Nike ID is finally available in Australia. While the technology and concept is nothing new to sneakerheads, the fact that the website is now available for local orders means that we’re about to see a flood of custom kicks on the streets of Australia.
Browsing through the site, you’ll start to see new fabrics, patterns and customisation options you may not have known about. You can now hook up your Air Force 1s with Chinese characters, or stamp selected basketball shoes with streetball competition logos.
While you might wanna stick to the more tasteful styles, we’ve picked out a few eye-opening options available below.
Nike ID is finally available in Australia. While the technology and concept is nothing new to sneakerheads, the fact that the website is now available for local orders means that we’re about to see a flood of custom kicks on the streets of Australia.
Browsing through the site, you’ll start to see new fabrics, patterns and customisation options you may not have known about. You can now hook up your Air Force 1s with Chinese characters, or stamp selected basketball shoes with streetball competition logos.
While you might wanna stick to the more tasteful styles, we’ve picked out a few eye-opening options available below.
Australian Olympic Prestos
Custom Prestos! Unfortunately, recreating the famous – and notoriously hard to find – Australian Olympic Team colourway isn't possible on Nike ID, but you can still flip a little local pride. Taking a patriotic Tour Yellow to the upper, adding a metallic gold cage, and adding in a little green to the swoosh and midsole speckle, you've got yourself some certified Aussie classics. Whether you would actually want to wear these though, well ...
Custom Jordans
The excitement hits you when you realise there's Jordans on Nike ID. Then reality strikes, and you realise they're just Jordan Eclipse. And no amount of customisation can fix that.
#2002
Since hitting shelves in 1982, the Air Force 1 has been a consistently popular shoe. The hip-hop staple really hit its peak in the early to mid-2000s though, when Dipset and Jay-Z were championing the classic silhouette.
We decided to honour the year of 2002, when Kobe famously wore a pair of AF1s at Rucker Park, and of course Nelly dropped his classic Air Force 1s track. It was also the year the Roosters won the NRL premiership. So here's a pair of red, white and blue AF1s, which not only honour the boys from Bondi, but would also look good with Juelz Santana's stars and stripes outfit. Brett Mullins wattup.
Paisley Print
Yooo they gave us paisley print! You can seriously put customised paisley print on a pair of Kyrie 2s. Naturally we took this opportunity to splash this one with as much blood red as possible. Somebody send a pair to The Game. Or Breezy.
Wild Style
Shoutout to Nike for giving people an opportunity to go HAM on their Huaraches. Not only can you lace the shoe's characteristic plastic strap and the collar with zebra print, there's also an option to outfit the overlay with faux crocodile skin. There are going to be some truly tasteless Huaraches getting around Australia in the coming weeks, such as the monstrosities above. Shoutout to the Gold Coast.
