HUARACHE LE RETRO 30th anniversary release this year???

[briansthirdeye]

We dont spell pear like that on NT fool.

the slang police my bad

 

[rainking]

It’s gotta be the name…I remember I asked my mom for some back in the day but she got discombobulated and the salesman convinced her I said “Tai Chis”

Edit: I also have no idea how to pronounce it. I pronounce it “hor-rash-ee”. Probably why I ended up with and 1s

It's named after a type of sandal. Pronounced HUH-RAH-CHI. When they came out originally in '91 or '92 and I was in 10th grade, I saw the first print ad in Sports Illustrated or wherever and was like, how do you say that, ha-roush? how-rah-shay? LOL

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

It's named after a type of sandal. Pronounced HUH-RAH-CHI. When they came out originally in '91 or '92 and I was in 10th grade, I saw the first print ad in Sports Illustraged or wherever and was like, how do you say that, ha-roush? how-rah-shay? LOL

 

[polonike]

My status says “preparing shipment” & “arrives on 3/01”

Same here. However, my toddler pair was cancelled.

 

[sneakergameinsane]

Did anyone go TTS on the new pairs? Is it possible? I like the snug fit.

I don't think anyone has yet.

 

[sneakergameinsane]

380 for a 12.5 in the desert oak cw but 190 for a 13 on goat ok...

 

[Air_raw09]

I wonder what other cw will come out soon

 

[jn115]

It’s gotta be the name…I remember I asked my mom for some back in the day but she got discombobulated and the salesman convinced her I said “Tai Chis”

Edit: I also have no idea how to pronounce it. I pronounce it “hor-rash-ee”. Probably why I ended up with and 1s

It's named after a type of sandal. Pronounced HUH-RAH-CHI. When they came out originally in '91 or '92 and I was in 10th grade, I saw the first print ad in Sports Illustraged or wherever and was like, how do you say that, ha-roush? how-rah-shay? LOL

at Tai-chi's
I remember seeing the nike ad on some Esquire type of magazine and pronounced it as war-ACHE as in tooth ACHE

 

[purple sneaks]

Damn I also need toddler sizes for these

 

[ta2and0]

It's named after a type of sandal. Pronounced HUH-RAH-CHI. When they came out originally in '91 or '92 and I was in 10th grade, I saw the first print ad in Sports Illustraged or wherever and was like, how do you say that, ha-roush? how-rah-shay? LOL

I don’t know how to spell, but if I remember correctly, the name was originally inspired from Mexican sandal that’s pronounced Wa-Ra-Chi. Actually, I’ve heard the pronunciation is similar to Japanese traditional sandal, “Waraji”.

 

[Public Enemy]

"Nike looks to the great outdoors; its new product could be shoe-in for '90s
ADWEEK
January 27, 1992

NEW YORK-IF Nike has its way, the word huarache (originally traced to 1887 Mexico) will become an athletic watchword for the 1990s.

Hua what? The Air Huarache, Nike's latest athletic shoe, is a new, lightweight product based on the Mexican huarache sandal. It is also the cornerstone of Nike's new product plans for the early 1990s, and will be introduced in March with the firm's biggest launch budget ever. A total of $13 million will be spent in a still-secret ad campaign from Wieden & Kennedy/Portland, Ore.

Despite the new product's strange name, analysts who have had a preview of the shoe feel that Nike is correct in predicting that it could create another category in the athletic footwear business, just as Nike did with its cross-training shoes in the late 1980s. "We think that the Air Huarache is going to be a major product," said David Glaser, an analyst for Dean Witter Reynolds.

At a meeting of analysts in New York earlier this month, the company also unveiled a new line of clothing that literally bridges the gap between athletic and casual wear. Called ACG (All Conditions Gear), Nike women's category manager Kate Bednarsky said the line "is very much the Gap concept."

However, the line also fits in with Nike's exercise concept for the next decade. Research conducted by the Beaverton, Ore.-based company indicates that Americans will break away from the indoor Lifecycles, Stairmasters and aerobics classes of the 1980s for a new kind of gym in the 1990s: the great outdoors."

 

[Public Enemy]

Atlanta Journal and Constitution (Guess that's pre hyphen)

Heigh-ho, Mr. Silver! It's quite a Super Show

February 4, 1992

"I saw Mr. Silver on the escalator. He was going up to my down. He had on a silver suit and a silver hat. His face was painted silver. Apparently Mr. Silver, whose role at the Super Show was to stand still and promote some brand of shoes, was going on a silvery break.

At the Danskin booth I saw people climbing the wall. I mean literally. They grabbed a rope and clambered up, then back down. This, I figured, was an alternative to escalators. Somebody should've told Mr. Silver.

At the Ellessee exhibit I saw a guy tap-dancing - actual taps on his shoes - with a tennis racket. At Reebok some guys were doing somersaults wearing backpacks. Outside Tanel, people were sitting on the floor, waiting for the autograph session to commence. It was 2:45 p.m. The signing wouldn't start until 4. And who was scheduled to appear?

"Thurman Thomas," said a seated lady.

She was, I told myself, in for an even longer wait than she knew. You'll recall that Thurman Thomas missed the first two plays of the Super Bowl because he couldn't find his helmet. Imagine how long it'd take him to find a little thing like a pen.

The Super Show, as you're doubtless aware, is the mother of all trade shows. It comes to the World Congress Center every winter, and every winter those who dare to brave the aisles and escalators are astonished anew. Just when you figured you'd seen everything, here comes Mr. Silver on the up escalator. Treadmill, golf game and a dinosaur

This year's show, I'm told, is a bit subdued, a nod to the recession. There are as many distributors and buyers as ever, but folks are starting to haggle over price. Also, there are fewer freebies to be had, fewer women in leotards demonstrating the stair climbers. Hey, times are tough.

But only at the Super Show you can see the Terminator Treadmill. What's the Terminator Treadmill? I'm still not sure. But it had a neat display. Seven sneakers kept going round and round on a wheel. It looked like a threshing machine had gotten hold of the Chicago Bulls.

Upstairs I saw the Arnold Palmer Indoor Golf Game. It works thusly: On the end of what resembles a fat 5-iron is a little plastic man. He's about 10 inches tall. He has gray hair. He's wearing a red sweater, tan slacks and white shoes. (Little plastic men aren't known for their fashion sense.) He has a golf club of his own. On command, he whacks golf balls the size of M&M's at a green the size of a car's floor mat. As far as I could tell, the little plastic man did not emulate Arnie and hitch up his tan pants.

Downstairs I saw a poster for the movie "Batman Returns" alongside a box holding a Talking Baby Sinclair. Baby Sinclair is the star of "Dinosaurs," which is my 19-month-old daughter's favorite TV show. Here are two of the things Talking Baby Sinclair can say: "Hello, fat boy," and "I'm gonna bite you now." I have no idea how this pertains to sportswear. 'Her-ROT-chee,' not 'Her-RAH-chee'

I went to the Teva booth. Teva, I'd been told, has the next hot thing - cross-training sandals. I kid you not. A Teva sandal has a thick sole and a slew of straps. I was intrigued, sort of. I asked the guy, "You got this in 10 1/2?"

He said: "All I have is rights."

Finally I was escorted to the Nike floor. Nike is such a big deal at the Super Show that it rates its own escalator, on which Mr. Silver isn't welcome. (Nike won't admit rival exhibitors into its inner sanctum.) Nike's big deal this year is its new shoe - the Huarache. I said, "What's a Her-RAH-chee?" I was told that it's pronounced, "Her-ROT-chee."

The Huarache is made of Lycra and is basically a one-piece shoe. (No tongue, in other words.) You aren't allowed to hold one. The Huaraches are displayed under glass, like the Crown Jewels. The Huarache, I read, is a product of "minimalist design" that fuses "the future of design and the genius of the past." It is also - and here I mean no disrespect to the geniuses of the past - rather ugly.

Ever prescient, Nike has anticipated such criticism. Alongside one of the glass cases was this caveat: "It's supposed to look weird." So there. "

 

[trap n chop]

I know that it’s a long shot, but does anyone have a size 10 desert oak that they would trade for a 9.5? This is my first pair of huaraches and didn’t know that I should size up. Really want to have a pair of these to wear, but there’s no way that I’m going to wear the 9.5’s

 

[perfectchaosrei]

I don’t know how to spell, but if I remember correctly, the name was originally inspired from Mexican sandal that’s pronounced Wa-Ra-Chi. Actually, I’ve heard the pronunciation is similar to Japanese traditional sandal, “Waraji”.

this pronunciation makes sense since the h would be silent

 

[rainking]

"Nike looks to the great outdoors; its new product could be shoe-in for '90s
ADWEEK
January 27, 1992

NEW YORK-IF Nike has its way, the word huarache (originally traced to 1887 Mexico) will become an athletic watchword for the 1990s.

Hua what? The Air Huarache, Nike's latest athletic shoe, is a new, lightweight product based on the Mexican huarache sandal. It is also the cornerstone of Nike's new product plans for the early 1990s, and will be introduced in March with the firm's biggest launch budget ever. A total of $13 million will be spent in a still-secret ad campaign from Wieden & Kennedy/Portland, Ore.

Despite the new product's strange name, analysts who have had a preview of the shoe feel that Nike is correct in predicting that it could create another category in the athletic footwear business, just as Nike did with its cross-training shoes in the late 1980s. "We think that the Air Huarache is going to be a major product," said David Glaser, an analyst for Dean Witter Reynolds.

At a meeting of analysts in New York earlier this month, the company also unveiled a new line of clothing that literally bridges the gap between athletic and casual wear. Called ACG (All Conditions Gear), Nike women's category manager Kate Bednarsky said the line "is very much the Gap concept."

However, the line also fits in with Nike's exercise concept for the next decade. Research conducted by the Beaverton, Ore.-based company indicates that Americans will break away from the indoor Lifecycles, Stairmasters and aerobics classes of the 1980s for a new kind of gym in the 1990s: the great outdoors."

Atlanta Journal and Constitution (Guess that's pre hyphen)

Heigh-ho, Mr. Silver! It's quite a Super Show

February 4, 1992

"I saw Mr. Silver on the escalator. He was going up to my down. He had on a silver suit and a silver hat. His face was painted silver. Apparently Mr. Silver, whose role at the Super Show was to stand still and promote some brand of shoes, was going on a silvery break.

At the Danskin booth I saw people climbing the wall. I mean literally. They grabbed a rope and clambered up, then back down. This, I figured, was an alternative to escalators. Somebody should've told Mr. Silver.

At the Ellessee exhibit I saw a guy tap-dancing - actual taps on his shoes - with a tennis racket. At Reebok some guys were doing somersaults wearing backpacks. Outside Tanel, people were sitting on the floor, waiting for the autograph session to commence. It was 2:45 p.m. The signing wouldn't start until 4. And who was scheduled to appear?

"Thurman Thomas," said a seated lady.

She was, I told myself, in for an even longer wait than she knew. You'll recall that Thurman Thomas missed the first two plays of the Super Bowl because he couldn't find his helmet. Imagine how long it'd take him to find a little thing like a pen.

The Super Show, as you're doubtless aware, is the mother of all trade shows. It comes to the World Congress Center every winter, and every winter those who dare to brave the aisles and escalators are astonished anew. Just when you figured you'd seen everything, here comes Mr. Silver on the up escalator. Treadmill, golf game and a dinosaur

This year's show, I'm told, is a bit subdued, a nod to the recession. There are as many distributors and buyers as ever, but folks are starting to haggle over price. Also, there are fewer freebies to be had, fewer women in leotards demonstrating the stair climbers. Hey, times are tough.

But only at the Super Show you can see the Terminator Treadmill. What's the Terminator Treadmill? I'm still not sure. But it had a neat display. Seven sneakers kept going round and round on a wheel. It looked like a threshing machine had gotten hold of the Chicago Bulls.

Upstairs I saw the Arnold Palmer Indoor Golf Game. It works thusly: On the end of what resembles a fat 5-iron is a little plastic man. He's about 10 inches tall. He has gray hair. He's wearing a red sweater, tan slacks and white shoes. (Little plastic men aren't known for their fashion sense.) He has a golf club of his own. On command, he whacks golf balls the size of M&M's at a green the size of a car's floor mat. As far as I could tell, the little plastic man did not emulate Arnie and hitch up his tan pants.

Downstairs I saw a poster for the movie "Batman Returns" alongside a box holding a Talking Baby Sinclair. Baby Sinclair is the star of "Dinosaurs," which is my 19-month-old daughter's favorite TV show. Here are two of the things Talking Baby Sinclair can say: "Hello, fat boy," and "I'm gonna bite you now." I have no idea how this pertains to sportswear. 'Her-ROT-chee,' not 'Her-RAH-chee'

I went to the Teva booth. Teva, I'd been told, has the next hot thing - cross-training sandals. I kid you not. A Teva sandal has a thick sole and a slew of straps. I was intrigued, sort of. I asked the guy, "You got this in 10 1/2?"

He said: "All I have is rights."

Finally I was escorted to the Nike floor. Nike is such a big deal at the Super Show that it rates its own escalator, on which Mr. Silver isn't welcome. (Nike won't admit rival exhibitors into its inner sanctum.) Nike's big deal this year is its new shoe - the Huarache. I said, "What's a Her-RAH-chee?" I was told that it's pronounced, "Her-ROT-chee."

The Huarache is made of Lycra and is basically a one-piece shoe. (No tongue, in other words.) You aren't allowed to hold one. The Huaraches are displayed under glass, like the Crown Jewels. The Huarache, I read, is a product of "minimalist design" that fuses "the future of design and the genius of the past." It is also - and here I mean no disrespect to the geniuses of the past - rather ugly.

Ever prescient, Nike has anticipated such criticism. Alongside one of the glass cases was this caveat: "It's supposed to look weird." So there. "

Great finds. Man, I cant believe almost 30 years have passed since then.
Well, Nike was right that the concept would be a new way of designing shoes. But for a line with the then-biggest launch budget (didn’t know that), the name sure didn’t endure as a big line for very long.

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[monkeyd]

I know that it’s a long shot, but does anyone have a size 10 desert oak that they would trade for a 9.5? This is my first pair of huaraches and didn’t know that I should size up. Really want to have a pair of these to wear, but there’s no way that I’m going to wear the 9.5’s

check your in box

 

[iname]

Perfection.

 

[sp2020]

Has anyone received their desert oaks from Offspring? I hit on the raffle, got confirmation by DM on Instagram, but haven’t heard anything since about payment. Worried they’ve forgotten about me!

 

[billy anderson]

DD1068-100

 

[Zephyr1983]

Beautiful pics. So when’s the Stateside release ?

 

[dmoney23444]

3/12 according to this account

 

[rwfanatic]

Need.

 

[Zephyr1983]

3/12 according to this account

hahahha holy sh——. That euro date system almost gave me a heart attack!
I was thinking we weren’t getting these until frikken December 3rd

 

[superblytrife]

BODY IS READY. 2 pairs are necessary.