Nike x OFF-WHITE Collection Thread - Rest In Peace Virgil Abloh

[nickname.esco]

this man basically said sneakers have taken the place of God. kept calling himself secular and saying many of us are.

ima head out.

 

[infamousbape]

This whole thing reminds me of the smug alert episode of South Park

 

[iname]

Aht aht enough with the fake deep crap when are the shoes releasing. These creative types take themselves to seriously.

 

[str8up]

seemed like a self-fellating group session to me

 

[nikeairon]

Welp that was a waste of an hour lol

 

[aron710]

LOL at the peeps who got air balled thinking Nike was going to restock a shoe on SNKRS Live

 

[Lucky13s]

So, no Bred 4s shock drop? Well, that was a waste.

 

[debso]

I was bored to tears.

 

[pilbondin]

I thought it was reasonably interesting, though I had to stop listening to do a work meeting. I'm a fan of Shaniqwa Jarvis's work, and I still regret not having copped her monograph.

 

[bigevan23]

With Virgil, I feel the love and hate are both warranted, because he is either great or garbage. He really doesn’t have any OK/Average designs.

love or hate it’s the most important Nike collaboration in modern history— perhaps all time, as it completely reset the creative energy of a brand that was losing the hype wars to the adidas celebrity machine. I’m not saying Nike was struggling to get product out the door and move sales but their creative ingenuity and resulting cultural cache was lackluster at best. In that same window (2014-2017) Adidas was absolutely thriving, effectively redefining the hype cycle. If “The Ten” doesn’t happen, the sneaker landscape would be a very different place than it is today. Virgil and the ten may not have reinvented the Nike brand but it reinvented the brand’s impact on culture.

 

[3god]

love or hate it’s the most important Nike collaboration in modern history— perhaps all time, as it completely reset the creative energy of a brand that was losing the hype wars to the adidas celebrity machine. I’m not saying Nike was struggling to get product out the door and move sales but their creative ingenuity and resulting cultural cache was lackluster at best. In that same window (2014-2017) Adidas was absolutely thriving, effectively redefining the hype cycle. If “The Ten” doesn’t happen, the sneaker landscape would be a very different place than it is today. Virgil and the ten may not have reinvented the Nike brand but it reinvented the brand’s impact on culture.

Impact/influence is one thing, the quality of product is another. I absolutely agree with much of your point, but it strays from what I’m saying. He has some classics and he has some terrible designs as well. Only referring to the products themselves. The impact, influence, popularity, etc can’t be disputed, but some of the products can definitely be criticized.

 

[millzszn93]

Chills

 

[queese23]

Breds 4’s or nothing !

 

[j mobile]

Breds 4’s or nothing !

^This^

 

[jdilla14]

Been wanting these, found a good deal locally. To me these better than blacks

 

[DesD1]

Nothing interesting happening in the 20s

love or hate it’s the most important Nike collaboration in modern history— perhaps all time, as it completely reset the creative energy of a brand that was losing the hype wars to the adidas celebrity machine. I’m not saying Nike was struggling to get product out the door and move sales but their creative ingenuity and resulting cultural cache was lackluster at best. In that same window (2014-2017) Adidas was absolutely thriving, effectively redefining the hype cycle. If “The Ten” doesn’t happen, the sneaker landscape would be a very different place than it is today. Virgil and the ten may not have reinvented the Nike brand but it reinvented the brand’s impact on culture.

Solid take, 2017 was Yeezy/HU NMD domination all over.

What happened with the 10 blew everyone's mind, for the bad or the good, and then sneakers became a part of runaways and all sort of celebrities . The move was clever and bold.

Now there's just too much in the market to make anything THAT relevant.

Companies are catering to everyone's likes, so that even if you don't like X maybe you'll like Y, or Z or AB ...

 

[3god]

Chills

Disaster.

Been wanting these, found a good deal locally. To me these better than blacks

You are right.

 

[jordanhead718212]

I've always liked those university gold forces, hope they drop.

 

[3god]

He literally only added a bunch of ugly *** strings to the Dunks. Wtf lol

 

[c money luv]

Surprised this wasn't posted in here yet....

 

[millzszn93]

The Dunk hate will not be tolerated. They Both flame

 

[vinotwofour]

I think in the beginning, the 10 wasn't getting as much love as it was now or like shortly after release. The deconstructed theme wasn't loved by many.

 

[haicheo]

I think in the beginning, the 10 wasn't getting as much love as it was now or like shortly after release. The deconstructed theme wasn't loved by many.

Outside of the 1s and Prestos most of The Ten were pretty cheap upon release in 2017.

 

[iTookanL]

Has anyone noticed that the Sail Vs are much harder to clean than the Muslins? I figured they're the same material so it'd be the same.

 

[bigevan23]

Outside of the 1s and Prestos most of The Ten were pretty cheap upon release in 2017.

Secondary market value is 3-4x across the board. Last dance helped push the 1s as well (not that it needed it)