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Nike Air Max Plus Thread
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Sole Mates: Olivia Rose and the Nike Air Max Plus
The Original Rose founder talks planters, why shoes aren’t just for your feet, and being inspired by nature’s architecture.
hypebeast.com
Excerpt:
As you say, it’s all about the stories. So why have you chosen to spotlight the Air Max Plus?
I made a sculpture of it, and I had a video of it where I brought it all around the city. The bus, the streets, people were interacting with it. I love watching people interact with my art and sculptures, while I sit on the side. That really excites me, even if they’re roasting me I don’t care. People react and reacting is everything. Everyone has a reaction to it because everyone has a familiarity with shoes. They come with their own mind about them.
Air Max Plus is kind of the ultimate “designer” Nike silhouette. It was always the most expensive shoe that was maybe associated with people who did naughty things… The designer of that shoe [Sean McDowell], it was like his first week on the job, and before Nike he was living in Miami drawing tons of photos of sunsets in his sketchbook. He had all these sketches of palm trees swaying, wrapping and ripping, and these were the inspiration for the shoe’s design. These [the Air Max Plus’ TPU overlays] serve as the palm trees.
This particular shoe was very much inspired by iconic nature elements, which is what I like. When you think of Miami you think of palm trees in this really graphic sense, and a lot of my aesthetic is this like, garish or a pop art stance of nature. By using palm trees as a way to support your foot is so interesting.
Another thing is that the designer was quite new, and as you can see here [points to Air Max Plus] the Swoosh is drawn incorrectly. He put the line on the inside and he drew the tail out too far — there’s some naivety that a new designer brings with new energy into a shoe.
Sometimes the best designs are the ones that are not overworked. Overworking ruins design, a lot, because it’s hard to know when to stop and keep things really fresh. To me, [the Air Max Plus] always seemed the most architecturally forward shoe.
Full interview https://hypebeast.com/2021/1/original-rose-olivia-nike-air-max-plus-planters-sole-mates
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21 st of January (At Nike's website & in FR at least)
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Great, another utterly boring black AMP.
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I was waiting for a reaction like this, I know black colorways are boring for people here ^^ plus I got to admit they released a lot of dark colorways these days 
As Black / Anthracite / Grey are my favorite colors like White or Green / Khaki or even Brown in some ways...I can't complain !
But I'll probably pass, even if I like dark ones, I do not find this one perfect in any ways, the big swoosh on the shoe, the colors disposition...Nothing extraordinary
As Black / Anthracite / Grey are my favorite colors like White or Green / Khaki or even Brown in some ways...I can't complain !
But I'll probably pass, even if I like dark ones, I do not find this one perfect in any ways, the big swoosh on the shoe, the colors disposition...Nothing extraordinary
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Who is spending money on these sneakers?? At almost 200 a pop? These colors are lame.
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These sales aren't shocking to me. The "Who is spending money on these sneakers at x amount a pop?" for me goes to all the Jordan 1s, all the chunky dunky purchases. All the people buying a Kobe 5 for $400 and swearing they got a deal. It's wild. Somebody has a $1900 bid right now for the chunky dunkys. Jordan 1 dark mocha, $400 bid. Kobe V Bruce Lee alt - $375. Community garden dunks - $400.
That's what's insane to me. Spending $1xx on any Nike shoe is fine to me when people on this site routinely talk about $400, $500 and even $1000 purchases. I just don't get it. I wouldn't even want to spend that much money on a shoe, because then you can't even wear it anywhere unless you're walking through "the construct" from the Matrix
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Chicago All Star wknd colorway
The ones on the top ... they were us exclusive, am I right. Can someone tell me what is the exact colourway. They speak to me very loud
Thanks. I see them now. With taxes and shipping around €200 for me in Europe... but I really like the colourway
especially two different colors of air bubblesI could also pay €200 for these:
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Absolute fire.
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Trash.
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Can't imagine these will be for adults, and if they are, they'll be wmns.
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Screw me.
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I mean I'm just guessing. I don't know ****
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54 $ for an AMP ? Congratulations ^^ Have you already worn them ? If so, what are you feelings when it comes to comfort and breathability ? Thanks
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Trying my best to hold on til the $ drops lower on NDC. Looking good though. Might have to bite at $115These are on sale on NDC and had $100 gift card left over from Christmas, so $54 out of pocket. I dig em’.
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Yeah, you could probably hold out until Nike has another sale. But that gift card was burning a hole in my pocket.
