Nike Air Yeezy!!!!

Let me first start out by congratulating Kanye West a.k.a. The Louis Vuitton Don on becoming the first non-athlete in history to ever get a Nike deal with his own shoe! The first time any of us had a world premiere glimpse into the creative mind of Mr. West's extensive design etiquette was at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards back in february of 2008.

As soon as my eyes along with those of many others either saw this photo or his performance from that night almost instantly questioned "WHAT ARE THOSE????!!!!". From this unclear picture no one was sure if this shoe was actually Nike made or not. I distinctly remember myself practically implanting my face into this 17" screen of the imac at work squinting my eyes beyond belief trying to determine if that was a Nike swoosh towards the back heel tab or not. Not to long after the release of this photo we all get promising conformation that the shoe is in fact from Nike's extensive catalog and that Kanye has designed it and it will be released but with no said date. A small number of sample pictures have surfaced the internet over time of all different possible color variations for the Nike Air Yeezy, but it seems that in the end none of the colors we thought were going to release first made the debut.

At the beginning of this post you see a picture exposing the first 3 color's coming out for the Air Yeezy. The picture I posted directly above is going to be the first of the 3 to come out in stores. Personally in my opinion this seems to be the best colorway out of the 3 even though they all take my eye in their own ways. The main focus it seems Kanye felt should be incorporated into the shoe was comfort. It has debossed ankle collar pads which will seem very similar to the ones located on the Air Jordan V. Also included with an extra thick sock liner, a support strap on the forefoot, and with a Y shaped tension lace loops located on the tongues midsection. The entire upper features full grain leather with perforated holes throughout most of the front of the shoe and also topped with suede around the toe box. The outsole which its design has been taken from the likes of the Air Jordan III / Air Assault, and yes it glows in the dark. The only thing that disappoints me about this shoe is the Y pattern scattered like broken glass all over the patent leather strap and suede mud guard around the toe box. It looks like Y shaped sprinkles and might have the tendency to appear tacky but I guess you can't have your cake and eat it to right? Despite the Y sprinkles I think this shoe is a masterpiece and will have hypebeasts all around the globe hunting for this one. The shoe will go for a retail price at about $215 and is supposedly very limited so I suggest you get your tents set up because next weekend might be a long one. This particular colorway is slated for an April release and it should be next weekend. Following this release will be the black and pink color seen at the top of the post which is slated for May and the Net/Net colorway will be June. Good luck to you all and hopefully there will be another post within 2 weeks of me holding my pair licking the bottom of my outsole glowing like Bruce Leeroy in Berry Gordan's movie "The Last Dragon" a.k.a. my favorite movie of all time..... but well save that topic for later =D.