July 2021 | Cleats Head

Posted on July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 by CleatsHead — Leave a comment

Adidas Football’s PREDATOR FREAK is decorated with full-body DEMONSKIN Spikes

Adidas Football officially announced the latest and most forward-looking evolution of its famous football shoe model following the release of the updated Predator Accelerator last week.

Known as PREDATOR FREAK, the latest boots use comprehensive DEMONSKIN nailing technology to achieve ultimate ball control, and the model has been slightly adjusted due to the introduction of a split collar design.The redesigned upper uses a laceless PRIMEKNIT collar and a two-piece sock structure to increase stability and support, while the CONTROLFRAME outsole uses traction nails for optimal grip and balance.

Aesthetically, this boot draws on the traditional design released by Predator in 1998 and 2000. The iconic three-stripe wraps the boot, accompanied by yellow DEMONSKIN spikes, close to the eye-catching electric blue base.

Posted on July 27, 2021 by CleatsHead — Leave a comment

Virgil Abloh remixes Air Force 1 sneakers for Nike x Louis Vuitton

The Nike x Louis Vuitton collaboration includes 21 new colors for iconic sneakers designed by Louis Vuitton creative director Virgil Abloh.

The shoes are part of the French luxury brand’s spring/summer 2022 menswear collection, which was exposed through a film called “Amen Break”. According to the description of the series, the new Air Force 1 design combines “the coach’s classic code with the Louis Vuitton logo and materials, paying tribute to the hip-hop culture that shaped him.”On the catwalk, models wore monochrome versions of Nike x Louis Vuitton sneakers, which were bright green, yellow, red and blue-all the colors released before Air Force 1s. However, in the cooperation, the logo of the sneakers is the combination of the leather Swoosh logo and the Louis Vuitton monogram on the upper, and the words “AIR” and “LACET” in Abloh’s iconic quotations. The tongue of the sneaker also carries the joint label of Nike and Louis Vuitton.

More experiments with sneakers have been conducted elsewhere in the series. The two pairs of multi-color shoes are mainly yellow, green and blue, and the toe and upper are made of reflective monogram materials. The Swoosh logo on both sides is also outlined with contrasting zigzag stitching.The other pair is made of cream and brown leather, similar to Louis Vuitton’s famous suitcase, decorated with the brand’s Damier checkerboard pattern. It uses a thick black sole, also marked “AIR”. The other style is kept simple, the white vamp is embossed with the LV monogram, and the side is marked “LOUIS VUITTON for NIKE”.

As part of the collaboration, Abloh also designed a special sneaker trunk to match the shoes. It is made of bright orange embossed calfskin with a white Swoosh label attached to the handle.This is not the first time Abloh has remixed Nike’s beloved sneakers. The Off-White designer first collaborated with the sportswear giant in 2017 to redesign a series of Nike sneakers for his “The Ten” series. Since then, he has been an ongoing collaborator, creating the best-selling sneakers with his design signatures (such as zipper tags and quoted keywords). His most recent project is the Nike x Off-White “Dear Summer” series, which introduces the former Dunk Low sneakers in 50 new colors.This is Abloh’s first collaboration with Nike through Louis Vuitton, and he was appointed as Men’s Artistic Director in 2018. This also marks that the French luxury fashion brand is still hyping up its cooperation with Supreme in 2017 when it sold out.

Louis Vuitton has not disclosed more details of its new series of Air Force 1 sneakers, including price and release date, but it may be as important as Dior’s collaboration with the Nike Jordan brand last year. Be sure to watch this space to stay updated.

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 by CleatsHead — Leave a comment

Nike Reveals New “Rawdacious” Footwear Color Palette For the Tokyo Olympic Games

Before the Tokyo Olympics, Nike (NYSE: NKE + 1.64%) launched its new “Rawdacious” footwear color scheme to celebrate and represent the “unity of global sports.” The series covers all elements from Nike Running to Nike SB, Nike Basketball and Nike Global Football (football), presenting vibrant shoes and cleats, attracting attention to its iconic technical components.

Each pair uses white as the base tone to symbolize unity, because it contains all the tones in the visible spectrum. “Pink Blast”, “Total Orange” and “Bright Crimson” appeared on each pair of shoes, specifically used to call iconic technologies such as Zoom Air and React foam. The best of the many choices include Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT%, ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT% 2 and Air Zoom Pegasus 38’s FlyEase iteration. Nyjah Huston’s SB Nyjah Free 2, SB Janoski Slip and other Nike SB products-On and SB Bruin are different from their compatriots, they use gold as their main tone. The series also includes basketball shoes, track spikes and football shoes.

“Color has the subtle ability to cause reaction and reflection at the same time,” said Martha Moore, vice president of product design for Nike Central Color. “When you see a color, you will immediately react in a certain way. Color can also open the door to history, connections with other disciplines and memories. When creating this year’s palette, we strive to Consider color to best represent a moment.”

Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 by CleatsHead — Leave a comment

The Best Nike Running Shoes Make You Feel Like an Olympian at Every Turn

2021 Nike Phantom GT Elite FG red and blue football boots

If you have considered running on a sidewalk, track, or trail this summer, you may inevitably encounter the best Nike running shoes on the market. For many reasons, Swoosh is a multi-billion dollar behemoth, but when it comes to performance footwear, nothing is more compelling than the brand’s outstanding reputation. Look, before Nike became a global superpower almost synonymous with sports, it was a small business founded by a former college track star and his coach. Its ultimate mission was to design a better running shoe. Today, this Portland factory produces various types of sportswear, but sports shoes are still its backbone, and its running shoes work overtime to maintain this tradition. Nike’s running shoes are one of the best running shoes in the world, because what they provide-from cushioning, durability to energy feedback-gives you the opportunity to feel like Eliud Kipchoge, whether you are an amateur looking for a new daily routine Trainers or hardcore half-marathon runners on the enthusiast running shoe market, this will help you smash the final PB.

When you buy a Nike racer, the product you bought has been enthusiastically repaired: foam midsole, patterned outsole, mesh upper-every detail is specially designed to achieve the highest caliber performance, long-term long-distance Trails, 10-second sprints or winding uphill. This level of attention is a key part of Nike’s story. This special seasoning made sneakers snapped up by the masses and shamelessly copied by the brand’s competitors. Flyknit, Flywire, FlyEase? Before Nike turned them into household terms, all of these were meaningless internal jargon while making them represent industry-standard technologies in the process.