2012年4月6日星期五

Nike LeBron 9 Mango



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we haven't covered a LeBron in a minute, but after a slow start on the original Heat-themed and trademark Mr. James colourways, the Nike LeBron 9 seems to have found its mojo. It's usually the same pattern — the NikeTalk negativity in comparison to the last chapter after a leaked sample shot, a slow start, then some fresh colourways that set the hype off. Now the LeBron 9 is big business. Just as part 8 evolved throughout the season, releases like this Mango makeup represent the final takes on the shoe in this form before the Elite editions with added Foamposite (and when we chatted to Mr. James late last year he dodged our Foamposite related questions but laughed about it) drop and the low 9's full length air unit offers a more conventional take on Jason Petrie's original creation, one of the most technically advanced basketball shoes we've ever worn. We've been besotted with a few colourways over the last six months — the 'Scarface' versions, the Cannons, the China editions, the Christmas variations and the Galaxy makeover all brought out the best in a versatile model. We even found ourselves riding the hype train on those Givenchy-alike 'Watch the Throne' tie-ins.
We're 9 fans because of the comfort and that locked-in fit, and the Mango edition continues this shoe's lineage of wild colours. The reflective swoosh, speckle and those blasts of a shade that borders on pink make no concessions to subtlety or restrained dressing, but this is the swag era when kids sit in front of cameras to YouTube their boasts about box logo hats and big shoes are a currency. We still couldn't help but notice that these look a bit like a pair of Cannons that have been left in the sun for too long. After the pandemonium around Mags and Foamposites lately, the hi-top as a hard sell in the UK is officially a thing of the past, and the Yeezy 2 delay's got folks scrambling to find somewhere else to splurge that big shoe budget. With that in mind, you could do a lot worse than pick up a pair of these, and the Mango LeBron 9 is in the Crooked Tongues store now. Current RRPs on performance pieces and retros aren't cheap, but the money's no object nature of Nike franchises like the LeBron, with those carbon footbridges and dual technologies in the sole means prices are doomed to slowly escalate. We guarantee that by part 10 you'll be nostalgic for the spring 2012 price point...

2012年4月5日星期四

Nike Sportswear Foamposite One Supernova



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Created to tie in with the All-Star Weekend in Orlando from the 24th to the 26th of this month, we saw line art which whited out the shape, leading us to believe that there was a white Foam on the way. Then we saw a sample that looked like a 'What the Foamposite' with a tie-die mashup of previous colourways. Now we're seeing this shoe, which is set to arrive in the Crooked Tongues store as a Quickstrike alongside the other All-Star drops (including a the return of the Flight One), in its final form.
Once upon a time, the Foamposite was the domain of Harlemites and Washington DC heads, but we're seeing a gradual sprawl that's spreading the hype beyond the States. Where once you could grab a pair weeks after the launch in Bond Street House of Hoops, we're seeing supplies dry up, culminating in us finally being able to sell a style in the store. We still can't see the shoe converting too many folks. If you think this shoe's ugly and heavy, then that opinion's liable to remain, but the durable nature of the shoe, that perfect molded fit after a day or two's wear and that costly production process, plus the lack of a midsole in favour of extra footbed cushioning makes them a good everyday wear, if you can find a way to offset the bugged out looks with some simple apparel to downplay the astronaut aesthetic. Worldstar videos of crews rapping inanely about Eric Avar's otherworldly masterpiece, and a savage attack caught on camera that used the shoe as a weapon probably don't show it in the best light, but we still maintain that sneaker design lost its balls after the period of progressive insanity post-1997 that created some memorably anti-retro moments.
Ironically, the most progressive sneaker moment in recent history is now a retro staple, but even 2012 hasn't caught up with it. The Foamposite still has looks to last to infinity and beyond. Even in muted tones, the Foamposite is an obnoxious shoe — with a Galaxy on the upper, it's just awesome. Patrick Moore would approve of these. We hope, on their arrival into the earth's atmosphere in 3 weeks' time, the 'Remove Before Flight' tags that we saw in the leak Instagram shots are intact.