Nike iD BeSpoke

NikeiD Bespoke is a new and innovative by appointment design experience offering consumers the opportunity to work one-on-one with Nike design consultants to customize select Nike footwear styles. Globally exclusive to 21 Mercer, Nike Sportswear’s first stand-alone retail space located in SoHo, New York, it is the natural evolution of Nike’s personalization and customization offering, first brought to consumers with NikeiD.com in 1999.

NikeiD Bespoke takes individual design to new heights with an unparalleled, creative individual design experience. It provides consumers with the greatest design freedom ever offered by NikeiD. Launching with the iconic Air Force 1 sneaker, consumers will be able to create a unique design by customizing up to 31 parts of the shoe, including the base, overlay, accent, lining, stitching, outsole, laces and deubré. Consumers will also be able to choose from 82 premium, iconic materials and color options.

The Air Force 1 material options were meticulously selected to represent Nike’s heritage and innovation through the perspective of Nike Sportswear. Exclusive options include iconic Nike material prints Elephant and Safari – a design first used in 1987 by Tinker Hatfield who utilized two naturally occurring patterns on his Nike Air Safari running shoe and Nike Air Assault basketball shoe. Additional premium options include premium full grain suede, nubuck and leathers, Italian full grain patent leather, premium denim and reflective synthetic leathers.

Appointments are limited and can be made exclusively in store at 21 Mercer,. NikeiD Bespoke Air Force 1’s take four weeks to be created once the design process at 21 Mercer has been completed.”

- Nike.com

This is a big deal for all sneaker heads like myself.  I’m sure this costs a pretty penny, but for real sneaker lovas it’s worth the while.  We Urban Intellects especially appreciate our urban philosophy and express ourselves through the very outfits we wear each day.  The appreciation for sneakers that match  with our jeans, shirt and fitted are beyond measure.  This is a symbolic expression to mainstream society that we embrace the urban culture that has been demonized so very much for the past half century. This topic will be done in great depth in time to come.  The location of the Nike iD store is below.