The April 2018 version of Virgil Abloh’s all-white Air VaporMax is mostly unchanged from the original pair from ‘The Ten.’ Stripped of color, the performance runner brings raw materials and unique details to the forefront, including an exposed-foam tongue, translucent Swoosh and off-white suede eyestay. Printed above the clear VaporMax…
Made in partnership with the progressive Japanese fashion label, the Sacai x Nike VaporWaffle ‘Black White’ repeats many of the design tropes introduced on the brands’ LDV Waffle collaboration from 2019. They include doubled tongues, doubled Swooshes and a stacked midsole, updated here with split construction at the heel. Up…
The OFF-WHITE x Air Force 1 ‘Volt’ veers from the established orthodoxy of Virgil Abloh’s Nike design playbook, maximizing a neon hue from the Swoosh’s signature palette that the designer had previously left untouched. It coats the shoe’s mixed-material upper as well as its laces and midsole. Contrasting hits of…
The Air Jordan 4 Sail features full-grain leather uppers with hits of mesh and translucent materials on the toebox and heel of the shoe. From there, hits of light blue on the tongue?€?s Jumpman and the outsole?€?s Nike Swoosh provide contrast to the sail colored sneaker.