Jesse Leyva's 50 Favorite Sneakers
By Complex Magazine | Feb 16, 2010 | 11:41 am | Permalink
Nike Air Presto
"This was before the whole sneaker website thing blew up, and I remember people would email me pictures saying, 'I have 15 Prestos, I have 25 Prestos, I have 35 Prestos.' It was a phenomenon. When we were first doing them, I was lucky to have a pair of weartest black and yellow ones at ASR and I remember Aly (Alyasha) seeing them and being like, 'Those are going to change everything'. People of all different types went nuts for this shoe. The color, graphics, comfort— amazing."
Mystro1 February 16th, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Isn't this a pic of a baseball cleat, though? Metal spikes in football - maybe if they were still wearing leather helmets?
Alex February 16th, 2010 at 05:03 PM
He put it on his list, top ten no less! This is my holy grail. Ridiculous shoe. Thats all I can say.
julian February 16th, 2010 at 06:30 PM
what kinda shit is this he gonna put some sandals in front of the black/cement IIIs
julian February 16th, 2010 at 06:33 PM
nevermind after looking at em all i respect his style whole approach to shoes.
nikekamal February 16th, 2010 at 07:16 PM
This has to be the best " favorites shoes" I have ever seen. Very eclectic, very rare and unexpecting. As a Nike employee I respect this guys work and all his creations.
SB February 16th, 2010 at 07:41 PM
No wonder nike is releasing wack s**t. This guy is a croc lover. #9 Footscape. #5 Lava dome. #4 Terra Humara. He list cleats on the top 50. Air terra albis, Air terra salbis, Air DESCHUTZ???? Air sunder? Air kukini? Those shoes went straight to the sale rack at Marshall. I dont even think they made it to the nordstrom rack where your daddy liked to take you. "My creative director loves this" BLah BLah Blah. Thank god he puts some dunks jordan and trainers in his top 3. But Camon MAN # 46 is the jordan III. Complex let me get a crack at that top 50. I think the folks at nike will fire this water shoe lover and hire me.
J. Christopher February 16th, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Co-sign!!!!
J. Christopher February 16th, 2010 at 10:11 PM
Another one of my favs. Still looking for this OG Ultramarine c/w.
J. Christopher February 16th, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Same here. I had the mens c/w, and never got around to getting the womens c/w. Then saw the ones that were dropping in Japan...NUTS!!!
J. Christopher February 16th, 2010 at 10:18 PM
Always a classic. Just wish they would make more simple c/w's like this w/ out all the hoopla of it being limited. Only time will tell.