A lot of our readers were not around for the nike air huarache womens original release of the Nike SB Dunk  Diamond , a collaboration between the swoosh and Diamond Supply Co. that set the sneaker world on fire. Maybe they were too young to care about kicks back then or were out of the game (like me), but it was a watershed moment that only elevated the status of the SB Dunks to an even higher and more revered level. It was a perfect storm of creativity and brand synergy and uh, lawsuit avoidance that everybody who was a part of it back then looks at that time with deservedly rose-tinted glasses.

So why can t they do it again was probably the reasoning behind the return of the Diamond Dunks this past year. It was an event sneaker on par with just nike air jordan uk about anything on the collab side save for some lazy-ass Supreme Air Force 1s. But instead of reissuing the low-cuts, Nike SB went high-cut and created a loophole for those purists who are not cool with Dunks getting the retro treatment. That  minor detail nike air max 1 flyknit did not stop the frenzy as it seemed like everybody was clamoring for a pair.

And now we re stuck in an interesting situation; Nike can now bring back all of your favorite Dunks from back in the day and all they have to do is change them from a low to a high (or a high to a low) and they will sell like hot cakes.But is that a good thing? Purists are obviously going to side with Nike doing it s loyal fans wrong because Dunks used to be about pushing the nike air max 1 ultra flyknit art style forward and creating bold and daring designs that fit in well with the skater counter culture.

Contrary to popular belief, not all Kanye-affiliated sneakers are awesome. The Yeezy Boost 750 is terrible (sorry, black pair that s dropping this Saturday ), I don t care for the 950 Boots, his Nikes were hit and miss, and his Louis Vuitton joints had zero impact on me. But the debut colorway of the Yeezy Boost 350? Flame emojis all around. It doesn t even compare to the Pirate Black and Moonrock colorways in terms of style and versatility. Primeknit (or whatever yarn is actually being used) and Boost wins again.

In 2015, Nike made a more concerned (or if you re totally cynical, put some) effort into making sure their most iconic silhouettes are as true to the original as possibl#KoFBestOf2015 is now into Day 3 and we are highlighting the best new sneaker silhouettes that dropped this year. To qualify for this award, the shoe had to have made their debut in 2015, and they can t just be nike air max 1 ultra moire low-cut or high-cut models that look similar to their original model.

So in this case, the Air Jordan XX9 Low did not make the cut because while the shoe itself is awesome, there s too much overlap between this and the original to really qualify it as new. Meanwhile something like the Nike LeBron 12 Low would qualify because it looks so dissimilar to the original that they are tied together seemingly by name only. I used those two as examples because we don t have Nike or Jordan representation on this post because well, they didn t deserve it.