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Over the weekend Nike hosted an exclusive, invite only event called the Nike “Be True” Family Reunion. This was a tight lipped friends and family affair with live music by The Cool Kids, Double G, and No Age, a Boston Celtics Dunk tank, BBQ, and free Dunks for attendees.

The Nike Dunk´s that were handed out at the event were dressed in a solid silver nylon upper with red and blue accents drawing a parallel to the Nike Vandal Supreme that we will see in a vintage make up later in the year.

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What you see here is a pair of Nike SB Air Trainer II. They were seen on Ferrari Murakami’s trip to the Nike headquarters. This means that you can expect the shoe to be releasing sometime within the next couple of months. They feature a multi colored upper and contrasting red laces. They don’t seem like your regular pair of Nike Air Trainer´s and this sneak peak is sure to bring a lot of talk about them. No word yet on a release date.

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The past few weeks Nike has been hard at work launching their new Nike Sportswear collection featuring a number of shoes and pieces of apparel, specifically this new collection of four shoes and four pieces of apparel. These eight items are now part of an elite group of products in Nike’s heritage called the, Icons. The Dunk is one of the four icons that are a part of the footwear part of Icons (others include the Air Force 1, Air Max 90, and Cortez). Just a few months ago we saw the release of the Nike x DQM Blazer that was sold out instantly at DQM and other select Tier 0 retailers worldwide now it seems Nike has teamed up with DQM again and this time they worked on one of the four Icons, the Dunk. The pack consists of three Dunk High’s that all underwent the same execution using a perforated suede in a new tonal color, the three colors that will drop as a part of this pack are Magenta (Dark Purple), Sea Green (Aqua), and Cream (White/Gray). We’ll be sure to keep you updated with official color names and release dates as they become available.

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Nike continues the trend of using the Air Force 1 silhouette as the canvas for cross-model collabs. This fall and winter season Nike has its biggest boot lineup to date, but one special make up of the Air Force 1 mid will come to the party dressed as the Nike Air Baltoro. The Nike Air Baltoro debuted in 1989 and accomplished what many thought to be impossible - a boot that could with stand any and all terrain, weather, but be so comfortable that the all day hike doesn’t murder your feet.

The Nike Air Force 1 Mid “Baltoro” has many of the touches that the Air Baltoro sports in its original form while keeping the original shape of the Nike Air Force 1. The swoosh and side panel is the rugged plastic cage that will protect the foot from any terrain it may come across as well as a rich, thick leather upper. To keep the look of the boot, the Nike Air Force 1 Mid “Baltoro” sits atop a solid black rubber outsole and to finish off the shoe Nike used the classic zig-zag laces kids have been stealing from Baltoros at the outlets for years.

The Nike Air Force 1 Mid “Baltoro” are part of Nike’s upcoming Sportswear Collection. At this point in time we do not have release details such as when and how much, but we will definitely keep you in the loop about these kicks.

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A few days ago, the web was buzzing with the images of this Air Mowabb/ACG inspired Nike Air Max 90. Of course, a similar technique was already applied to the Nike Air Force 1 but for Air Max heads, this is definitely a welcome addition to the family. There are several nice details on these in addition to the colors, the toebox is a micro-perorated leather, side mudguard is snake skin like, midsoles are speckled and second set of laces are mountaineering styled. The release date for the US is currently set for June 14th, 2008. Expect the Air Safari inspired Air Max 1 to drop around the same time and in europe at the end of july.

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The first round of the Nike Blazer Hi x Dave’s Quality Meat (DQM) in a Light Lavender color sold out almost instantaneously when they were released a month or so ago at DQM in New York City. Now the second pair that we were shown prior to the first release will be released on June 7th only at DQM. This pair is identical in almost every aspect but the most important, color, this pair comes in Black as opposed to Light Lavender but still features the dope Safari print that we’ve been seeing used more and more from Nike as of late. Word is that the Nike Blazers x DQM will also be released worldwide at select Tier 0 shops.

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Hiroshi has been hard at work on the Nike Tennis Classic stripping it down so much that he even removed the swoosh. This duo of Nike Tennis Classic´s go in the opposite direction taking steps a more than a decade after their initial release and taking color cues from some of Agassi’s sneakers. Besides the vibrant colors, Nike added the splattered look on the back of the sneaker in the most subtle way it could possible be present.

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Stussy and Neighborhood joined forces a few months ago to bring consumers a new collection dubbed the Boneyards Collection but at the time the collection only featured apparel and accessories, now with Nike added into the mix they will be releasing two packs of three shoes, the first pack will be 3 Blazer High’s. The Nike Blazer Hi took inspiration from what else other than the Jordan I. Most of the design for the Blazer High Collection was taken on by Paul Mittleman of Stussy whereas the Terminator Collection was worked on by Shinsuke Takizawa of Neighborhood. Both packs will be a Tier 0 relase across the world and you can pick them up on June 21st.

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