Nike Air Yeezy Breakdown
Posted by Matt Halfhill | Apr 23, 2008 There has been much activity on the web surrounding any news about the Nike Air Yeezy - the shoe that Kanye West wore at the Grammy’s and since on his Glow In The Dark Tour. One of our readers put together a photo breakdown showing likely inspiration sources for the Nike Air Yeezy taking into consideration Kanye’s taste in sneakers. Not ironic at all, all of the elements listed are sneakers that Kanye has frequently been spotted in. One shoe not included in the list that I think lent some design ideas was the Nike Air Force V which is a shoe LONG overdue for a retro release.
Larger photo has been posted after the jump thanks to d33zilla. |
Nike Air Yeezy
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:19 am
scracth all that first, i cant wait to cop these,they go hard
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:20 am
these are so ugly i dont know why everyone likes them so much they they look horrible
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:22 am
NICE. BUT NEED TO SEE THEM IN PERSON FIRST.
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:38 am
these r hot can’t wait to cop these
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:38 am
i dont even care anymore. if they are tier 0, its just a pipedream. i have a better chance of getting some crocodile air forces. i wish
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:51 am
fam look at them it’s too much going on I see what they were tryin but dat ish is weak there is NO RIGHT way too rock those exhibit a just look at Kanye
Apr 23, 2008 at 8:56 am
They okay for the kanye look no need to diss kanye got he’s own style I wouldn’t dress like him but they hot black ones nice in winter wit jeans
Apr 23, 2008 at 9:14 am
Ok these are defiantly Kanye’s style but they are way out there .. i mean i like the whole glow in dark theme with the tour … but the kick is a mess to many different kicks massed up. its like a bad spizke …. lol only youngins with no original style will be dieing to rock these … interesting if it was a 1 of 1 but to release to the public … its a wack kick to much goin on
Apr 23, 2008 at 9:18 am
im getting bored of these real quick.
Apr 23, 2008 at 9:29 am
Put up a picture of that Nike Air Force V so I know what you are talking about. As for the kicks I actually like them but do believe they will get overhyped. I would switch the laces to carrot too or maybe some glow in the dark ones.
Apr 23, 2008 at 9:55 am
Apr 23, 2008 at 10:02 am
These are very nice in my opnion.Just not feeling the colorway.I was really hoping they were general release so it would be a easy cop but he had to go with a tier 0.I also agree with Nicekicks the Air Force V’s are LONG overdue for a retro,Air force V’s are prob on my top 10 kick list
Apr 23, 2008 at 10:08 am
i like them, cant wait to see some differnt color ways
Apr 23, 2008 at 10:20 am
1. there ugly
2.^^^y are people always askin for different colors????
Apr 23, 2008 at 10:26 am
I’m not feeling this
Apr 23, 2008 at 10:28 am
MAN IS THEM GONE BE N STORES THEM BOY RAW AS HELLL
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:04 am
this has got to be the official poster shoe for all the hypebeasts out there.
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:08 am
Certified Trash
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:11 am
Love em or Hate em teir 0 means ain’t that many heads gonna get they hands on em anyway unless you got big $$$$ paper and the right hook up.
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:22 am
This type of shoes will only look good on a celebrity!!(kanye,lupe,pharrell,ect.)
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:29 am
i dont like them anymore honestly how r u gonna pull those off
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:37 am
if you like these you are automatically a hypebeast. if there was no kanye and they were just called the Air Max Tret or something youd all say they suck
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:51 am
what does it mean when are a tier 0 release?!?! is that like super exclusive?
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:58 am
this is the most hyped shoe ever…like i said they are nice but they look like a basketball shoe Amarie Stoudamire would where on the court…i like em but if they are a tier 0 release, i wont lose sleep..
(p.s. i got glow in the dark tickets…haahaha June 7th Staples Center LA)
Apr 23, 2008 at 12:37 pm
The ones that Kanye sported during the grammy’s was fuccin sick
Apr 23, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I dont think the tongue is from the ato’s.I would say more like Air jordan V’s or air force 180
Apr 23, 2008 at 12:56 pm
These shoes are nice, but only if you wear them right. I could not picture someone wearing these in the heat of the summer with some shorts. But they would look really fly in some jeans, and a jacket that matches it in the fall or winter time. I would like to see them in different color schemes and in person. If they are a good price I will cop them. No more than $125 !!!
Apr 23, 2008 at 1:25 pm
that back bottom piece is from the 4’s
Apr 23, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Nasty is right for those who said it! They UGLY!!!
Apr 23, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Um, alien real, why would you say it’s from the Jordan IV, when it CLEARLY STATES AND SHOWS (in the pic) ABOVE, it’s from the Jordan III???
Jesus, you people want to be “Sneakerologists” so badly, but look so ignorant in the end.
Apr 23, 2008 at 3:12 pm
g2roc: You said: “only youngins with no original style will be dieing to rock these”
I believe you have that backwards. Because if you DO have style, you can pull these off. And being that they’re Tier 0, no “youngins” will even be able to cop these.
“youngins with no original style” usually go out and cop all the GR Jordan releases (as well as the first fake they see) and floss like they have a mean shoe game. They don’t go out and buy Teir 0 kicks.
Apr 23, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Comment 23 Josh you’re right a Tier 0 account is Super Exclusive or Very Very Limited Release but with places like Ebay you can almost always get them still anyway.
Apr 23, 2008 at 5:04 pm
COMPLETE TRASH
Wonderful money makers if they are exclusive
Apr 23, 2008 at 5:45 pm
yo, those air force V’s are wack as hell. lol Wtf? Keep them hoes in the nike vault, PLEASE!
Apr 24, 2008 at 12:14 am
Once some crazier color ways drop, more people will like em.
Apr 24, 2008 at 12:47 am
I dont think there was a doubt that the 3’s were there but I’m quite suprised about the other two
Apr 24, 2008 at 12:57 am
Dog dem shoes r sick. if these r real, i gotta cop me a pair!
Apr 24, 2008 at 2:12 am
Yo, I agree with kaidoctor 1000%. If Ye never had these and they were some regular GR, then no one would even think about buying them. Tier 0 doesn’t always mean “a must cop”… I know I couldn’t wear them. Also, I don’t know about y’all, but I have maybe one or two pair of jeans that could even fit over that tongue. No Juicy, No Rock & Republic, No Chip & Pepper, No newer Diesels… I can’t even wear Dunk High’s with a lot of those jeans, so I know these are out of the question.
P.S., I got my Glow in The Dark Tickets too!!! May 8th, Time Warner Arena (Formally known as Bobcats Arena).
Apr 24, 2008 at 3:23 am
comment #8: thats kind of a screwy interpretaion, because if you think about it most kicks aren’t “1 of 1″ that dosen’t mean they lack original style. most “yungins” are rocking these fusions, and other crap. original style is not only about rocking an “original 1 of 1″ sneaker, but its about taking a sneaker, even if everyone thinks its ugly, AND ROCKING DA HELL OUTTA IT!!! believe me, i started wearing vans before they was hot like dey are now, and everyone was clownin dem…..now they wearing dem hard, and i dun moved startin otha trend!!!
THEY CALL ME KID $KANYE$ IN DA 716…
CHUUUUUUUUUUCH
Apr 24, 2008 at 3:27 am
corrections to my comment:
WRONG: NOW THEY WEARING DEM HARD, AND I DUN MOVED STARTIN OTHA TREND!!!
RIGHT: NOW THEY ROCKIN DEM MAD HARD, AND I DUN MOVED ON STARTIN OTHA TRENDS!!!
CHUUUUUUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 24, 2008 at 3:33 am
I hope Nike drops that ALL BLK CW that Yay wore @ the Grammys
Apr 24, 2008 at 4:30 am
I had the AF V in 7th grade and was clowned for having them. Kevin Duckworth rocked the colorway I had.
Apr 24, 2008 at 4:46 am
dont be dissin da Kanye fool
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:02 am
They hot but y tha orange,all black or all white but not orange
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:23 am
These are sick!
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:24 am
These are sick! Im feelin these….everything about em.
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:34 am
These shoes are very hard and different, something that a lot of shoes these days are not, i just hope they aint as heavy as they seem ya digg
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:54 am
comment 30…the bottom comes from the 4’s not the 3’s…that’s a misprint on the part of whoever put the 3’s there
Apr 24, 2008 at 7:36 am
comment 30: why when someone makes a mistake, someone always have to attack them. some of yal take this comment thing too serious. get a life….
Apr 24, 2008 at 11:52 am
Love everything about em’… Wish I were able to cop a pair!
Apr 24, 2008 at 12:14 pm
digusting
Apr 24, 2008 at 1:10 pm
these are a horrible shoe…im really interested in knowing how many people would Actually like them if somebody other than kanye wore them….hmmmmmmm
Apr 24, 2008 at 1:39 pm
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Apr 24, 2008 at 1:55 pm
716’sfinest, I didn’t ATTACK anyone. I said what I said (at the end) in general, sparked BY that hiss comment.
If HE feels “attacked” then he’ll speak on it.
I’m sure he doesn’t need any sideline help.
And my comment stands as posted above:
“You people want to be “Sneakerologists†so badly, but look so ignorant in the end.”
[fin]
Apr 24, 2008 at 1:56 pm
716’sfinest, I didn’t ATTACK anyone. I said what I said (at the end) in general, sparked BY that, his comment.
If HE feels “attacked†then he’ll speak on it.
I’m sure he doesn’t need any sideline help.
And my comment stands as posted above:
“You people want to be “Sneakerologists†so badly, but look so ignorant in the end.â€
[fin]
Apr 24, 2008 at 5:21 pm
the black and white ones are better
Apr 25, 2008 at 6:27 am
I feel that these shoes are interesting. I really believe these are different for the sake of being different. That’s not always a bad thing. It seems that shoes are losing their functionality and that’s what makes sneakers classic. This is for Kanye and his many Bape minions.
Apr 25, 2008 at 8:11 am
fugly
Apr 25, 2008 at 10:06 am
I’ve been waiting to hear news on the mystery kicks. FINALLY
I can’t wait to get my hands on a pair for the summer. GOTTA HAV EM
Apr 26, 2008 at 12:55 am
they go hard as hell
Apr 26, 2008 at 4:54 pm
dose kicksz are tight. i like da Air Jordan 3’sz n da AtoCow HideBoot isz tight. i neva heard of AtoCow doe.
Apr 27, 2008 at 3:05 am
the comparison to the III’s are a bit off thas mos def the air revolution bottom
Apr 28, 2008 at 5:36 am
good comparisons
Apr 28, 2008 at 10:30 am
these need 2 be at payless as fake pir of nikes thats the only wy these will sell and if they do 25 dollors at the most
May 1, 2008 at 7:58 pm
AN FYI
the soles are from the air jordan 23 classic
http://criticalsole.com/files/dtrt-jordan-23-classic-2.jpg
May 5, 2008 at 1:11 am
these shoes are straight fire.i went to his concert and its a good glow.then he changed and pulled out a grey n orange pair that was fire.im gonna cop these
May 6, 2008 at 12:32 pm
They look like they have the Nike swoosh from the LeBron 3’s too
May 7, 2008 at 1:10 am
these shoes are simply amazing and better belive i will be copping
May 27, 2008 at 5:25 pm
these shoes are fresh…
and yeah they shouldnt be dropped teir 0… i work at a sneaker store and im no expert at sneakers but i know abouyt selling them… and nike and kanye will make way more money if they sell them like they do the fusions… they cant make too many of them because they would get played out fast…
and this is KanYe you know he wants that exclusive style that no one else has… but if they do drop in stores they should go $180 max…
Jun 3, 2008 at 5:02 am
Does anyone here have their own shoe? The funny thing is you don’t have to buy anything. This forum is like arguing about if your mom is ugly. She might be, but only you care…
Jun 6, 2008 at 12:16 am
man whoeva said these
kicks a ugly are fu*&*(
supid man this sh*& are
hot and cant wait to rock
thess kicks man yalll dumb crazy
not to get them
Jun 18, 2008 at 4:36 pm
they didnt get that from bapes they got it from the nike air Mission ‘92
Jun 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm
These aren’t going to be released. They were made as one-off’s by The Kitchen team for Kanye.
There is a chance a few of these pairs will be auctioned off for charity benefit, but that’s it.
Jun 25, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Na man the soles are from an air assault the tread is different and the lace trim is half of the trim off an uptown.
Jul 12, 2008 at 5:34 pm
nike isnt that stupid to not release these. stop with the rumors, unless u can back it up with something.
Aug 31, 2008 at 11:00 pm
they look best in that purp colorway,&& the one grey one.
but the tounge is more off of the Jordan V’s then the Ato boots
Sep 14, 2008 at 7:59 pm
nike is drawing wiht the release date
Sep 26, 2008 at 9:12 am
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Sep 26, 2008 at 9:13 am
AND OH YEAH THERE ARE PLENTY IN STOCK
Oct 1, 2008 at 7:15 pm
there not even that cool. you only like them because there kanYe west
i love knaYe but c’mon the are ugly
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm
1st off he didnt get the i n s p i r a t i o n from none of that really like yeezy we want those mcfly’s so bad we tired of waiting..www.mcfly2010.com
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
hold up ..someones trying to profit on knowing something well gzus thinks that if u wish to purchase u can go to a real site thats not even mine the real deal http://www.hypesneakers.com hope yall can b fresh now
Oct 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
check out kanyes inspiration http://www.mcfly2010.com
Nov 27, 2008 at 5:54 pm
u all wrong he desinged them him self if they look like jordans is cause he got inspired by them but i was there when he was sketching and they came out like that but he didnot fused any parts of any shoes
Jan 10, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Man hold up! Get your “YEEZY’S” at http://www.Urbandigz.net They just got ‘em…. only have a limited supply….HURRY!
http://www.Urbandigz.net
Feb 18, 2009 at 8:28 am
on comment #39: you right I saw a red and grey pair of these that would be ballin’ wit my evisu jeans wit the red logo on the back wit my matchin red evisu shirt. And to comment #61 they are called Ato Matsumoto they are made with cow hide instead of traditional shoe leather. I have two pairs. I saw the Air Yeezy kicks and didn’t even know they were Kanye’s and I still wanted to cop them.
Mar 10, 2009 at 10:34 pm
doze kicks r fly as he– im not a sneaker head but i got 2 cop them i know 1 thing 4 sure those kicks r goin 2 b a collector’s item 1 day
Mar 10, 2009 at 10:36 pm
must get
Mar 24, 2009 at 8:17 pm
kanyes’ a looni dats why he design looni kicks. dese kicks r ugly wit a capital UG.
Mar 24, 2009 at 8:26 pm
…???!
Jun 12, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Nah…Not Ugly.! But thet also have a hint of the Vs in em too
Jun 15, 2009 at 10:44 pm
i gotta say that them dots had to come from the 8s cuz them one of his favorite shoes