Month: September 2022

Following its inaugural Fall/Winter 2022 collection release, Supreme has now reunited with Nike for a Nike SB Blazer Mid Fall 2022 team-up. For the first installment of its major collaboration series of the season, the upcoming range serves as a follow-up to the New York imprint’s quilted snakeskin Nike SB Blazers released back in 2006.Made exclusively for Supreme, the bold takes will be coming in quilted leather and quilted denim colorways. Supreme’s latest take on Nike SB’s Blazer Mid features luxe quilted uppers accented by faux snakeskin Swooshes in brown. Additional branding comes in the form of debossed leather logo tongue tags and printed insoles. While further detailing on the shoe includes special laces and engraved logo D-Ring tabs at heels.Elevating the uppers are rubber outsoles outfitted with Nike Zoom Air units at the heel regions. The shoes will also be accompanied by a co-branded “WORLD FAMOUS.” hangtag marking the team-up.The Supreme x Nike SB Blazer Mid Fall 2022 collaboration will see a global release, via the streetwear imprint September 8, 11 a.m. EDT in the United States and September 10, 11 a.m. JST in Japan.For more footwear news, potential new Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 High samples recently surfaced.

The Dunk lineage is one of Nike’s most revered styles, paving the way for the modern collaborative industry as its roots in skateboarding, basketball, music and culture have gone on to define the streetwear scene that surrounds us today. Friends and Family iterations, such as the Wu-Tang Dunk High from 1999, are pivotal as a scene-shifter, and now one pair in a US 9 has appeared for sale courtesy of the luxury consigner Justin Reed.Taking the familiar “Black/Goldenrod” colorway, this sneaker was assigned to the Wu-Tang Clan as part of a special “Be True” release from Nike as it complemented the 1998 album The Swarm, a project made by the group’s associates, the Wu-Tang Killa Beez. The “Be True” collection was re-released in 1999 and to celebrate this Nike made the special Wu-Tang edition, of which only 36 pairs were ever produced.It was an apt collaboration at the time, as Nike’s Dunk series was on its come-up alongside the then-reign of Wu-Tang, which had made a name for itself as New York-based rappers and creatives, spanning more than just the music industry as the group dipped into representing and defining culture.In celebration of everything and everyone involved, Wu-Tang added its signature emblem to the lateral rear-quarter panel and tongue. The yellow and black colorway adorns a premium leather upper — although these materials were quite common for Dunks in the ’90s and ’00s — and the sneaker never saw a general release.Now, Justin Reed has got his hands on a pair in a US 9, and has listed the sneaker for $50,000 USD — far more than what it cost on the resale market in 2019. Head over to Reed’s site to own this piece of sneaker culture history.In case you missed it, check out this week’s issue of Sole Mates.

Nike has debuted a new Air Max 90 Gore-Tex for the upcoming Fall 2022 weather. Gearing up for the colder months, the new Nike Air Max 90 Gore-Tex comes dressed in black, tour yellow, cargo khaki and iron grey color scheme. The silhouette boasts a mixed leather and textile base made with weather-proof material. The bold colors including the cargo khaki green to highlight the panels and the yellow to detail the Swoosh and Gore-Tex branding add to the eye-catching aesthetic of the shoe. The Gore-Tex branding can also be seen on the tongue. The shoe sits on top of a black rubber outsole to round out the design. Take a look at the official images of the Nike Air Max 90 Gore-Tex “Cargo Khaki” set to release later this year in select retailers and on Nike.In other footwear news, Jayson Tatum is receiving his own signature Jordan Brand shoe in 2023.