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It's been awhile since I've updated this blog with sneakers but some good friends of mine let me know that it's long overdue. What better way to update then with a Nike Natural Cork Bespoke Air Force 1 that was a birthday gift?
I have designed several Nike iD's before but never designed a Bespoke.
I always wait to see how the materials & colors look on an actual sneaker before I think of a design.

Thankfully people I know like, Brandon "B-Smoke",Dj Clark Kent, Mayor, Premium Pete, OgNikeHead85 & others have used the different materials & posted images (themselves or through websites) that gave people a real view of the options. After seeing so many good designs I was ready to design a Bespoke Air Force 1 myself. The timing that Nike added the natural cork material was perfect. It was a material never used before( I designed mine at Mercer a month before Harajuku pictures were posted) and they had a sample of a cork air force 1. My girlfriend wanted me to design the sneaker in early July so I could receive it by my birthday in August but we encountered a setback that prevented me from doing it in time. Well worth the wait, I finally designed my sneakers on my actual birthday (August 15th) and I'm happy I did. The experience of designing a Bespoke is different than designing an iD because there's so much more you can do. It's something I definitely plan on doing again. Likely as a Christmas gift to myself... Stay Tuned

Materials Used
Natural Cork Base, Suede Liner, & Boston leather Tongue & Heel Tab






Izzy drawing the concept of the sneaker & labeling where the colors & materials



Thank you Lisa for the wonderful Birthday Gift!



Thank you SneakrAddicts,OSD,Nike Mercer, Sole Collector,Freshnessmag,NiceKicks,SneakerNews for the support and to everyone who commented good or bad

Recently I posted about Derick Lavins Nike Bespoke made at 21 Mercer st. Now I will post bespokes created by 3 more people, Buckwild, Alexander Wang, Sergio Ruiz.

PRODUCER BUCKWILD 1st pair of Bespokes




2nd Bespoke




Alexander Wang





Sergio Ruiz

A highly regarded customer over at 21 Mercer designed an interesting Bespoke Air Force 1. Simple red & white colorway set off by the use of red twisted leather on most of the sneaker, suede heel tab and baseball contrast stitching.



Pics from Nike 21 Mercer Blog

Today Oct 30th, Nike released the Busy P Air force 1 at the Mercer st. store. People arrived at 7 for a wristband that allowed them later (4:30 p.m) to play pictionary against Busy P for a chance to purchase the sneakers. Majority of the people won, even those who lost were able to buy the sneakers after all the winners purchased pairs. Overall it seems like everyone had a good time and left with nice kicks. Busy P was rocking a pair of unreleased Destroyer Dunks while Dj Clark Kent had on the unreleased Krink Air Force 1's. A pair of Bespoke Air Force 1's were spotted. Not on anyone feet but check the last few pictures. Metallic silver 3M toe, Stone suede tip, dark grey suede lateral quarter panel, White 3m lateral foxing, infrared midsole stitch, clear midsole, infrared 3m tongue tab, infrared logo stitch on the heel tab, black patent back stay & white 3M medial quarter panel.