Category: Shoes
Vintage Treasure Cave Part 3
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the vintage Nike treasure cave, gathered in the nineties, by a person who bought all the old stock from the local mom and pop stores….his/their dream was to start a sneaker museum, showcasing tons of models from the eighties and the nineties… all this buying up of old stocks resulted in tons and tons of boxs full of FSR vintage Nike’s… to much to handle in my opinion 🙂 At the end of 2007, Ubiqlife.com, i guess they are the owner of the vintage old stock, started the process of selling them, or ... Read more
Nike Yankee (1982)
Wow. Good luck finding a pair of these vintage Nike Yankee shoes. info from athleticspanama.com
McEnroe’s Nike Challenge Court
In this early eighties photo, McEnore wears his Nike Challenge Courts (and some Sergio Tacchini’s Short’s and shirt) Here is a better picture of these vintage challenge courts. Extremely nice pair: great colors; love the mesh toe box, and a great 3/4 ankle support… you can already see the family resemblances with the tech challenge line that would come out a few years later
Seinfelds Nike’s
Seinfeld loves his sneakers.. in the first 4-5 seasons, he wore almost every episode another pair of sneakers… the Aj Vi sports blue, the Air Trainer III, VII olympics, huaraches, sonic mid flights, he wore it all… Instead, George, he always had a pair of Blue Cortez on his feet (pictures thanks to Wally) Seinfeld: a great comedian, and a Nike fanatic.
Nike Air Tech Challenge (1988)
The Air Tech Challenge, the first out of the series, I consider the best… to bad, it is hard to find these shoes in a deadstock condition.. once in a while they show up, but if the condition is ok, the money also… But nevertheless, I was able to obtain the lows, in DS condition…. again: in stead of retro’ing hybrids, Nike could consider doing a retro of these…