This is going to be the final Sneaker Fiends post for the year since I don’t plan any new acquisitions until 2007. I hope that I can illustrate inside this post why the sneaker passion is a serious thing for me. I consider my shoes to be art, wearable sculpture if you will. There is a design aesthetic contained in the shoes that I appreciate. A craftsmanship that can’t be fabricated by just anyone. I like to imagine that my shoes are made by a little old man in the mountains of China. His hands have assembled so many shoes that he could shape a pair from memory without a cut sheet or a spec.
The shoes that I am describing in this post are called the NIKE Air Max 1 CLOT a/k/a ‘The Kiss of Death’. The details contained on this shoe are incredible. First you have to consider the premium materials used in making the upper. Calfskin suede, ostrich leather, snakeskin and a clear plastic panel in the forefoot. When you wear these shoes you need to have your sock game on 100. The coup de grâce for me is the printed graphic on the insoles.
NIKE only released a very limited number and many a collector spent an evening camping out in front of their favorite sneaker emporium to score these. The shoes retailed for $175.
NIKE Air Max 1 CLOT
Oh my God….where from email me man.
Son of a bitch. While this makes me feel a little bad about my Kohl’s Adidas I’m glad somebody is paying attention to quality nowadays. NICE.
you’re not gonna cop those Js that drop the Sat before x-mas? The Fire Red Vs?
i’ve always loved these. and highway robbery flight club has a pair (too small for me though) but they’re like $400 anyway. I slept on these and now they’re way out of my price range. Great kicks tho
Cyatdagit…those on ebay?
Air Max are my one and only shoe love, that being said, I cant fuck with the clear panels. I just cant dig em’, and it looks funny to see someones socks.
those look better not on feet than on, it looks too weird to see socks thru the clear, but all by themself they are def a piece of art.