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One of the coolest details in A’Ja Wilson’s Nike collection is the satin lined hoodie. A’ja says her mom didn’t want her wearing her bonnet in the airport anymore so she made her own signature hoodie for her hair instead.
- Nike lawyers say they obtained fake pairs of Air Jordans on StockX, slamming the platform’s authenticity guarantee in their lawsuit.
- NYPD officer escorting Luigi Mangione really looked at himself in the mirror this morning like "I gotta do it to em" and pulled up to the perp walk in Off-White Air Jordan 5s.
- Kanye West has appointed Nur Abbas as the new head of design for Yeezy. Abbas was previously a design director for Nike ACG. He will report directly to Ye in his new role.
- A sneaker transaction at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in March 1997.
- Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 by Virgil Abloh exhibit in Brooklyn.
- I just wanna know which Nike lawyer or employee was tasked with buying a bunch of sneakers on StockX and looking for the fake ones. How did Nike confirm they’re fake? Do they have an authentication method? What did they do with the shoes? Can I have a pair?
- Even Nike employees are using bots now. This week, the brand launched an internal sale offering high-heat product at deep discounts. After the sneakers sold out suspiciously fast, they're working on anti-bot measures to stop people from cheating their fellow employees.
- Virgil Alboh's punctuation made sneakers postmodern, he took them apart to remind us what they could contain. Using a Sharpie to cross out the old rules, he redefined what was possible. Among his greatest gifts is the blueprint he left for the next generation to do it again.
- Nike is releasing a Dunk this summer to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lisa Leslie becoming the first player to dunk in a WNBA game: complex.com/sneakers/lisa-…
- Decided two weeks back that after almost 11 years in that it was time to leave Complex; today was my last day at the company. If you supported anything we worked on, please know that I appreciate it. It’s been a pleasure. Sneakerman activities will resume at the big new job I’m
