Ian Stonebrook
Nike KD 7 NSW Lifestyle
“Tough week for Staff Picks, a lot of good stuff hit the web. I really like the “Sport Royal” KOs (can we get that model on NIKEiD, JB?), pumped Giuseppe Zanotti gave Cudi a shoe (willaaaaay), and really like the recent takes on the Ozweego by Raf Simons and the Instapump Fury by atmos. At the end of the week though, the most impressive shoe to me was the Nike KD 7 NSW. Most of the NSW takes on signature shoes have read too tacky or youth oriented to me, but man did they kill it on these. They literally weaved in the already existing attributes of Dynamic Flywire lacing and toe box branding with that of the Native American influence. I’m all about tan/wheat sneakers right now, so they definitely caught me with the right intro colorway. If these look this good in person, this may be the first GR sneaker that really nails the designer sneaker concept at a reasonable price.”
