
He’s looking for the newest, most limited-edition kicks he can find and will stop at nothing, nothing to get ‘em…
The most expensive retail available sneakers were the Adidas Micro-pacers. Only 500 pairs were produced, and they were selling for $600 (not on e-bay where crazy Japs will pay any price to add to their collections) but in regular shops…
But Nike trumped that with the “Also Known As” Air Force 1.
Rumour has it that there are fewer than 40 pairs of these Nike limited editions produced in conjunction with a book celebrating the art of graffiti.
The sneakers were only given to people involved with the release of the book, but Nom de Guerre, a Manhattan men’s boutique (with additional locations in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Toronto and Tokyo,) had a pair on display.
The shoes weren’t for sale when I visited but are expected to fetch between $1,000 and $1,500 when Nom de Guerre decides to release them.
However playing basketball in them would be rather like playing cricket in a mink lined jock-box…. Actually that sounds quite nice…mmmmm fast paced googlies all round.
( If you need an explanation of "googlie" then take up cricket. )
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