fan of Tory Burch and her collection, as he was also spotted attending her 9am presentation during last season’s NYFW. Much thanks to nitro:licious for shooting over the photos.
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January 24th, 2011 by Sneaker News
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The yearly Air Force 1 tradition of a special colorway commemorating the ‘animal of the year’ of the Chinese Zodiac continued in 2011 with the Rabbit being the focus. Inspired by the White Rabbit Creamy Candy, this special edition Air Force 1 ‘Year of the Rabbit’ was released with a special packaging mimicking an over-sized candy wrapper. Inside the ‘wrapper’ was the Air Force 1, which features a mix of butter suede, smooth leather, chenille material on the swoosh and tongue tab, and a milky-white midsole/outsole combination – visually similar to the White Rabbit candy. This special release was held at JUICE Shanghai and NPC Shanghai, with a wider release going down this Friday – but without the special packaging. Check out this quick release recap below and if you’re in need of this sweet pair of AF1s, snag a pair on eBay.
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January 16th, 2011 by Sneaker News
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We first saw a teaser of the Nike SB Dunk Book back in late December and we saw a few more previews of the book since. China’s dunk.com.cn just published a detailed look into this incredible retrospective of the Nike Dunk from its humble beginnings of a basketball sneaker to its transformation into the Nike SB flagship. Since it is published by Nike SB it focuses on the Nike Dunk SB story from its beginning in 2002 to the rebuilt 2011 Nike Dunk SB. Here’s what Nike SB says about the new Dunk SB: “Introducing the all new Nike Dunk Pro SB; now with new outsole tooling and completely redesigned tread pattern for better grip. In addition, a new Phylon midsole was added instead of the existing EVA wedge, so it is now lighter and thinner while offering better cushioning and more flexibility.”
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December 9th, 2010 by Sneaker News
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A few weeks ago, we first learned about Sneakerpedia through a teaser video which asked the world wide sneaker community to be ready for “The greatest sneaker archiving project”. Last night, in London, the website held a launch party to celebrate the launch of the beta version of the site with a small group of the world’s biggest collectors and sneaker enthusiasts. The launch also brought out not only two of the biggest sneaker personalities in the world, but also two of the best DJ’s in the game, Bobbito Garcia and DJ Clark Kent. For set one, Bobbito set down the tone for the night, for set two, each took turns playing a record, and DJ Clark Kent closed the night off with a long set. We’ll quote an attendee at the event “DJ Clark Kent murdered London…” to best recap the energy of the party. London’s biggest sneakerheads were also in attendance, and all attendees were able to register for this beta launch. Not to worry though, as we’ll have a number of invites to give out to our loyal Sneaker News readers very soon, so stay tuned, and for now, you can check out some photos from the launch.
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December 5th, 2010 by Sneaker News
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The Nike Dunk is 25 years old this year and Nike is doing a small celebration for the occasion. Nike Japan just announced a collection of Dunks under the Nike Be True To Your Street campaign and yesterday, we saw the official announcement of the fragment design x Nike Dunk High Black/Purple which should fall under this campaign as part of the collaborative series. The Be True To Your Street Dunks will include a number of new colorways and a number of original colors with slight design changes. There are at least three original colorways of the Dunk High with a embossed polka dot pattern in the mid panel, the ‘Storm Trooper’ is part of this retro. In addition there are a number of original popular Dunk Low colorways which will get the vintage treatment including the golden rod and curry colorways. In Japan this pack will start to hit retailers on December 18th so stick with Sneaker News for release announcements around globe.
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December 4th, 2010 by Sneaker News
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The last time we saw the Fragment Design Nike Dunk High was in early November when Hiroshi Fujiwara posted what looked to be two mismatched samples. China based KiDulty just confirmed the release of of the collaboration with a unseen mismatched colorway where the left shoe is purple/black and right shoe black purple. To tie up the collaborative efforts, the Fragment Design logo is stamped into the outer heel area and we would assume on the insole as well. This colorway along with two more is reported to release in Beijing on December 18th. So stick with Sneaker News for release info for the rest of the globe.
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