Speaking of sneakers…
I have to put NIKE on blast this time for cynically shitting on me and a bunch of the collectors that represented last Saturday for the ‘One Time Only’ releases. NIKE was billing the releases of these funky Air max shoes as some kind of major event and the kids were lining up their tents and sleeping bags outside of the city’s sneaker freak boutiques for a chance to copp some of that rare Air.
I say major event because there was all kinds of street buzz about the shoes from the skate parks downtown up to the afterschool hot spot hangouts along 125th Street. I was into my own thing the night before the release, but I still went through one of the local shops to peep out some of the true believers.
Shouts to JESSE JAMES and his crew for holding it down and repping the lifestyle. Chilling with these dudes for a hot minute reminded me of why I still collect. Our love for all things that NIKE pushes is a passion that borders on insanity. You devote yourself to the brand in the belief that they actually care about your feelings and that they want to please you. After a few days of looking at my ‘One Time Only’ shoes I feel like NIKE played me and all of the collectors that bought into this project. A simple shoebox makes me feel like this.
When NIKE unfurls any major design event they create a package that commemorates the design in the storage system of the shoes as well. For the LeBRONS, the Untold Truth and the Air Max 360, NIKE crafted a box that immediately described the idea that you had purchased something special from the brand. The ‘One Time Only’ shoe had a price tag over two hundred dollars which is interesting since the original shoes that these styles are all developed from have sticker prices well below that figure. The shoebox that NIKE isued with these sneakers is the same one used for their general releases.
I’m not asking for an SB box like the one above, but NIKE is charging me way too much to come to the table with a cheap azz G.R. orange box. With all the artwork that was created for this limited release of shoes you would have thought that NIKE appreciated their fans enough to go the extra mile. PRE always went the extra mile.
Where is the love Beaverton?
On some ’86 Brooklyn sh*t… (even though I didn’t grow up there) Is it wrong to tap a few of these kids pockets that are waiting out front? I mean part of being able to rock sh*t was not getting it took as a kid. Now I ride past these spots and feel like rabbit earing a few of these asthmatic sneaker kids…
OK I’ll plead the FIF.
Oh yeah f*ck Nike for not dropping 14’s in this series. You’re a f*ckin’ athletic company. Athletes tend to be larger than most (including this ex-jock) so show some f*ckin’ love!!!!!
PS – I do agree on the need to step up the packaging on special releases.
people actually camp out for sneakers? i’m so behind the times. just point me to the sales section at [insert any athletic shoe store] and i’m good to go.
Alex 2.0: I’m telling you man, they are selling a pair of all black Air Max 95’s at vintagekicks! That place is a little overpriced but you keep saying how bad you want them!
Dallas – I messaged you on Myspace telling you about the outcome of that sneakermission i sent that chick on…didn’t turn out well….
The only pair of Nike’s I ever bought that had a special box were the Paul Brown HTM Terra Humara’s. I must admit I’m a little new to this whole thing though…I used to be all about jackets and hats….
Oh and P.S. – They camped out last Saturday and I just mail ordered a pair from Barney’s today…guess the camping wasn’t necessary. But kudo’s to them for having that passion. If I still lived in NYC I’d probably be doing the same thing. But I guess the release wasn’t quite as limited as cats thought….not like the DQM Bacon AM90’s that were sold out in like an hour….
@Gaberockka
someone sent me a link some time ago but i dont think they had my size. i keep forgetting what my size is in mens. is it a 1 or 1.5 size difference?
Alex —-
1.5 up for Men to Women
1.5 down for Women to Men
So if you’re a 9 in gals you’re a 7.5 in guys…
off topic but….
jump on over UNKUT.COM and checkout the KENNY PARKER interview where he atlks about the his view on the KRSONE/PM DAWN incident which adds another view to KOOL KIM’s blog about about it. This is real good stuff , takes you down memory lane, specially since I was still active in the scene back then…..
http://www.unkut.com/2006/10/the-kenny-parker-show-part-2/#more-273
I am in concurrence with Alex – People are still camping out for shoes like this? I am reminded of the cabbage patch frenzy of the 80’s.
And, as for the packaging. If you are going to make me pay the equivalent of all of my utilities in one more for a pair of kicks that do not have Charles David enscribed on them, I not only better get a tear proof box, but those mofos better be some kung fu fighting kicks.
P Says:
I am reminded of the cabbage patch frenzy of the 80’s.
^my mom still tells me crazy stories about those days trying to go in toys r us during xmas time for a cabbage patch. fights, stampedes…that was a mess!
Alex,
I seen the all black leather 95’s right outside of Albee Square Mall in downtown Brooklyn, but you dont want to spend $125 for them.
Gabe,
I haven’t been on MySpace and I haven’t even been able to peep my site all day because my paying job has been real in the field. I feel like telling people to boycott NIKE, but I am going to go to Barney’s first to see if they have the Unions in a sz 12
40Dawg,
Pounding out a little skateboard dude wouldn’t be satisfying. It’s like hitting a really skinny broad from behind and she has no meat to wrassle with (nullus of course), plus them little dudes sneaks would be like mittens to you.
im the kid in the pictures with the black steep tech jacket
they were a hot release but if i thought they would have poped off better
still i got the ones that everyone wanted (the ones pictures the footscape 90’s)
anyways im glad people now know what us sneakerheads do for wut we craze
also there was a video nd i think i would b sick for youyube
o yea and dallas im JESSE JAMES
^whats good sneakerpimp?
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Dalls –
Barney’s is sold out of all but the 95 Bacon’s =(
But I’m sure with your long history on Ebay you have some Wig Brushers who owe you a favor or two haha
I blew such a portion of my paycheck on these one times that I had to turn to selling my PS2 and all my games to pay rent….d’oh