I was woken up this morning to a shatload of tweets about my new NIKE BESPOKE – which could only mean one thing…the Nike Sportswear 21MERCER ST BLOG had featured them on the front page of their site. I’m stoked to see the finished product and still dying to see the end result. Loosely based around the Nike Air Tech Challenge (Hot Lava) – one of my all time fave shoes I was all at once shocked and excited by the end result, thanks to design creative Israel Mateo. The off white suede toe vamp is butter next to the gummy stretched metallic. Of course everyone has commented on the use of safari, a fave for all us Nike heads. I made it a point not to over use it, as has been done on a lot of Bespokes of past. Actually, I didn’t want to overdo anything on the shoe, hence its understated feel. The infrapink comes off a tad orange in the images, so I’ll be eager to see what it actually looks like in the hand. There was supposed to be a triple cross stitch on the toe vamp side too so not sure whether it’s just out of shot, or if it was forgotten. Hope not, considering these babies are called PUSSY POP and the triple X symbolises the porno-ness of the shoe.
The lace tags read YO! and MAFIA – can’t see em too good here!
Love the back half of the shoe. Perhaps I should have stuck with a pure white sole, but I can never go past an icy iced out sole.
SNEAKER NEWS recently did a piece on my BESPOKE ID – more of which you can see here! It’s not so much the piece that is killer, but the comments that made me loose my nuts. So many people mistake me for a dude, one because of my name, and two because of the way I dress. I’m sorry but what dude do you know has double D nogs? Anyhoo, jump on over to SNEAKER NEWS to have a laugh at the stuff these cats are saying. Mind you, I’m all up for hearing people’s opinions on the Bespoke shoe I did, because I must say, it’s such a personal experience and the thoughts you go in with on what to create are usually so far removed from the final product after the 4 hour consultation. It deifnitely has been right up there as one of the most interesting and exciting things I’ve ever done. $820 later and you too can have your own one of one Nike shoe. Thank god for the hook ups…mine cost free ninety nine! Stay tuned for more – when these bad boys eventually make their way down under I’ll give you a step by step run down of why and what materials I chose.
BTS is a new section called Behind The Scenes. Taking you to places you’ll never usually get to see. Starting off with my trip to NIKE BESPOKE at 21 MERCER ST, SOHO NYC. You can read all about it HERE.
