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Nike Harajuku Flagship Store Open in Tokyo, Japan

Aaron Hope — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:30:38 +0000

Nike Sportswear’s flagship store in New York opened just over a year ago. This project representing both the brand reorganization/renaming (remember ‘Nike Sport Culture’?) and the store itself have done phenomenally well, especially given the current economic climate.

Rather than just resting on their success, the Swoosh would rather, say, head ‘out’ for a treadmill run accompanied by a floor-to-ceiling video display. Clever stuff like this ‘Runner’s Studio’ is what makes Nike’s new store in the Harajuku section of Tokyo immediately indispensable.

The hardwood floors are painted with metallic silver ‘lanes’ so you can run through the store if that’s more your style. You can customize your own kicks in the Nike iD Studio, which is emphasized by a floating display of all-white samples that would have any fan of the Try-Ons series sweeping from joy and envy. The store is fully stocked with all of the current releases, as well as some special limited drops from before. Take a look at the new Nike Harajuku flagship after the jump. via ShoesMaster

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Nike LunarGlide+ – City Exclusives

Yu-Ming — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:30:58 +0000

Nike recently put out a number of city exclusive Nike LunarGlide+ to celebrating running, which includes San Francisco, NYC and Chicago. With the exception of the San Francisco edition, all others are available in men’s and women’s sizes. Each sneaker feature a special tongue label to signify the city and specially designed insoles as well. Look for your city’s shoe at your city’s Niketown but all four are available at Nikestore.com.

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180g x Nike Sportswear Paris – Tonal Dye Pack

Aaron Hope — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:30:51 +0000

Paris is widely regarded as the fashion capital of the world, so as part of their opening at the ‘Librarie’, Nike Sportswear employed local dyemakers 180g to freshen up some of their lifestyle models. Tonal editions of the Flytop, Tennis Classic, and newcomer Nike Flash look quite sophisticated. Meanwhile, what looks to be a nylon Dunk High in bright turquoise compliments a range of electrically-hewn NSW garb and implies we’ll see a brighter side of this collection, possibly come spring. As for now, the more conservative joints will be dropping next Thursday, November 5th at 180g, with additional pairs to sell at NikeParis.

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Cassette Playa x Nike Dunk High Premium – Available @ NikeStore

Aaron Hope — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:16 +0000

Carrie Mundane pulled the old switcheroo and had us thinking these were a thing of the past. Last year’s single Blazer High and all of the previews before last week suggested the first version we saw was all there was on the way from Cassette Playa. The sudden appearance of an orange-soled release, then, appeared to be a replacement. Turns out, the ‘original’ Nike Dunk High with googly eyes is also hitting retail shelves. These have the same translucent Swooshes but achieve a much darker look. Grab yours today from NikeStore.

Style: 306968-005
Color: Black/Black-Sport Red-Orion Blue

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NITRO MICROPHONE UNDERGROUND x Nike Air Force 1 High Premium – Available @ NikeStore

Aaron Hope — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:00:18 +0000

This exquisite Nike Air Force 1 High Premium was crafted to commemorate NITRO MIRCOPHONE UNDERGROUND’s 10 years atop Japanese hip-hop. It dropped in all its tonal black elephant print and metallic golden glory weekend before last at just a few select Nike Sportswear retailers including the 21 Mercer St. flagship store, selling out immediately. Looks like that wasn’t the entire stash, since NikeStore now has pairs in stock in most adult men’s sizes.

Style: 345189-002
Color: Black/Black-Metallic Gold

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Nike x Doernbecher – Skinny Dunk High by Makayla Hansen

Aaron Hope — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:42 +0000

Last year’s groundbreaking Nike Hyperdunk gave birth to this year’s Hyperize, and now the Makayladunk? It’s less accurate that this colourful sneaker above is an offspring of the Hyperdunk and more the vision of a special girl named Makayla. The young Miss Hansen designed the classic Nike Skinny Dunk High with a multicoloured basketball printed underlay and a dope tonal blue pebbled leather overlay. There is alot going on here, but the white tongue and midsole, black patent leather Swooshes and rainbow coloured laces all help it blend in nicely. Get ready for these to drop in November with the rest of the Doernbecher Freestyle Collection and take a look at some great closeup shots after the jump.

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Nike Doernbecher Freestyle 2009 Collection

Aaron Kr. — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:00:16 +0000

As you probably already know, each year, Nike teams up with the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Oregon for the Doernbecher Freestyle project, where talented young patients get a chance to create some imaginative Nike sneakers to be sold for a very good cause. This years batch of creations is as intriguing as ever thanks to the outside the box approach taken by many of the young designers. For the 2009 collection, there are a variety of different models chosen and each has been given a very unique makeover courtesy of this year’s Doernbecher junior design team. Joining the Air Jordan VI, which we’ve already shown you numerous previews of, will be an Air Force 1, P-Rod III, Air Max Zenyth, Dunk High and Shox NZ. Keep reading after the jump for a better look at each shoe and its designer, and be advised that the collection will hit nationwide Niketown locations as well as NikeStore sometime in mid-November.

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