STYLE PREVIEWS: KANYE WEST x NIKE = AIR YEEZYS
Monday, April 21, 2008

One of the most talked about sneakers this month are the Air Yeezy, which is a collaboration sneaker between Nike and Kanye West. Kanye has been giving previews of the shoe on his blog, which also happens to be part of his ‘Glow In The Dark’ touring outfit.
The sneaker is a mixture of perforated and patent leather which is applied to the upper and strap. Best of all, the shoe does exactly what his tour is named - glows in the dark. West posted a photo of the tight effect on his blog last week as well. No word on the release date, but we can count on Kanye letting us know soon.







59 Comments
1.
8baller
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I’d rock em…
2.
Miss. Tiandez Jones
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
they’re aight. A lot of kids will rock em. I’m surprised they’re not glow in the dark though lol. Love ya kanye, love ya nike. lol
3.
PRISTINE
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Dope
4.
Dame
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I see you Ye get that paper boo. The shoes are hot but I am not sneaker fan, I didn’t buy a pair of S.Carters.
5.
Liz
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
“Air Yeezy”???!! All I have to say is: Why? Does the world need another $200 shoe. Why doesn’t Kanye put his name on something like black history books or cool learning games. I don’t know….Maybe I should just be proud that he’s making money, but dang will somebody do something meaningful for the community?
6.
UM...I GUESS
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
ONE WORD: SICK
7.
afrobabe
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
i don’t support nike at all b/coz of the way they treat the people who make their trainers.
8.
WilliamH
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I like
9.
Nikki
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
The sneakers are fly. Definitely wearable.
10.
YUP
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
LOL @5
SOOO TRUE.
They are some flyy kicks though. Really different, I like them.
11.
Nothing But Love
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
There not too bad i suppose you just have to know how to rock them.
12.
hood_shit
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Copping that joint ASAP!
Keep us posted Angel on that release date! Matter of fact, have Ye offer them to CL readers first! At least a contest! Work that out ma!
13.
Truth
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Hot for the youngins’!
14.
lol
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Mr. Marty McFLY lol…….they cool though
15.
SDUBLU
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
If they’re available at Niketown Chicago I’ll get ‘em for sure
16.
MIKEY-ROCKS
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I ACTUALLY LIKE THE BLUE ONES IM A SNEAKER HEAD MYSELF SOI WOULD PROBALLY ROCK THEM
AS FAR AS #5 GOES YOU CANT ALWAYS EXPECT THESE CELEBS TO DO EVERYTHING FOR A COMMUNITY WHEN THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE THERE ARE NOT DOING FOR THEMSELVES, THEN WHEN THEY GET HELP ITS NEVER ENOUGH FOR ALOT OF THESE PEOPLE.
just my thought
17.
i'm just here for the free food
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
those are dope.
18.
kikiB
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
i likeeee, i’d cop a pair.
19.
Nee-Nee777
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I’m a sneaker head,but i’m kind of on the fence with these,at first i wasn’ really feeling them to much,but now that i’m really looking at them they’re not bad,and you definetly got to have (I hate to use this word) swagga to pull those joints off. They are definetly not for the casual sneaker wearer.(if that’s a word).
20.
chocolatebee
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
i havent rocked a pair of tennis shoes in a while since im grown and sexy but these would get the business. they hot. like seriously i need to knock me and my little one off a pair whenever they come out
21.
SweetThang729
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Not a sneaker chick but I’d cop those for my one pair for the summer!!
22.
Lori
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
#2 they are glow in the dark. Although i’m not a sneaker fan, I will be getting a pair of those!
23.
Trini_Beauty
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Uuuh- I’m not big on sneakers but wow- i’d wear them IF they didnt have that god awful strap- Ye needs to come out with a matching glow in the dark shirt or something. I’m suprised he hasn’t done anything like this before- when they glow in the dark do they glow green or white? Ye is fucking wild!!!! He needs to come out with the shoes with the little lights that go off when you take steps- ddddddooooooppppppeeeeee!!!!
24.
STUPID PEOPLE
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
THOSE ARE NICE BUT THEIR NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF OTHER SHOES COMBINED. THAT’S DEFINITELY THE SAME SOLE AS THE JORDAN 4′S. THEY’RE NOT ON THE LEVEL OF AIR JORDANS, BUT THEIR DEFINITELY BETTER THAN THOSE UGLY ASS LEBRON NIKES. I’D COP IF THEY CAME IN KIDS SIZES.
25.
Stuff Fly People Like.Wordpress.com
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
YYYYYOOOO!!!! SO DOPE!!! I cant Wait to Cop a PAIR!!!! Good Lokkin Angel! Those are soooo FLY!
26.
Greg_Arious
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
WHEN DO THEY COME OUT? I WANT THEM ALL! HOW MUCH?!?!?!?!
27.
Greg_Arious
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Can you read #2???
28.
lilkunta
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
AMEN!
Especially seeing how his Mother (RIP) was all about education. What is he doing to remember her in that light?
5.Liz_Monday, April 21, 2008 /
“Air Yeezy”???!! All I have to say is: Why? Does the world need another $200 shoe. Why doesn’t Kanye put his name on something like black history books or cool learning games. I don’t know….Maybe I should just be proud that he’s making money, but dang will somebody do something meaningful for the community?
29.
MzTrici
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Ummm, cool concept. Wonder why sneakers that glow in the dark never came out before. Hmm…maybe they have. I’m not up on kicks info but people will def. buy them just b/c they’re different. I remember, back in the day, when I used to have some L.A. Gears that had the little lights in them and I used to walk around wit the lights off just to see them light up. LOL…ah nostalgia.
30.
Ms. T.
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I respect Kanye for diversing himself as a brand and artist…but I’m not feeling the shoes…and I haven’t been feeling Nike as a company for a while….when I found out that they used child labor to manufacture some of their products…Kanye West comes across as a good person…I hope he demands a tour of the factory where his sneakers are being made…it would be disgraceful for a celeb like him to put his name on something that’s being made by a kids in a third world country for slave wages.
But then again, this America and most of us just buy shit because we want it…never thinking twice about where it came from and who made it….so whatever.
31.
SHAYIZZLE
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
OMG I really want these.
32.
Prettygirl90221
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Nice Kicks!
33.
jlovely
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Those are cute shoes however LMAO @ the name. I can’t imagine having to go in the store and say “Can I get those Air Yeezy’s” Wut the hell. ahaha.
34.
Kenyana
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
SO I started off my reading the comments that were on hear then I just decided to go ahead and write my opinion which is, Oh yeah I voted and it’s not worth all the hyped
being that they really resemble the lebron james like thrid shoe uhm………. The V w/o the nike sign strap over the foot. The body of the shoe is just the same with as Lebrons other shoe the Zoom and (oh yeah I know this cause I am a sneakerhead female and I have the shoes ) Also with the like ness of about 16 total NIKE shoes that are high top. If NIKE planned on doing this then they should have made it more orginal fitting Kanye West.
But then again at the end of the day its his money, or they paying him so why not. I guess.
Oh yeah also am getting so tired of how yall keep saying oh that is cute. No ITS NOT, just cuz its kanye dotn mean nothing.
35.
Kenyana
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Oh yea Air Yeezys Com on now they can do better then that. lol
36.
DH
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I am most definitely not a sneaker person, but these shoes are beyond cute! They’re simple, but still look cutting edge. I love the purple ones!!!!!!!!!!! They will probably cost above my budget though
37.
keishe83
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
They look alright but you have to have the clothes and swagger to wear them.
38.
THA TRUTH
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
THOSE SHiiTS iiS MAD UGLY && iiMA SNEAKER HEAD iiMA JUZ KEEP iiT REAL
ii WUD NOT SPEND 200$+ ON THOSE; HELL ii DONT EVEN ROCK JORDANS!
MY SHOE GAME iiS UNiiQUE && AiiNT NUTTiiN UNiiQUE ABOUT DEM JOiiNTS!!!
39.
ashleymichelle
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
I would Def cop those sneakers….I love shoes and those shoes are hot
40.
Dev
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
No:5 Liz, i agree.
I’m too old for this style of sneaker so it must be aimed for the celebrity, the kids or the grown ass people who still think they are kids. Great! another overpriced item for kids to desire and want to have by hook or by crook.
41.
MI
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
those r bomb
42.
TRUTHFULLYCUTE08
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
omg now Kanye West’s head going to get bigger from everyone buying it, now he gonna try to take over Donald’s Trumph company…though that would be a good look for the black community,
43.
Just Jenn
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
air yeezy…makes me think of jeezy
44.
Marquita
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
They wouldn’t be bad if they didn’t have that big velcro patent leather strap going across them. It’s too much going on for me.
45.
crunkpoet
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
i kinda like these..i rock them
46.
Imma B. Honest
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
nothing that special..they dont grab my attention..
47.
saxon
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
they look like a pair of unfinished air jordans from when i was in the 6th grade
48.
PROVOST...
Monday, April 21, 2008 /
Be serious…
49.
whouwannab22
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 /
name…hot………..shoe…hideous
50.
Uhh
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 /
Um no. Those shits look fuckin horrible.
51.
F.K.I.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 /
Damn These Shoes Just Gave Me A Boner
52.
j von da gr3at
Friday, April 25, 2008 /
th3m i3 hot i hope they hit cleveland
53.
Shari
Monday, June 9, 2008 /
Im a sneakerhead.. and a gurl.. watchout…. Honestly, they get the job done. Im a Sb dunk collector and ill still find a pair of these. the color scheme is nice.. the mixed materials, and the flashy strap all speak to what people who wear sneakers want… to be noticed… and the orange sole help with that too, not to mention the glow n the dark.
So.. since ive move away from my favorite sneaker shop.. does anyone know who is going to carry these near ohio?
54.
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55.
Christian
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 /
IT DONT MATTA HOW MUCH THESE SHOES COST I`D ROCK EM! AND SO WHAT IF THEY COST LIKE 200 SOMETHIN DOLLARS. I GOT MONEY TO BLOW AND IF YOU GOT THE MONEY THEN GET EM AND IF YOU DONT…YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE.
56.
ROBOT
Thursday, July 3, 2008 /
straight STUPID!!
57.
kilgore
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 /
They nice I’d wear them
58.
DOMINY MIMI LOVES JAYS
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 /
THESE SHOES SUCK SERIOUSLY ARE A DISSAPINOTMENT AND NOT WORTH MONEY FOR REAL IM FELLING DA WHOLE NIKE RETRO AND JORDAN MOVEMENT…BUT NOT DESE
59.
tricktrick
Sunday, October 12, 2008 /
Just bought them joints, wearin em right now, they are comfy but the only thing i dont like is the laces look bad every way i tie them, so i jus slipem inside and im lookin fresh to death like a trillion bucks