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Inside The Sneaker Box: Nike SB Dunk High “Oceanic Airlines”
A few weeks back Nike SB decided to shake the game up a little bit. We’re all familiar with Quickstrikes, well the folks over at Nike SB decided to drop what they’re calling a “Mystery Strike”. The “Mystery Strike” is what we know as the Nike SB “LOST” Pack consisting of a lined colored SB Blazer with the word “SHOE” on the back upper heel and a suede SB Dunk High Premium modeled after the doomed Oceanic Airlines from the hit TV show “LOST” which is now in it’s final series. The Sneaker Box crew got their hands on the SB Dunk part of the pack and a did a full Inside The Sneaker Box episode giving us a nice detailed look at the sneakers. Check out the video above and enjoy!!
Nike Dunk High “Die, Die, My Darling” Customs
When it comes to custom sneakers the team over at Royalefam is defiantly on top of their game. Not only does the brand put together some of the wildest customs but they do so in quantities, making more then just 1 pair and allowing multiple consumers with deep pockets the chance to get their hands on a pair.
Doing a little something for Valentines Day the crew at Royalefam put together the “Die, Die, My Darling” Nike Dunk which to say the least isn’t your usual Valentines Day release. According to Royalefam “Die, Die, My Darling is a Bloody Valentine love story featuring the legendary pin-up girl of the Memphis Belle B-17F flying fortress warplane, Sawtooth nose art, red rival camo, bullet hole print and Valentine blood rose.” The Valentine blood rose graphic is evident on the heel of the left sneaker with the words Dead End Girl printed in white just below it. The Memphis Belle B-17 flying fortress pin-up girl is seen used on the wing of the right sneaker laying in a pool of blood with a bullet hole graphic giving you story that this poor girl has been murdered in cold blood. Not the Valentines Day present she was expecting I would imagine.
Defiantly an interesting pair of sneakers. Not something I think I would wear, but as a collectors piece these are pretty dope and you can’t knock the detailed artwork Royalefam put into these and each pair produced. Keep in mind that this design was replicated on a few sneakers. It’s hard enough to do it on one, nevermind a multitude of em.
A total of 16 pairs of the Nike Dunk High “Die, Die, My Darling” Customs have been produced, with each pair individually numbered and costing $650. If your feelin em and you can front that kind of money for a pair of custom sneakers get yourself a pair now through Royalefam, otherwise follow the break to check out some detailed photos of the shoes.
Nike Dunk High “Graffiti Explosion” Customs
Diversitile, the company responsible for lacing people up with some of the freshest custom sneakers presents us with a look at their latest project they recently finished. Back in December Diversitile was commissioned by an unnamed company in New York to customize some of their products and a pair of Dunks to be displayed at a convention. The company provided some DJ headphones and an iPhone case and Diversitile fronted the Nike Dunk Highs dubbed “Graffiti Explosion” which he completely redesigned with some eye popping designs. The frontal, lace panels and heel panel all consist of attentive graffiti graphics with a multi-colored camo like pattern applied to the toe-box and mid-section. The same designs were then added to both the headphones and iPhone case to make for a nice little collection. I can’t say I would personally ever rock these but as a collector piece these are defiantly on point. Diversitile is always killin up with the attentive designs.
For a few more detailed photos click here.
USLU Airlines X Reebok Retro Pop Mid
Some of you may recall how way back in July of 2009 we gave you a preview of a Glow-In-The-Dark Reebok Cortney Mid designed in collaboration with Feride Uslu, the founder of USLU Airlines. We were aware that Feride teamed up with Reebok to design atleast 2 sneakers, however the Cortney Mid was the only model we had a preview of at the time. Thanks to Dunk.cn we can now give you a look at the second pair of Reebok’s that Feride Uslu designed under her USLU Airlines brand.
As a counter opt to the Cortney Mid which comes to life at night Feride flipped the script and designed the Retro Pop Mid in such a way where it’ll blind anybody within a 20foot radius. Used throughout the entire upper of the sneakers are little reflective squares with a thick white leather strap crisscrosses over the laces. Adding a bit of color to the sneakers is a touch of red on the inner lining and a portion of the tongue tag with white pretty much blending in on the Reebok Vector logo and sole unit. To go along with the sneakers Feride and Reebok also designed the box with a repeating pattern of one of Feride’s signature logos which was also used in the same fashion on the insoles.
No official release date has been announced by the sneakers are part of the Reebok Spring 2010 Collection so they should be releasing within the coming weeks. Click here to take a closer look at the sneakers, insoles and box.
Nike Dunk Hi “Black Mamba” Custom by Brad Douglas
Last week we showed you a pair of custom Nike Dunks designed by sneaker customizer Twitch which consisted of a design inspired by Kobe Bryant’s nickname, The Black Mamba. A lot of you on Twitter had plenty of good things to say about the sneakers, so we”re pleased to present with another Black Mamba inspired custom, this time designed by our friend Brad Douglas.
For his version of the Nike Dunk Hi “Black Mamba” Brad wanted to put together a simple design which didn’t over do it but yet still was able to bring out the Black Mamba theme with a Lakers-esque colorway. Getting the job done and doing it with style Brad applied black snake skin leather to a good portion of the upper with yellow leather applied to the frontal and lace panels to accompany the yellow outsole. A touch of purple suede on the Nike Swoosh and purple “Black Mamba” tongue tags add some nice contrast to the black snake skin base and wrap up the Lakers inspired color scheme. For sure a dope pair of customs with some real clean stitching around the edges.
Click here to check out a few more shots of the Nike Dunk Hi “Black Mamba” Customs designed by Brad Douglas and let us know what you think about em.
Nike SB Dunk Low “St. Patricks Day” – March 2010 Quickstrike
Back in August 2009 previews of green suede and hemp Nike SB Dunk Low surfaced online and at the time very few details were known about the sneakers and their release. Now thanks to Numelo we’re able to provide you with a much clearer look at the kicks as well as a few more details about the release.
According to reports this SB Dunk Low is said to be the St. Patrick’s Day edition which will be releasing with Nike SB March 2010 Releases as a Quickstrike. The shoes sport two different shades of green with suede on the frontal, lace panel and heel with green hemp on the mid-panel, toe-box and tongue. A cream colored hemp material on the Nike Swoosh wraps up the upper while black and white hold down the sole unit.
Watch for the sneakers to release sometime in March 2010 around St. Patrick’s Day at select Nike SB distributors.
