Buyers Beware: Nike Air Yeezy FAKED
Posted by Matt Halfhill | Aug 19, 2008 I had a feeling that it would only be a matter of time that the hype and buzz for the Nike Air Yeezy would catch on with the fugazzi market in China. Though not surprised, but saddened, the Nike Air Yeezy has officially been faked.
Kanye West first wore the Air Yeezy during a performance at the Grammy’s, but alluded to its future release as well as a handful of detailed looks of the shoe over the past few months. We have not yet heard any official word yet of an official release so beware. If you think you have found a pair of Yeezys that leaked, they are probably fake. Thanks to Nice Kicks reader J Money for giving the heads up about the fake Yeezy’s on eBay. |
Sep 6, 2009 at 2:37 am
just an update, the fake ones glow too. a nike rep confirmed its been reversed engineered from a competing factory.
Apr 30, 2009 at 12:04 am
i going to buy it and rock it like its the real one. Just bcuz I cant get my hands on the real one! so f it…
Sep 15, 2008 at 7:15 pm
YOU KNOW WHAT 206ninja IS RIGHT….yes these are fake in a sense that they are not official but still real when it come to look and materials made for nike..so whats the difference?
im copping some of these!!
look crazy dope to me
Sep 14, 2008 at 8:03 pm
well nike better come with a release date cause people are getting restless
Sep 1, 2008 at 1:34 am
I AGREE WITH 206ninja 90% OF THE SNEAKERS YOU BUY ARE MADE IN THE SAME CITIES STREETS AND FACTORIES IN CHINA AS THE SNEAKERS YALL ARE BLOGGING AS FAKES SOME KICKS DO LOOK REAL BOOTLEG BUT SOMETIMES ITS REALLY NO DIFFERENCE .YOU CAN BUY ALL THE ”REAL” JORDANS IN THE WORLD AND JORDAN WILL WALK RIGHT PAST YOU IF YOU SEE HIM IN THE PUBLIC AS FOR BUYING REAL NIKES THE CEO OF NIKE IS NOT GIVING YOU NOTHING FOR BUY HIS KICKS AT TOP DOLLAR NO LETTERS HE WONT EVEN COME TO YA LITTLE SNEAKER CONVENTIONS ETC.I BUY ALL KIND OF KICKS AN TO TELL YALL DA TRUTH IM GLAD THE CHINESE BOOTLEG ALL THESE KICKS BECAUSE THEY NOT REALLY WORTH WHAT AMERICANS PAY FOR THEM ANY WAY !!!
NIKE PAYS $3 TO MAKE
AMERICANS BUY FOR $85 AND UP
‘”HOW REAL IS THAT”
Aug 31, 2008 at 11:04 pm
lmfao yea i went on eBay to look for sum Ato boots,then i came across the Yeezys.then wen i clicked to see the pics,it had the bottom of a Jordan 3. lmao smh
Aug 29, 2008 at 11:54 pm
some say jordan sole,I SAY OLD AIR ASSAULT SOLES FOR SURE…..
Aug 26, 2008 at 12:41 pm
@comment 23 kris:
those are ato matsumotos, i dont think this dude is trying to pass these off as air yeezys, he is saying that kanye wore these before and he is probably right.
get your facts straight, dont be so hasty.
Aug 25, 2008 at 11:25 am
They look about right…just a couple things wrong, I bet the next release will have the right look…or not. JB’s are made in China as well as a majority of Nike’s. The bootleg as bound to happen as production models get stolen or reversed engineered. Everyone knows that bootleg factories make legit nikes as well. Is it a fake even if it was made in the same factory? pay more for real deals suckers.
Aug 23, 2008 at 11:53 am
scout, stop commenting..
i looked at your myspace and you wear fake jordans..
Aug 22, 2008 at 7:25 pm
they also f’d the tung up.
im going to self conscience for the real deals
Aug 22, 2008 at 7:24 pm
they also f’d the tung up.
im going to self conscience for these
Aug 22, 2008 at 4:01 am
they look about 85 % right, they’ve missed on the ‘92 AF 180 (high top)-type-toe-cut that looked cool in the original…
the mid-sole are actually Air Flight 48 retros
Aug 20, 2008 at 5:02 pm
damn dat was fast. already faked. i wanna really know when da real ones are comin out. i want em.
Aug 20, 2008 at 2:14 pm
check out this item.. this guy is claiming to be a NIKE TALK MEMBER!! Anyone at Nike talk want to confirm this and toss this dude off there
http://cgi.ebay.com/ATO-MATSUMOTO-NIKE-AIR-YEEZY-KANYE-WEST-SZ-10-100_W0QQitemZ180279556234QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180279556234&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Aug 20, 2008 at 9:25 am
this is a dope shoe and they already making fakes. lol on the Jordan sole
Aug 20, 2008 at 6:57 am
Another example of how Nike opens lanes for bootleggers *smfh*…this shoe should’ve been in production and hitting retail stores soon as the ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour ended.
The “Air Yeezy” is now officially the “Air Fugazzi”
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:41 pm
No one is Safe in the Sneaker Game
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:30 pm
its too bad that they r already fakin them but i wouldnt wear a shoe that looks like that anyway.
Aug 19, 2008 at 8:30 pm
hahahahahhahahah!!! shoes r wack ne wayz!!!
Aug 19, 2008 at 6:57 pm
that sucks
Aug 19, 2008 at 6:36 pm
LOL at the material being a dead giveaway as well.
*logs in on ebay to clown on this guy*
Aug 19, 2008 at 6:15 pm
kanye got his own sneaker because he deserves it….don’t knock the mans hustle. Yeah he may be cocky as a person but he keeps going platinum and it’s rare for artists now days to push 150,000 copies of their cd. Give ye his credit when it’s due
Aug 19, 2008 at 5:19 pm
i just dont see how Kanye got his own shoe anyway
Aug 19, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I had a feeling that this would happen sooner or later. I wonder if Nike is going to scrap the Yeezy for public release now. Its gotta be MONTHS before the shoe comes out since no one has heard a word and not a peep it appears.
I don’t know if Nike told Kanye to keep his lips tight on the shoes, but him showing off all these detailed pics almost provided a perfect blue print for the bootleggers to go to work.
Aug 19, 2008 at 12:49 pm
THE YEEZYS ON EBAY ARE SO FAKE THEY STILL HAVE THE JORDAN NAME LOGO ON THE BOTTOM,
Aug 19, 2008 at 12:18 pm
LMAO. I was waiting for it. smh
Aug 19, 2008 at 12:17 pm
JORDAN AIR YEEZY’s???????????????LOL
Aug 19, 2008 at 11:58 am
fake or the real deal why would anyone want to buy these crappy shoes I mean seriously why!!!!
Aug 19, 2008 at 11:21 am
i dont see what is so great about this shoe anyway it looks ugly real of fake to me
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:44 am
is this a jordan 3 bottom, looks like one version used the dtrt colorway bottom as a jumpoff point, lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:41 am
hahahahahahaha, i think these are so ugly. good let this stupid looking shoe get bootlegged. what did kanye do to deserve his own shoe anyway? so wack, so wack. it looks like a bootleg in the first place.
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:37 am
I just went to the eBay auction and it does have “jordan” on the bottom…smh
The authentic ones have Nike on the bottom as the Yeezy is something worked up by Nike, not JB.
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:31 am
that’s an interesting point^^^ what do the Yeezy’s have on the bottom? Does Nicekicks have photos of the sole??
Aug 19, 2008 at 10:04 am
The person was dumb to put pics of the bottom, it has a Jordan sole(in words), Im pretty sure Ye’s wouldnt have that.
Aug 19, 2008 at 9:29 am
I agree. Nike did this to themselves. They should have put some kind of date out there. They know this shoe would sell. But, have yall seen the other colors of the fake ones, these bootleggers are going hard. I seen some going for $100+ on ebay already. SMH!!! SAY NO TO FAKES!!!
Aug 19, 2008 at 9:19 am
My Asian Homies At It Again, Hardbody. Thats What Nike And Kanye Get For Gassin The Sneaker In The First Place. The Initial Anticipation That I Had Of This Sneaker Being Released Has Been Gone For Like A Month Now.