Zack Schlemmer 
First teased on Friday, Concepts has now offered up a little more information on their upcoming collaboration with Diadora for the N.9000. Going for a currency theme once again (like the popular New Balance 998 “C-Note”), Concepts outfits the N.9000 in a premium suede upper inspired by Italy’s 500,000 Lire bank note. The clean and subtle color palette features an off-white suede upper accented with soft tones of green, red, blue, and yellow throughout. Continuing the Lire theme, each tongue features an iridescent Concepts logo mimicking the paper money’s anti-counterfeiting inks, along with insoles depicting the 500,000 Lire bill. For a final detail, the usual “N.9000” text embroidered on each heel is changed to “500000”. Concepts has also announced release details, declaring that the Diadora N.9000 “Lire” will be sold exclusively at Concepts Cambridge in-store and online on October 3, 2015.
