THE OFFICIAL AIR MAX 1 THREAD

[chiliconesteban]

BAIT Denver is randomly doing 30% off most the store today....Easter. Bummed by that, a little heads up would have been solid.

 

[FrenchSneakerAdd]

so, this is my air max day (consolation), one ID & women obsidian...


after this one ended with the ID... (Grrrr again a month of waiting)

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

I remember Nike had a thing with peta awhile back over the use of certain animals but I guess cattle is still good to go

Edit here’s a link I found real quick

It was over animal skins. Back when they used to get real funky

https://www.peta.org/blog/victory-nike-cole-haan-ban-exotic-skins/

Okay so elephant leather will never exist on Nikes..... I would like my EP be real elaphant leather.

From Brazil, the largest exporter of beef in the world. It's not like Nike had specific animals killed for the sole purpose of these shoes.

Even if Nike did, why not? As long as animals were slaughtered with minimum pain, that’s good.

Cows probably don’t have less pain than chinchilla upon being slaughtered.

 

[AirMatt91]

Okay so elephant leather will never exist on Nikes..... I would like my EP be real elaphant leather.

Even if Nike did, why not? As long as animals were slaughtered with minimum pain, that’s good.

Cows probably don’t have less pain than chinchilla upon being slaughtered.

Bro why would they put real elephant leather on a shoe

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

Bro why would they put real elephant leather on a shoe

Yea actually I would like it to be a custom

 

[dblplay1212]

Real elephant? Hell na.

 

[JPS]

Face palm times a trillion on wanting "real elephant"

 

[wuchi01]

Sidetrack note re: Nike and use of Exotics.
for those that like or curious to see, there are youtube vids and news stories of that Mayor guy's collection where he shows off the use of croc and python on AF1s. Don't recall use of furs back then. Interesting.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/08/25/the-mayor-of-sneakerdom/

 

[rexranger]

i’d want something made out of an animal on my shoes... Idk about an elephant tho ?

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

Sidetrack note re: Nike and use of Exotics.
for those that like or curious to see, there are youtube vids and news stories of that Mayor guy's collection where he shows off the use of croc and python on AF1s. Don't recall use of furs back then. Interesting.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/08/25/the-mayor-of-sneakerdom/

https://sneakernews.com/2011/01/05/nike-air-force-1-made-to-order-pack/
According to sneakernews Mayor has all 14 crocodile leather “made to order” AF1s

That’s great
I’d like crocodile AM90, AM1 & Air Python.

 

[donjuan513]

$35 bucks each.

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

$35 bucks each.

How did you do that?
Lowest was $90 last year from Notre

You got those in outlet?

 

[rexranger]

yo frfr ya’ll said the prices was going to go down on these sw 1/97? i read like a hundred pages ago or something nike delayed shipping so majority people haven’t gotten their pairs?

 

[tankdayglo]

yo frfr ya’ll said the prices was going to go down on these sw 1/97? i read like a hundred pages ago or something nike delayed shipping so majority people haven’t gotten their pairs?

Yeah they haven't been following the typical resale pattern that most recent releases have.

 

[zonzon]

Due to the animal cruelty aspect or you just don't like it from a textural/aesthetic standpoint?

The first. The type of animal doesn't make a difference to me and it's just my opinion. Since it's for purely aesthetic reasons I don't find the use necessary and could have been avoided with synthetic.

 

[tarkens]

I would like my EP be real elaphant leather.

dude, you're choosing shoes over an endangered species, get a grip

 

[tankdayglo]

The first. The type of animal doesn't make a difference to me and it's just my opinion. Since it's for purely aesthetic reasons I don't find the use necessary and could have been avoided with synthetic.

Gotcha. Seems like it would have been a challenge to only wear footwear made of synthetics up until a few years ago. Now there are a lot more options, but so much footwear still uses leather.

 

[TheRealAlleygator]

You guys talking about calfskin you do know that leather is made from cows right?
Also calf=cow albeit a baby

 

[bwood056]

Talking which animal skins are ok and aren't ok - the irony

 

[tankdayglo]

Now I'm just waiting for someone to poke holes in Sean's claim that the 97/1s are vegan.

 

[stoplooklisten]

One of the best bespoke I've seen

 

[MrKDes]

Now I'm just waiting for someone to poke holes in Sean's claim that the 97/1s are vegan.

Organic materials were used

 

[jc5123]

One of the best bespoke I've seen

A lot of materials on this but they all flow real nice. That ballistic nylon mudguard is something else

 

[fastlane]

You guys talking about calfskin you do know that leather is made from cows right?
Also calf=cow albeit a baby

And this right here is the kicker for me! combining the chat in here re: latest two hyped shoes (atmos and Sw)

SW seems like a nice enough guy- cant knock the hustle- any of us would jump at the chance to do what he do.
Winning a rigged comp- not exactly his fault
Reselling your own shoes- not cool but dont hate the playa hate the game
Yet a vegan that wears leather shoes??(not to mention shoes with glue made from dead animals) That's straight ridiculous

 

[turbo95eg6]

Bit the resell bullet locally, prices weren't dipping as I hoped. Quality is bananas. Crossed my fingers and went TTS, tried them on and didn't have an issue. As people have mentioned there's a little extra room in the length due to the lack of heel cushioning, but the width feels narrow like traditional AM1 sizing. I can see how people with narrow feet could size down, but average to wide footers should stay TTS. Glad I can finally move on

Overall very happy with them