Nike Air Force 1 Celebrates 35 With Virgil Abloh, Don C, Travis Scott

A Nike original just got a new spin with the help of some big names from the worlds of music, fashion and art. Nike’s celebrating the 35th anniversary of its Air Force 1 with a series of collaborations with Off-White, Roc-A-Fella, Just Don, Travis Scott and Errolson Hugh of contemporary brand Acronym dubbed the AF100 collection. Select press and influencers caught a preview last month of the collection when Nike hosted a special daylong event dubbed The Ones, paying homage to the Air Force 1 by bringing along pieces from the Air Force 1 archive, offering shoe customizations for attendees that day and also previewing its collaboration with Riccardo Tisci announced earlier this month. “There is no other shoe that connects to sport, music, fashion, art, the street and the city all at the same time,” said Nike sportswear senior creative director and lead designer Al Baik of the shoe. “The most ubiquitous Air Force 1 is the white-white. For the 35th anniversary, we selected collaborators who are impacting future generations across culture. Their brief was filtered through the white-white lens.” The collaborators, Baik went on to say, were charged with the task of keeping the shoe recognizable while also weaving in their

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